A total of 2,433 real estate transactions worth $2.6 billion (AED9.7 billion) were conducted during the week ending 12th August, 2022, according to figures released by the Dubai Land Department.

The Ministry of Economy (MoE) and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), in partnership with the UAE Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), have announced new regulations aimed at certain real estate transactions conducted in the UAE.

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In Dubai, the real estate and properties transactions valued at $1.4 billion in total during the week ending 05 August 2022. The sum of transactions was 2,247.

Dubai’s real estate market recorded 8,897 sales transactions worth US$6.2 billion approx (AED22.75 billion), the highest volume of sales transactions for June in the past nine years, according to Mo’asher, Dubai’s official sales price and rental performance index.

A total of 2,043 real estate transactions worth AED 7.2 billion ($1.96 billion) were conducted during the week ending 20 May 2022, Dubai Land Department said. A total of 228 plots were sold for AED1.14 billion, while 1,328 apartments and villas were sold for AED3.58 billion. The top three transactions...

Dubai real estate market recorded 391 sales transactions worth AED 1.4 billion ($381 million) and 60 mortgage deals of AED 336.86 million, in addition to 57 gift transactions amounting to AED 64.67 million Tuesday, data released by the emirate’s Land Department (DLD) showed. The sales included 342 villas and apartments...

The transactions included the buying, selling, and mortgages of all types of lands, buildings, and real estate.

A total of 21,615 real estate transactions worth AED 6.3 billion ($1.71 billion) were executed in Sharjah during the first quarter of 2022, said the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department (SRERD). Abdul Aziz Ahmed Al Shamsi, the Director-General of SRERD, said the main branch of the SRERD in the city...

Dubai real estate market recorded the highest number of transactions since 2010 registered in a single quarter and the highest volume since Q1 2014. According to the Mo’asher, Dubai’s official sales and rental performance index that was launched by Dubai Land Department (DLD) in cooperation with Property Finder, a total...

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A total 2,012 real estate transactions worth 5.3 billion ($1.44 billion) were conducted in Dubai during the week ending April 8, 2022. According to figures released by the Dubai Land Department, 236 plots were sold for AED 1.07 billion, while 1,415 apartments and villas were sold for AED 2.96 billion....

Dubai’s real estate market recorded 474 sales transactions worth AED1.52 billion ($413 million) and mortgage deals of AED441.56 million, in addition to 11 gift transactions amounting to AED27.4 million Tuesday, data released by the Dubai Land Department (DLD) showed. The sales included 376 villas and apartments worth AED849.54 million, and...

Six currencies account for 90 percent of transactions in the Arab world, said Dr. Abdulrahman bin Abdullah Al Hamidy, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF). The currencies are the Emirati Dirham, the Saudi Riyal, the Egyptian Pound, the Jordanian Dinar, the...

The value of the Egyptian pound shed 13 percent against the US dollar on Monday, registering 17.80 pounds against the greenback after a recent rise in inflation.

Dubai recorded $2.53 billion worth of real estate and properties transactions valued during the week ending Friday, according to the Dubai Land Department (DLD). The weekly DLD report said the sum of transactions was 2,400. A total of 355 plots were sold for AED 1.33 billion, while 1,547 apartments and...

Dubai witnessed real estate and properties transactions worth AED13.4 billion ($3.64 bn) during the week ending 11 March 2022, according to the Dubai Land Department (DLD). The weekly DLD report said a total of 2,333 real estate transactions were made during the week--245 plots were sold for AED2.09 billion, 1,542...

Real estate transactions worth AED7.1 billion ($1.9 billion) were recorded by the Dubai Land Department during the week ending 25 February 2022. The total number of transactions was 2,064, which included 300 plots of land that were sold for AED2.58 billion and 1,382 apartments and villas sold for AED2.88 billion....

A total of 2,098 real estate transactions worth AED4.5 billion ($1.22 billion) were conducted during the week ending 18 February 2022, according to figures released by the Dubai Land Department. A total of 252 plots were sold for AED1.1 billion, 1,437 apartments and villas were sold for AED2.47 billion. The...

