The average cost of a home has dropped year-on-year in Dubai for the first time since February 2021 – the peak of the Covid 19 pandemic – according to leading real estate advisory and property consultancy, Cavendish Maxwell.
Student accommodation and senior living are key to shaping the GCC’s real estate sector over the next decade - in addition to other concepts like serviced living, co-living, private clubs and shared ownership, according to leading real estate advisory and property consultancy, Cavendish Maxwell.
Oman is set to deliver 700 new hotel rooms between now and the end of 2026, taking its total inventory to 40,800 keys, according to a property expert. A further 1,500 rooms are in the pipeline for handover next year followed by another 1,600 in 2028, thus taking the sultanate's room inventory to 43,900.
Dubai’s warehousing sector has secured a total rental value of AED1.8 billion ($490 million) during the first half of 2026, up 10% over the same period last year. Around 10,000 warehouse leases were signed in H1, while the renewals rose 22% year-on-year to reach a new half-year record, said a report.
Apartment prices in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) rose by 6.5% year-on-year in H1 2026, with villa prices climbing almost 6% in the same period, according to new research by leading real estate advisory group and property consultancy, Cavendish Maxwell.
Abu Dhabi’s residential property sales values climbed 178% year-on-year to reach AED67.8 billion ($18.46 billion) in H1 2026, says leading real estate advisory and property consultancy, Cavendish Maxwell.
Ras Al Khaimah is expected to add more than 25,000 residential units over the next four years, with apartments accounting for 97% of the planned supply, mainly driven by population growth, higher foreign investment and expanding business activity in the emirate, said an real estate industry expert.
The Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) has 25,600 new residential units in the pipeline between now and 2030, with apartments accounting for 97% of future supply, according to new insight from leading real estate advisory group Cavendish Maxwell.
Sales values in Dubai’s residential real estate sector approached AED221.3 billion ($60.26 billion) across almost 79,200 transactions in H1 2026, according to new insight from leading real estate advisory and property consultancy, Cavendish Maxwell.
Dubai added 24,800 new units to its residential real estate inventory in H1 2026, a rise of nearly 38% compared to the same period last year and 12% more than in H2 2025, according to leading real estate advisory and property consultancy, Cavendish Maxwell.
