Dubai realty demand likely to continue amid global headwinds

As Dubai’s residential property market heads towards the final quarter of the year, tourist inflows and an exciting launch pipeline that includes new masterplans are likely to sustain demand, experts say.

- Somshankar Bandyopadhyay [e-mail]

“After the usual summer slowdown, demand should reaccelerate, and we expect momentum to build into a strong Q4. New liquidity pockets will support demand, including the introduction of fractional ownership and the legalization of property tokenisation,” Abdullah Al Ajaji, Founder and CEO, Driven Properties, told Khaleej Times.

The global macroeconomic environment is increasingly defined by slower nominal growth, elevated interest rates, rising geopolitical complexity and the transition to multipolarity. The reconfiguration of global capital flows and risk premiums means that investment decisions are no longer governed purely by market fundamentals but are increasingly shaped by national security, trade policy, and fiscal sovereignty.

Amid this repricing, investors are increasingly rotating out of duration-sensitive, low-yielding assets and into real assets with inflation-linked cash flows. Real estate, particularly in transparent, high-growth, and geopolitically insulated jurisdictions, has emerged as a strategic core allocation.