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After five years of exceptional growth, Dubai’s property market is cooling and becoming more balanced, with residential and office markets moderating at different speeds as each responds to distinct supply and demand dynamics.

Robert Thomas • Prathyusha Gurrapu • 2026-08-17

Market Beats

Abu Dhabi's office market remained exceptionally tight in Q2 2026, with rents rising 15% QoQ and 33% YoY, as constrained supply and record occupancy continue to favour landlords.

Prathyusha Gurrapu • David Short • 2026-07-29

Market Beats

Abu Dhabi's residential market recorded 1,396 units delivered in Q2 2026, with sales prices and rents beginning to ease as strong supply pipelines and a new rental freeze bring early signs of rebalancing.

Spoorthi Badari • Prathyusha Gurrapu • 2026-07-29

Market Beats

Dubai's office market recorded its first quarterly rent decline in nearly five years, as softer leasing activity and a gradual release of secondary stock bring healthy relief to a long-tight market.

Robert Thomas • Prathyusha Gurrapu • 2026-07-24

Market Beats

Dubai's residential market recorded over 13,200 units delivered in Q2 2026, keeping completions broadly on track, while sale prices and rents began to soften as the market entered a more measured phase.

Spoorthi Badari • Prathyusha Gurrapu • 2026-07-24

Thought Leadership

Cushman & Wakefield’s latest global occupier survey reveals how real estate priorities are evolving in response to cost pressure, workforce strategy, and operational resilience.

Prathyusha Gurrapu • Mohamed Makhlouf • 2026-07-15

Thought Leadership

UAE’s growth story is often told through multinationals and sovereign capital. But much of the country’s industrial depth sits with small and medium-sized enterprises. These firms fabricate, assemble, process and distribute. They are rarely headline names, yet they form the connective tissue of supply chains.

Robert Thomas • Prathyusha Gurrapu • 2026-06-25

Thought Leadership

Cushman & Wakefield's 2026 Waypoint report which surveyed 135 logistics and industrial markets globally, has one very clear finding: conditions are broadly tenant-favourable in 52% of markets, as uncertainty has slowed occupier decision-making and, in many regions, allowed vacancy to rise.

Prathyusha Gurrapu • David Abood • 2026-06-17

Thought Leadership

Dubai's residential market has long offered investors one primary route: buy a unit, rent it out, and realise value on sale.

Prathyusha Gurrapu • David Abood • 2026-06-04

Thought Leadership

Dubai's AED 34 billion metro expansion will alter the city's accessibility map and, with it, the price of land in places that have never had a station.

Prathyusha Gurrapu • 2026-06-01