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Dubai property roundup: week 42, 2026

Monday 12 October to Sunday 18 October 2026. Read on 23 October 2026. 24 articles and press releases · 16 radio and podcast episodes · 636 new videos from 136 channels · 14 public posts.

**James Paul Booth**, Dubai broker since 2018. A personal view. Not financial advice.

The week in one minute

Rents are falling for new tenants. Savills puts Q3 apartment rents down 12.8% a year in Dubai Marina, 12.2% in Business Bay and 10.4% in JVC. Another source says September had 55.1% more flats listed each day than a year before, with 23% fewer enquiries per listing; Downtown asking rents fell 21.7%.
Buyers are turning to ready homes. betterhomes counts 10,055 ready-home sales in Q3, up 16% on Q2 and 29% of all home sales. In the Dubai Land Department's figures for the week, ready property sales (AED 5.38bn) were worth more than off-plan (AED 3.22bn).
Our own record: 2,457 homes sold this week for AED 5.99bn. That is 7% more than week 41 and 31% fewer than the same week in 2025. 68% of the homes sold were off-plan.
Emaar says it will not cut prices. At the RISE summit Mohamed Alabbar said cancellations rose to 1,200 a month during the conflict and are now under 600, against about 4,000 sales a month. Some developers have cut prices by 5% to 15%; he said Emaar will not.
Shared housing: the rules reach tenants. Dubai Municipality's guide covers 43 areas, and landlords have until 1 September 2027 to comply. A lawyer's checklist for tenants: the home needs a permit, only the owner or a licensed manager may lease it, and the contract must be registered. Separately, Emirati villa owners may now build a second home on the plot for close family.
Launches went to the islands. Samana launched Samana Collecta on The World Islands: $1.1bn, 840 homes, delivery within four years. Tomorrow World and Missoni opened the pre-launch of The Bay on Dubai Islands. Aldar said it will launch a large villa community with Dubai Holding by the end of the year.
Sharjah had a big week. Aldar made its first Sharjah deal, Dh1.1bn for nine buildings with more than 1,100 homes in Aljada. Sharjah's deals reached Dh46.8bn in nine months, 14% more than a year before, and Azizi opened a sales centre for Azizi Florence.
On YouTube, titles asked about a crash. The channels we follow posted 636 videos this week, 117 of them long. Nine long-video titles ask about a crash, a bubble, falling prices or developers under pressure. We did not read the transcripts this week, so we cannot say what the videos argue.

Law and rules Prices and data Launches and PR Building and handovers Developers Radio YouTube themes Top 20 videos Top 50 channels Chatter Who was named

Law and rules

3 items, most important first. Each one links to its source.

Dubai's shared housing rules will lead to better quality of life for those on low incomes, says official

The National · 15 Oct

Dubai Municipality's shared housing guide sets rules on space, safety and shared facilities in 43 approved areas. Landlords have until 1 September 2027 to comply, and fines for a first breach go up to $136,147. Some operators warn rooms may cost more as a result.

“With this law, tenants can have a one or two-month contract, which gives them the flexibility to change”Nasser Al Shaibani, structural control section manager, Dubai Municipality

Dubai shared housing law 2026: 9 checks tenants must make before renting

Khaleej Times · 18 Oct

A lawyer explains what a tenant should check under Dubai Law No. 4 of 2026 before renting a shared home: the property needs a shared housing permit, only the owner or a licensed manager may lease it, and the contract must be registered with the Dubai Land Department.

Dubai's new villa rules: Can you build a second home on your plot?

Gulf News · 17 Oct

Under its Home First initiative, Dubai Municipality now lets Emirati homeowners cut setbacks to 1.5 metres, build a full second floor and add a second villa on the plot for close family. Neighbours must agree in writing where a shared-boundary setback is removed.

Prices and market data

10 items, most important first. Each one links to its source.

Rents in Dubai fall over 12%: Dubai Marina, Business Bay and JVC lead

Khaleej Times · 13 Oct

Savills' Q3 report shows apartment rents down 12.8% a year in Dubai Marina, 12.2% in Business Bay and 10.4% in JVC; Arabian Ranches 3 villas fell 15%. Rental deals rose 16% on the quarter to 181,900, and new leases were 44% of them.

“suggest early signs of stabilisation”Savills Q3 2026 report

Dubai rents fall in prime areas, rise on the outskirts, what should tenants be looking for?

