RAK Properties, the UAE real estate developer, has announced a partnership with the fintech Hubpay that will enable its international clients to purchase property using cryptocurrencies. According to the company, clients can now buy property in the Ras Al Khaimah real...
Dubai’s real estate brokers generated 42,181 transactions during the first half of the year, resulting in commission values of roughly $8.8 billion – a 99% growth rate from the $879 million during the same period in 2024. According to data from the Dubai government,...
The Dubai Land Department (DLD) has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com for the creation of a digital investment environment for virtual real estate assets. Under the terms of the agreement, procedures will be...
The Dubai government has rolled out a program designed to encourage first-time homebuyers among both UAE citizens and expatriates. The program is open to applicants aged 18 and above who are residents of the UAE and who do not currently own residential property in...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: The other day, I had a conversation with Bart de Brujin, the co-founder of EstateX, a new real estate platform tokenization platform. EstateX promotes itself as a “revolution in the real estate industry” – while I can’t vouch for a revolution in the...