UAE opens 10-year 'Golden Visa' scheme to all resident doctors

All doctors licensed by the UAE health regulatory bodies can apply for the golden visa.

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Dubai South, Jumeirah Village Circle emerge as new hotspots for short-stay homes

More customers are starting to shift from staying in hotels to apartments.

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Dubai Property — It is less costly for a buyer than in 2015

Softer property values and currency benefits compared to 2015 work investors' favour.

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Dubai property: 40% of all sales involved mortgage

The average mortgage amount rose 24% from H2-2020.

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UAE ranks fourth globally for highest monthly spend on rent

Survey says that residents in the Emirates find that rent accounts for 39.85% of their monthly outgoings.

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Short-term lets, long-term rewards

How the rental market in Dubai is moving towards a short-term, on-demand model — and what that could mean for investors.

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District One in Dubai: A city within a city

District One has now become an address due to its ‘liveable’ factor, the lifestyle is luxurious, the ambience cosmopolitan, and the construction is a class apart.

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World's deepest pool opens in Dubai, part of huge underwater city

A sunken city and an underwater film studio.

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European demand driving Dubai real estate's upward trajectory

Property prices reached $251.6 per sqft in June, the highest recorded in two years, mainly for completed villas in traditionally sought-after communities.

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