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Gulf Real Estate
Property in Dubai, Riyadh and Doha is read here as a relocation story: who is buying, on what residency terms, and what that says about where capital intends to sit.
- Dubai
- Transaction volume and the residency link
- Riyadh
- Supply, licensing and foreign ownership
- Doha
- Sales growth and freehold zones
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Explainer
31 Aug 2026Nobody Buys a Flat, They Buy a Jurisdiction
Dubai cleared AED 917 billion of property transactions in 2025 and Doha's sales volumes jumped by half. Gulf property in 2026, read as a relocation story.
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