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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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31 Aug 2026

Nobody 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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