Gulf News · 18 Oct

Another source says apartments listed each day in September were 55.1% up on a year before, while each listing drew 23% fewer enquiries. Downtown asking rents fell 21.7% to Dh180,000 and Dubai Marina 16.1%. New leases have outnumbered renewals since July for the first time in records from 2023.

“With more homes competing for each tenant, landlords have had to reprice”Cherif Sleiman, Chief Revenue Officer

Dubai ready-home sales jump 16% as buyers shift away from off-plan properties

Khaleej Times · 15 Oct

betterhomes counts 10,055 ready-home sales in Q3, 16% more than in Q2, lifting their share of all home sales from 24% to 29%. Total home sales were 34,615, about the same as in Q2.

“Q3 tells us the market is moving into a more selective phase.”Richard Waind, CEO, betterhomes

Sales worth AED 8.59 billion. Dubai real estate transactions amounted to AED 13.47 billion during the week

Voice of Emirates · 17 Oct

Dubai Land Department figures for the week: 4,193 deals worth AED 13.47bn. Sales were AED 8.59bn in 2,676 deals. Ready property made AED 5.38bn of that and off-plan AED 3.22bn. Mortgages added AED 3.72bn.

Crisis will pass and UAE, region will emerge stronger, says Emaar founder

Khaleej Times · 14 Oct

At the RISE summit, Mohamed Alabbar said Emaar sells about 4,000 homes a month; cancellations rose to 1,200 a month during the conflict and are now under 600. Emaar has about Dh170bn of sales still to be paid and will not give discounts, though some developers cut 5% to 15%.

“To be fair to my customer who bought an apartment in this building, I can't give 30 per cent discount to the newcomer”Mohamed Alabbar, founder, Emaar Properties

Dubai real estate projects surge 52% to Dh100 billion in the first half of 2026

Khaleej Times · 14 Oct

Dubai Land Department officials told the RISE summit that about 104 projects worth more than Dh100bn were launched in the first half of 2026, 52% more by value than a year before, adding over 24,000 homes. The 2025 total was Dh917bn in more than 270,000 deals.

Dubai rental contracts cross 1 million for the first time, reaching Dh127.4 billion

Gulf News · 18 Oct

Dubai Land Department data for 2025: 1.04 million rental contracts worth Dh127.4bn, 17.6% more than in 2024. New leases rose 10.5% to 515,300 and renewals 4.3% to 521,600. Business Bay had the highest annual rent value.

Dubai property investors turn to smaller offices as sales value slumps

Zawya (via TradingView) · 14 Oct

CRC Property counts 1,123 office sales in Q3, 11.7% more than Q2, but their value fell 42% to AED 4.35bn as deals got smaller. Downtown Jebel Ali passed Business Bay as the busiest office area. Secondary office prices fell 1.2% to AED 1,930 per sq ft.

“Q3 was a quarter of stabilisation rather than recovery”Behnam Bargh, managing director, CRC Property

With an annual increase of 38.9%.. Asian and European investments in Dubai real estate jump to AED 496 billion in 2025

Voice of Emirates · 15 Oct

The Dubai Land Department's 2025 annual report shows AED 496bn invested from Asia and Europe, up 38.9% on 2024. Asia gave AED 308bn and Europe AED 188bn.

Sharjah property market grows 14% as transactions reach Dh46.8 billion in 9 months

Khaleej Times · 13 Oct

Sharjah registered 91,560 property transactions worth Dh46.8bn from January to September, 14% more by value than a year before. Muwaileh Commercial led by both number and value of sales.

Launches and PR

3 launches this week. For each one: what was announced, what was said, the picture used, and how far the news travelled.

Samana Developers

Samana Collecta, The World Islands

The World Islands, Dubai · Zawya · 15 Oct

Samana launched a new premium brand, Samana Collecta, with a $1.1bn first project on The World Islands: 840 homes from studios to four bedrooms, plus seven floating villas and two tree villas. The target is about AED 3,000 per sq ft, with yacht shuttles to the mainland every 30 minutes.

“Our contractual delivery commitment to buyers will be four years. However, our internal target is approximately 39 months”Imran Farooq, CEO, Samana Developers

Articles: 2
Outlets: 2
Days of cover: 1
Videos this week: 0
Started as: News report

Also covered by: Arabian Business

Tomorrow World Properties

The Bay Interiors by Missoni

Dubai Islands · Zawya (press release) · 15 Oct

Tomorrow World Properties and Italian fashion house Missoni opened the pre-launch of The Bay on Island A of Dubai Islands, on the main marina next to the yacht club. The first release is two- and three-bedroom homes and penthouses, sold through OCTA Properties.

