The numbers, before the pitch
If you are buying to let or to hold, here is what the UAE actually offers — and the arithmetic nobody puts in a brochure.
None of this is a secret; it is just rarely laid out plainly. Here is what actually makes the UAE work as a place to own property.
Zero property tax
No annual tax on what you own, and none on what you earn renting it out.
Rental demand that holds
Occupancy stays high across the emirates. Ask us for the net yield on a building — gross figures flatter.
Infrastructure ahead of the curve
Metro lines, motorways, schools and hospitals arrive before the population that needs them.
Safe, and it shows
Among the lowest crime rates anywhere, which is why families move first and ask questions later.
Residence through property
Investment above the published threshold carries long-term residence for you and your family.
A market that repriced upward
Population growth has outpaced delivery for years, and values have followed it.
Gross is not net
Any agent can quote a gross yield: annual rent over purchase price. It ignores the service charge, the agency fee, the DEWA connection, the void weeks between tenants and the annual maintenance. Ask us for the net on any building and we will send the full working — including the buildings where the answer is disappointing.
We do not publish blanket yield figures. They vary by building, floor and unit, and a headline number that is not yours is worth nothing.
Talk to an adviser
Bring us a budget and we will bring the maths
Tell us the budget, the area and the timeline. We will tell you honestly whether it works — and what to do if it does not.