A total of 1,99The real estate and properties transactions valued at AED4.1 billion were recorded in Dubai during the week that ended on 21 January 2022. The transactions included 287 plots that were sold for AED1.08 billion, while 1,059 apartments and villas were purchased for AED2.25 billion. The top three...

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) announced that the number of Points of Sale (PoS) terminals inside the kingdom have exceeded the 1 million mark. These terminals can be found at commercial sales outlets in more than 180 cities and villages, SAMA said, attributing the achievement to a plan that was...

Dubai's real estate market recorded 84,772 transactions representing a value of AED300 billion ($81 billion) in 2021, according to the annual transaction report issued by the Dubai Land Department (DLD). The report revealed a 65 percent growth in the number of transactions and a 71 percent increase in value compared...

Expo 2020 Dubai, the largest global event and the first-of-its-kind in the Middle East, boosted the Dubai real estate market that registered the highest number of transactions, worth AED13.12 billion ($3.57 billion), in the past eight years. According to the data of the 20th edition of Mo’asher, Dubai’s official sales...

The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) will publish a new index for actual overnight funding transactions denominated in UAE Dirham from 7 Dec. 2021, as part of the new Dirham Monetary Framework implementation plan. Named DONIA (Dirham Overnight Index Average), the index is the effective overnight reference rate for...

Real estate transactions worth AED5.7 billion ($1.55 billion) were recorded in Sharjah during the third quarter of 2021, an increase of 22.7 percent compared to the same period last year. A report by the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department said the rise in the number of transactions indicated a retreat...

Among the 3,932 real estate transactions involving land and buildings generated AED 4.6 billion, while 2,224 mortgage transactions generated AED 11.6 billion.

The UAE's payments industry, like several other countries in the world, suffered an impact far less severe than initially anticipated due to the Covid-19 pandemic, rising by 17 percent to $8.4 billion from 2015 to 2020, a report has said. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) report, "Global Payments 2021: All...

The months leading up to the launch of Expo 2020 Dubai witnessed a surge in realty transactions, with September recording sales worth AED16.2 billion, the highest monthly sales since December 2013. A total of 5,762 sales transactions in September bring the year-to-date total value to over AED100 billion, according to...

Real estate and property transactions worth AED 7.1 billion ($1.93 billion) were recorded in Dubai during the week ending October 7, a report by the Dubai Land Department said. A total of 1,959 transactions comprised 158 plots for AED 586.15 million and 1,307 apartments and villas for AED 3.08 billion....

DUBAI: Dubai has recorded 1,592 real estate and properties transactions worth AED6 billion ($1.6 billion) in total during the week ending September 30, according to Dubai Land Department (DLD). The DLD weekly report said 73 plots were sold for AED350.29 million, 1,080 apartments and villas were sold for AED2.74 billion....

The real-estate sector in Abu Dhabi recorded 3,425 real-estate sales transactions worth AED9.02 billion (around $2.46 billion), and 3,621 mortgage transactions worth AED14.55 billion (around $3.96 billion), according to the Department of Municipalities and Transport.

The deals consisted of 266 real estate sales transactions worth AED849.88 million.

Bahrain’s central bank has revealed that cashless transactions in the country has surged 50 percent to $744 million in August, after reaching nearly $4 billion in the first half of the year.

The DLD weekly report said 146 plots were sold for AED 2.26 billion, 1,080 apartments and villas were sold for AED 2.25 billion

A recent report by real estate firm Chestertons said value of residential transactions increased by nearly 50 percent during the Q2 2021 compared to the previous quarter as positive market sentiment and continued international buyer interest drove sales. Dubai’s handling of Covid-19 pandemic has supported the post-lockdown demand from international...

An apartment in Marsa Dubai sold for AED 508 million and properties worth AED 4 billion mortgaged.

4,384 real transactions worth AED 11.18 billion made, majority of these in secondary, ready properties.