“We see Dubai Islands as an essential part of Dubai’s next phase of growth”Xu Ma, Founder and Chairman, Tomorrow World Properties

Articles: 1
Outlets: 1
Days of cover: 1
Videos this week: 0
Started as: Press release

Azizi Developments

Azizi Florence

Sharjah · Zawya · 13 Oct

Azizi held a sales event to open its new Azizi Florence sales centre in Sharjah, with three-bedroom homes from AED 2.09 million on a 30/70 plan and a one-day waiver of the 2% registration fee. The community is planned for more than 10,000 homes.

Articles: 1
Outlets: 1
Days of cover: 1
Videos this week: 0
Started as: Press release

Building and handovers

2 items: ground broken, contracts, building progress and homes handed over.

ALAIN

Rove Home Meydan Horizon

Meydan Horizon, MBR City · Zawya (press release) · 13 Oct

ALAIN and Rove Hotels started building Rove Home Meydan Horizon: a 19-storey tower of 190 furnished one- and two-bedroom flats in MBR City, due for handover in Q1 2029.

“Rove Home Meydan Horizon marks ALAIN’s third groundbreaking this year”Khaled Al-Khoori, Managing Director, ALAIN

Articles: 2
Outlets: 2
Days of cover: 1
Videos this week: 0
Started as: Press release

Also covered by: WAM

Azizi Developments

Azizi workforce communities

Al Sajaa, Sharjah · TradeArabia · 17 Oct

Azizi started work on staff housing in Dubai and Sharjah for more than 31,000 workers. The largest, in Al Sajaa, Sharjah, has 36 buildings for over 20,000 people, with clinics and a training centre next to Azizi's factories.

“The frontline teams and skilled workforce on our construction sites are the foundation of everything we build.”Farhad Azizi, Group CEO, Azizi Group

Articles: 1
Outlets: 1
Days of cover: 1
Videos this week: 0
Started as: Press release

Developers

6 items of company news.

Aldar to launch major Dubai villa and townhouse project by end of year

The National · 14 Oct

Aldar plans to launch its fourth Dubai project by the end of 2026: a large villa and townhouse community with Dubai Holding near Dubai Silicon Oasis, above the Blue Line extension. Aldar will hand over more than 3,000 homes in 2026 and up to 4,500 in 2027.

“The customers are still there for the right product”Jonathan Emery, CEO, Aldar Development

Aldar enters Sharjah property market with Dh1.1 billion deal

Khaleej Times · 15 Oct

Aldar made its first Sharjah investment: Dh1.1bn to buy nine finished residential buildings, more than 1,100 homes, from Arada in Aljada, to rent out.

“Sharjah is a large and growing residential market, and Aljada provides an attractive entry point”Talal Al Dhiyebi, Group CEO, Aldar

Sobha Realty and Rakbank sign MoU to offer preferential home financing solutions to property buyers

Zawya (press release) · 13 Oct

Rakbank will offer home loans to Sobha buyers: at once for ready homes in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and for some Dubai off-plan homes after the buyer has paid at least 50%.

UAE’s Gargash Prime, China’s JD Property to invest over Dh500m in new Dubai logistics facility

Khaleej Times · 15 Oct

Gargash Prime and China's JD Property agreed to build a 2.5 million sq ft logistics site in Dubai Industrial City, worth over Dh500m. Building starts in 2027.

“This project is considered a completion of the infrastructure in the UAE and not an alternative to the existing infrastructures”Shehab Gargash, Managing Director and Group CEO, Gargash Prime

LA’s ‘Selling Sunset’ real estate agency opens a Dubai office

Semafor · 16 Oct

The Los Angeles agency known from Netflix's Selling Sunset opened a Dubai office in September, drawn by sales of homes over $5 million, even as the top of the market slows.

“Now you just have a slow burn, and that’s exactly what you want in every real estate market”Jason Oppenheim, president, The Oppenheim Group (to the Financial Times)

Suryakumar Yadav buys luxury Dubai property named after Shah Rukh Khan

Gulf News · 16 Oct

India T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav bought a home in Danube's Shahrukhz Residences in Dubai Maritime City. The price was not given. The story ran across Indian media.

