Dubai has retained its position as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions most transparent real estate market with a range of new government initiatives and an increasingly dynamic proptech industry pushing the emirate up in the global rankings.
According to the JLL Global Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI), Dubai was among the top three improvers globally in the Semi-Transparent category and moved up the rankings eight places to 40 out of 100 markets covered in 2018 (from 48 in 2016).
The emirate has recorded continuous progress and sits on a par with to-ptier cities in countries including China (33), Russia (38) ,and Mexico (39).
According to the 10th edition of the biennial report, governments worldwide have been gradually forging greater transparency in real estate markets, addressing growing demands from investors and the public to deliver significant change.
Craig Plumb, head of research, MENA at JLL, said: JLLs research shows there is a clear relationship between the transparency of real estate markets and the level of investment they attract. One of the key objectives of the Dubai Land Department is to attract more investment and the Government have therefore launched a number of initiatives to improve transparency and the quality of information available to real estate investors. If all these initiatives are implemented then we would expect Dubai to improve further in the global rankings over the next 2 years.
HE Sultan Butti bin Mejran, director general at the Dubai Land Department, said: Such measures are aligned with Dubai Land Departments mission to establish Dubai as the world’s premier real estate destination in the world in terms of innovation, trust and happiness, and also reflect the Governments strategy to attract investments by nurturing a competitive climate.
In pursuit of this vision, we are proactively involved in building an innovative and sustainable real estate environment supported by the development, promulgation and implementation of clear, transparent and integrated real estate laws that help to protect the rights of real estate investors, as well as those of all related parties.