UAE Business: Opportunities knocks in Dubai’s real estate market, say experts – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: Opportunities knocks in Dubai’s real estate market, say experts – Gulf Digital News

In a thought-provoking day of discussion at the Cityscape Intelligence Talks, the region’s leading content platform, industry leaders concluded that while Dubai’s real estate industry has matured into a developed marketplace complete with extensive opportunities, investors and homebuyers should really focus on where they want to put their money.

Time to rent vs time to buy, and just what to buy, were some of the trending topics up for debate in a top-level gathering of the region’s leading real estate professionals at Cityscape, the UAE’s largest property finding event.

On the exhibition floor, Cityscape underlined the appetite of investors and end users to own property in Dubai with key exhibitors reporting big business.

Sobha Realty revealed it closed deals worth more than AED100 million ($27.2 million) during the first two days of the three-day event, which concluded today (November 23) at Dubai World Trade Centre.

"We started the pre-launch of Sobha Hartland One on day one of Cityscape, with so many people interested. There’s so much appetite now, the Sobha stand has been packed with visitors and interested parties," said Francis Alfred, Managing Director, Sobha Realty.

With the Dubai real estate industry flourishing, the Cityscape Intelligence Talks was a big draw as sector stakeholders sought