Radio and podcasts

16 episodes about UAE property from 9 shows. All in English. Summaries are ours, from each episode description in the show feed; we did not listen to the audio.

Date	Episode	What it covers
12 Oct	Dubai Real Estate in 2026: What's Changed For Investors with Tariq Jarear \| Dubai Real Estate Podcast The Dubai Connect Podcast (Ghada 'GG' Benitez) · Tariq Jarear	Tariq Jarear of Devmark on what has changed for overseas buyers in 2026; he calls it a market where areas and buildings no longer rise together.
13 Oct	Real Estate CEO Explains Buyer's Remorse Mira Business FM - Morning Drive (Tim Elliott) · Ajay Menon	Luxe Vista Properties CEO Ajay Menon on buyers who fear they bought at the top, and how to act as the market settles.
13 Oct	UAE Rent Goes Monthly Mira Business FM - Morning Drive (Tim Elliott) · Walid Shihabi	Keyper's Walid Shihabi on paying rent monthly instead of by cheque. Keyper has raised $11 million and handles more than AED 100 million of yearly rent paid this way.
13 Oct	Dubai Real Estate Market Analysis: International City Price Per Square Foot Data Dubai Property Podcast (Craig Scrim, Mario Volpi) · Craig Scrim, Mario Volpi	International City: listings ask about AED 1,054 per sq ft on average, but Dubai Land Department sales close nearer AED 876. Why the gap matters.
13 Oct	J2 Hub \| Why Most Dubai Real Estate Agents Fail (80% of Zero Is Zero) The J2 Hub \| Real Estate, Business & Real Life (James Sahota) · James Sahota, Calum White	Agency founder Calum White on why most new Dubai property agents fail and how he built his firm.
14 Oct	Dubai Property Record Sales, Softening Rents, and New Horizons in Tashkent Mira Business FM - Morning Drive (Tim Elliott) · Mario Volpi	EVA Real Estate's Mario Volpi on Dubai's third quarter: big infrastructure spending, softer rents and what that means for tenants and buyers.
14 Oct	Live from SIF 2026: Sharjah real estate attracts Dh46.8 billion in nine months, up 5.6% with Lamia Al Jeawaied Pulse 95 Radio (Sharjah) - Pulse 95 Live · Lamia Al Jeawaied	From the Sharjah Investment Forum: Lamia Al Jeawaied of the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department on Dh46.8bn of deals in nine months and the months ahead.
14 Oct	OpenAI Engineer Charged, WHOOP Arabic & Saurav Jain on Mortgages The Smashi Business Show (Augustus Media) · Saurav Jain	Interview with mortgage adviser Saurav Jain on home loans in Dubai.
15 Oct	Can demand keep up with Dubai’s property pipeline? Dubai Eye 103.8 - Bitesize Business Breakfast · Jonathan Emery, Tom Rees, Shahab Lutfi	Aldar Development's CEO on its new London showroom, and Espace's Tom Rees on whether buyers can keep up with about AED 1.1 trillion of building planned to 2030. H&H announces Water Gardens in DIFC.
15 Oct	Abu Dhabi’s New Islands: Where Should Property Buyers Invest? Mira Business FM - Morning Drive (Tim Elliott) · Ben Crompton	Ben Crompton of Crompton Partners compares Abu Dhabi's new island districts, Hudayriyat, Ramhan, Fahid, Lulu and Al Mihsinah, and what buyers should watch for.
15 Oct	The Developer Track Record Myth: What Brochures Won't Show You Beyond the Brochure \| Dubai Real Estate (BridgeYields / The Wealth Company)	How to check a developer's real record: promised against actual handover dates, escrow and any action by the Dubai Land Department.
15 Oct	Who's Renting Dubai Property Now? Dubai Rental Yields with Burhan Hayat \| Dubai Real Estate Podcast The Dubai Connect Podcast (Ghada 'GG' Benitez) · Burhan Hayat	GuestReady's Burhan Hayat: rental yields slipped from about 6.7% to 6%, and Dubai residents filled holiday homes with one- to three-month stays when tourists paused in March.
16 Oct	Israeli Spyware, Saudi Asian Cup 2027 & Aldar’s AED 1.1B Sharjah Deal The Smashi Business Show (Augustus Media)	Headlines include Aldar's Dh1.1bn purchase of homes in Aljada, its first deal in Sharjah.
17 Oct	Abu Dhabi Property for First-Time Buyers: What Can AED 800,000 Buy? Dubai Property Podcast (Craig Scrim, Mario Volpi) · Craig Scrim, Mario Volpi	A first-time buyer in London with about AED 800,000 asks where to buy in Abu Dhabi. Also: Dubai developers releasing small batches of units.
18 Oct	Dubai's Supply Surge Meets Softening Demand: Q3 2026 Data Beyond the Brochure \| Dubai Real Estate (BridgeYields / The Wealth Company)	Supply against demand: Dh100bn of launches in the first half of 2026 against falling Q3 apartment rents in Marina, Business Bay and JVC.
18 Oct	Tariq Zekra: How Social Media is Changing Real Estate Sales in Dubai & Abu Dhabi The Real Estate Majlis Podcast (Cecilia Reinaldo, Mahmoud Al Burai) · Tariq Zekra	Tariq Zekra, 25 years in UAE property, on how social media is changing how homes are sold in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

