For sure there is people who made bad investments and made their research later. For example you can not invest in Dubai and buy Azizi .. Be smart
People are still buying.....transactions have picked up significantly. On a personal level i managed to sell a villa in JGE for a nice little profit to an end user after receiving multiple offers. It was on the market for less than week. Having said that i am still trying to reconcile the increase in transactions to pre-covid levels that has happened to quickly especially in light of the job losses/ salary cuts and overall economic uncertainty. Also when i think its a bad time to invest it usually ends up being the best time and i've missed the opportunity! Perhaps we have reached the bottom of the market in terms of prices....
Have Dubai governmental guarantees improved over the last years? Would off-plan buyers at Damac, who already paid instalments, receive their money back? I remember from the last collapse of Dubai during the financial crisis, that many buyers lost vast sums of money or that they were offered lesser properties at inferior projects. Currently the number of partly finished projects that are “On Hold”, seems to be rising. Is there any form of governmental guarantee fund that ensures that these projects will be finished? Or is it just bad luck when another developer goes into bankruptcy?
Ditto, the same with an apartment in Dubai Hills. Receiving calls with cash offers for only 3-5% less than the OP.
As early as now? Really? That's surprising. I would think they'd take some time to come given the circumstances, and that they'd do a bit of due diligence before buying anything. But hey, regardless, good to hear the market is doing well!
Dubai: Keep paying those instalments… or you are at clear risk of forfeiting all rights to the property you bought.
Just to be clear - I definitely wouldn't invest right now. Many communities are now completely overpriced. Another example, villas on the palm are up c.40% over the past 12 months and there is very limited stock.
Whether a payment plan is construction progress linked or time linked, there is a handover date, in both cases.
There is a penalty article in SPA in case of delay in handover, in both cases.
Therefore, in the case of the progress-linked payment plan, while the payment is aligned with the construction milestones achieved, the developer does not get any leeway on the handover date.
The market is absolutely nuts right. I would say most areas are now on par or above 2014 peak prices. You could've picked up a Garden Home on the Palm for AED7m 12 months ago. They are now going for AED15m.