Downtown Dubai Fire: A Reflective Follow-Up

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Following the Downtown Dubai fire that broke out the weekend of November 6th, we’d like to take this opportunity to let you all know exactly what transpired since. In all honesty, such an event evokes nothing less than shock, worry, and fear, among a range of emotions.  It’s one of those things that you don’t […]

How Will Qatar World Cup 2022 Impact Dubai’s Real Estate Market?

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Every four years football fever comes back in full force as the FIFA World Cup takes the whole world by storm. In less than 3 months, Qatar will be hosting the first FIFA World Cup in the Middle East and is preparing to welcome more than a million fans. The only complication is that many […]

SmartCrowd Records First Exit With Market-Beating Returns

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SmartCrowd, MENA’s first and largest real estate crowdfunding platform, delivers 39.25% total returns to investors on the recently sold Dubai Marina property over a 17-month period, outperforming the market. By selecting properties poised for long-term growth in an otherwise volatile market, SmartCrowd provides an excellent opportunity to diversify with real estate investments. SmartCrowd has delivered […]

EUR-USD At Parity: What Happened And What’s Next?

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For the first time in two decades, the euro has crossed a major threshold: parity with the US dollar. The two currencies touched a 1-to-1 exchange rate after the euro briefly dipped below parity against the dollar on Wednesday, meaning that they now have the same worth. Though the euro started the year on a […]

Dubai: MENA’s Only ‘Transparent’ Property Market

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Dubai has entered the ‘Transparent’ tier status for the first time according to JLL’s latest Global Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI). Climbing to the 31st position globally, Dubai is the top improver of transparency, cementing its status as the MENA region’s most transparent real estate market. Prior to this ranking, Dubai was in the ‘Semi-transparent’ […]

SmartCrowd Raises Funds: $3M Bridge Round

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Growth doubled on a quarter-over-quarter basis Major international and local investors attracted to the platform, with seven-figure bridge funding capital investment               Individual investors flock to risk-adjusted property investment over other volatile investment options.                                   As Dubai’s innovative real estate crowdfunding platform, allowing individual investors to take a “fractional” share in a rental property, we have […]