Dubai Investments has announced the distribution of a 25% cash dividend (AED0.25 per share) for the financial year ended 31 December 2025, following shareholder approval at the Company’s 30th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Thursday.
The northern emirate of Ras Al Khaimah has secured AED12.4 billion ($3.37 billion) worth of sales across 6,600 residential property transactions in 2025, with the off-plan segment accounting for 85% of deals, said a real estate expert, adding a total of 8,400 new homes are in the RAk property pipeline until 2028.
Dubai's leading developers have already sold the vast majority of homes scheduled for delivery in 2026, while buyers have also snapped up 71.45% of the city's total off-plan pipeline due for completion between 2026 and 2029.
Stake, a leading digital real estate investment platform in the region, has forged a strategic partnership with Ace & Company, a Swiss-headquartered global investment group focused on private markets, to develop secondary transfer facility for fractional real estate investments in UAE.
The total value of rental contracts in Dubai during Q1 2026 reached AED32.2 billion ($8.77 billion), reflecting a sustained pace of activity, according to data from the Dubai Land Department.
UAE banks’ viability ratings could face risks from asset-quality deterioration, lower business volumes and higher impairments under the adverse scenario, where the impact of the Iran conflict is significantly more severe, with real estate lending seen as the most likely source of stress, according to Fitch Ratings.
Dubai's commercial property market is entering a phase of "strategic maturation," where focus has shifted from volume-driven to value-driven acquisitions has pushed capital values to historic highs, says CRC (Commercial Real Estate Consultants) in a report.
Saudi-based Ladun Investment Company has announced that it has signed an agreement with Asbar Capital Company for the implementation of a mixed-use real estate development project on a plot of land owned by one of its key funds, located in Riyadh.
Dubai's real estate market recorded 3,308 resale transactions worth AED15.39 billion ($4.19 billion) in March, delivering a net gain of AED4.6 billion for long-term investors.
In a more cautious and evolving operating environment in the region, Dugasta Properties, a leading UAE real estate developer, has announced that it stands firmly behind its people, the foundation of everything it builds.
