The UAE’s real estate sector continues to record strong growth despite global headwinds, says CBRE

The UAE’s real estate sector continues to record strong growth despite global headwinds, says CBRE

Dubai – Activity levels across the UAE’s real estate sectors have continued to record strong performance in Q3 despite a backdrop marked by rising global headwinds.

Looking at the UAE’s office sector figures, as demand has increased market-wide, we have seen performance in Abu Dhabi’s office rents also improve, with average Prime, Grade A and Grade B rents recording growth rates of 1.4%, 2.9% and 5.5% respectively in the year to Q3 2022. In Dubai, the total number of commercial Ejari contracts (lease contracts) registered in Q3 2022 increased by 47.6% year-on-year. As a result, average rents in all segments of Dubai’s office market have recorded rental growth, with Prime, Grade A, Grade B and Grade C rents increasing by 16.5%, 10.5%, 9.9% and 10.2% respectively. Given the lack of availability of stock and heightened demand levels, we expect rental growth to remain relatively strong over the remainder of the year, with the Prime and Grade A segments of the market expected to outperform.

In the residential sector, average property prices in Abu Dhabi increased by 3.2% in the year to September 2022, with average apartment prices rising by 3.3% and average villa prices increasing by 2.7%. Rents in the capital’s residential