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+8%
Dubai service charges, YoY
92%
Phuket 9 avg. occupancy
AED 2M
Golden Visa threshold
35.3M
Thailand visitors, 2024
2040
Dubai Master Plan horizon
15+
Roadshow cities
What AED 1 million actually buys across four developers
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- Reema Al Farsi, Head of Research
- 4 Aug 2026
- 9 min read
- United Arab Emirates
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Dubai residential transactions, Q2 2026 34,850
▼ 31% YoY
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Residential transaction value, Q2 2026 AED 84.9bn
▼ 45% YoY
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Average residential price AED 1,841
per sq ft
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Off-plan share of home sales, H1 2026 71%
▲ dominant
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Average apartment gross yield 7.15%
villas 4.98%
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New homes delivered, H1 2026 24,800
▲ 37.6% YoY
- Thailand & Phuket
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Thailand international arrivals, 2025 32.9m
▼ 7.2% YoY
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Arrivals, 1 Jan – 4 Jul 2026 16.21m
▼ 3.1% YoY
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Phuket international arrivals, 2025 10.47m
▼ 5.4% YoY
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Median Phuket condominium price ฿144,000
per sq m
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New condo supply forecast, 2026 6–8k
▼ from ~25k over 2 yrs
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Branded residence units, Phuket 3,465
▲ largest in Asia
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| METRIC | SOURCE AND UPDATE CADENCE |
|---|---|
| Dubai residential transactions, last quarter | Dubai Land Department • quarterly |
| Dubai average price per sq ft | DLD or a named index • quarterly |
| Dubai average gross rental yield | Named research source • quarterly |
| Off-plan share of total transactions | DLD • quarterly |
| Phuket average occupancy | C9 Hotelworks or Tourism Authority of Thailand • quarterly |
| Thailand international arrivals, year to date | Ministry of Tourism & Sports • monthly |
NOTE Only build this if someone owns updating it. A market-pulse widget showing Q3 2025 data in August 2026 is worse than no widget — it tells a prospective investor precisely how closely you are watching the market.
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