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Dubai construction of the colossal Palm Jumeirah development in Dubai has passed the 50% stage, project developer Nakheel have been quoted as saying. The giant reclaimed island, which was launched back in 2001 and is scheduled for completion in 2010, is now 55% complete and already home to some 1,000 families living in the apartment and villas.

When complete, the 560 hectare mixed use development will include an estimated 6,000 freehold units and will be home to more than 70,000 hotel and property residents, pretty amazing statistics I’m sure you will agree!

Dubai property developer Nakheel also announced yesterday that the Mariana Residences development on the Palm is 20% complete with handover scheduled for the end of 2008, wonder if this will…

A popular option for sellers and buyers in the Dubai property market is to buy and sell multiple properties.  The continuing property boom has led to many investors trying to sell their properties for a profit upon the original purchase price, in order to invest in a different project.  This is the great thing about the Dubai property market, with the sheer number and size of developments under construction enabling people to pick and choose exactly what they want from a property.

While buyers have the advantage of choosing exactly what they want, and there is such a wide variety of choice, sellers also have an advantage in the market, as the demand for property far outstrips supply.  If sellers just happen to have the right property that people demand,…

As one of the first properties to be released and finished, The Springs by Emaar still remain a popular choice amongst investors.  This lively community is an integral part of the Emirates Living Community, which offers a great selection of affordable and luxury property that includes Emirates Hills, The Meadows and The Springs.  While the former is for high-end investors, The Springs is very affordable.

The Springs consists of a selection of two, three, four and five bedroom villas, each offering a comfortable living environment for couples and families.  The area is safe, with 24-hour security, and the selections of facilities available meet the usual standards such as swimming pools and gymnasiums, all set around manmade lakes.  The Springs also has…

Is there ever going to be a good time to sell your property on Palm Jumeirah or Jebel Ali for that matter? This is the question facing many investors at the moment in Dubai and globally. The question was also put to a Dubai based businessman and real estate investor who recently sold his two properties on the Palm Jumeriah, reaping the rewards and a cool 200% premium gain on the payments he had made on the units up till then, infact it was a Garden Home and a Signature Villa. While there is no denying the ROI, he looks upon the completed transactions a tad wistfully at this moment in time.

"Who know, the sharp increases witnessed on the Palms secondary market and Dubai real estate activity could have pushed the premium beyond 300% or even as…

The Palm Jumeirah Dubai makes for good theatre. Ever since the development was unveiled to an unsuspecting audience five years ago, it has provided all the ingredients for a real good TV drama. There was the initial excitement about being able to own a property in Dubai irrespective of ones nationality, followed by the killing that many made speculating on the Palm signature villas in the initial boom period for the real estate market here.

The Palm was the single determining factor in propelling Dubai’s claims onto a global platform, which can be easily gauged by the sheer number of UK investors who rode into town and headed directly for the Nakheel sales office. Other Nationalities took their lead and the Palm was the hottest prospect this side of…

Our company www.propertyportal.ae is looking to firmly establish its presence in the market of online Dubai real estate companies as the number 1. Since its launch just a few months ago we have seen things grow at an incredible pace with the number of visitors we are attracting. One of the marketing representatives for the company was quoted as saying “We had a goal and a vision 6 months ago like most Dubai property companies do but we felt we had to do something different and stick out from the crowd, with this in mind we introduced a number of unique features such as allowing agents and other local Dubai real estate brokers the chance to list their properties with us for free and liaise directly with buyers for the properties they are listing” there…

We are often asked if a certain project is on the market here, therefore we have tried to compile a complete listing of Dubai property developments that are currently available to buy or sell here. It is a very long list so we have tried to keep it in sections from A-Z to easily view and locate projects. If you would like any more information on any of the below Dubai real estate properties for sale please send us an email and we will give you more details such as price, floor plans, locations etc.

This A-Z of the players, projects and concepts in the booming, bubbling Dubai property industry runs right through the whole sphere and outlines just how big the local property industry really is. We apologize for the many omissions in this listing which…

  As the Dubai Real Estate market continues to grow at a phenomenal pace and new projects are being announced still daily in the press, one wonders where it will all end? Sceptics were saying two years ago that the bubble would burst but like everything else that goes on here, Dubai has yet again proved them wrong. Main areas of investor focus at the moment are Business Bay, Discovery Gardens, Dubai Sports City, Jumeirah Lake Towers and Burj Dubai.   Taking each one separately, Business Bay and I doubt anyone would disagree is going to be the central business and economic hub of Dubai upon completion, we all know about the severe lack of office and commercial space here in Dubai, I`m sure most of us in our time here have trawled the newspapers and maybe… Read Full Post