July 2026

Artificial intelligence has moved from an experimental buzzword to a working part of how property is bought, sold, financed, and managed. From automated valuation models that reprice listings overnight to AI agents that qualify leads at 3 a.m., the real estate industry is undergoing what McKinsey & Company calls a shift "beyond isolated tools toward full workflow transformation." Dubai and the wider UAE...

Real estate investing in the Gulf has entered a new era. Investors can still choose direct property purchase or publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). A newer model has now arrived: tokenized real estate. Here, a property's value is split into digital tokens recorded on a blockchain. In response, Dubai has moved quickly to regulate this model. The Dubai Land Department (DLD) and its...