YouTube themes

No theme analysis this week. We did not read the video transcripts for week 42, so we cannot group the videos by what they say. The table below lists the most-watched long videos by title, channel and views.

#	Video	Views	Length	Date	What it says
1	The Strategy Behind Better Real Estate Sales \| Ask Anand Mr. Eight Development \| The Visionary’s Diary	57,521	5:34	12 Oct	Transcript not read this week
2	The WOW Tower \| On-Site in DLRC, Dubai Mr. Eight Development \| The Visionary’s Diary	35,079	3:45	15 Oct	Transcript not read this week
3	Mainland vs Free Zone UAE 🇦🇪 \| How to Choose the Right Business License in Dubai ANUVI Business Solutions DXB	33,798	6:39	16 Oct	Transcript not read this week
4	Property developers in Dubai under pressure! What this means for buyers Dubai Finance	23,264	12:52	17 Oct	Transcript not read this week
5	I Analysed 82 Bengaluru Micro-Markets: Top 3 for Real Estate Investment in 2026 Crazy Assets	21,950	17:05	14 Oct	Transcript not read this week
6	سقوط القناع عن منصة عقار إكزت المخبر العقاري Ashraf Allam	18,222	24:05	15 Oct	Transcript not read this week
7	What Nobody Tells You About Moving to UAE Olga Sinenko Dubai Real Estate Sales Coach	15,082	20:27	14 Oct	Transcript not read this week
8	Dubai Property Sales Fell 37%. Here’s What’s Really Happening Property Talk with Anandhu	13,789	9:50	13 Oct	Transcript not read this week
9	Dubai Real Estate Crash in 2026? Dr. Anand Menon Examines the Data GG Benitez International Real Estate-Dubai Connect	13,531	40:44	15 Oct	Transcript not read this week
10	4 Bedroom Townhouse for Sale in Dubai \| DAMAC Lagoons \| AED 2.975M Realtor Lovkesh \| Dubai Real Estate	12,079	15:31	16 Oct	Transcript not read this week
11	Why Most Dubai Property Deals Fail Now (Data Reveal) Alex Gorasov Property Investor	9,249	22:23	16 Oct	Transcript not read this week
12	JVC — РАЙОН НЕЛИКВИДА [ОБЗОР ОБЪЕКТА] Дмитрий Григорьев	8,419	25:17	16 Oct	Transcript not read this week
13	DUBAI’S $27 BILLION EXPANSION or DIFC 2.0: WHAT INVESTORS NEED TO KNOW Monika Kalicinska	8,356	23:04	18 Oct	Transcript not read this week
14	Bauträger in Dubai unter Druck! Das sind die Folgen für Käufer Dubai Finanz	7,885	12:32	17 Oct	Transcript not read this week
15	I Helped a Saudi Investor Find a Villa in Dubai — Here’s What We Picked Mohammed Zohaib	7,766	11:33	12 Oct	Transcript not read this week
16	ШОК-ОТЧЁТ UBS: Дубай вошел в ТОП-4 городов по риску пузыря TITOV BUSINESS	7,243	9:39	13 Oct	Transcript not read this week
17	Was Fitch Right About the Dubai Property Crash? Steven Leckie	7,191	10:29	17 Oct	Transcript not read this week
18	From AED 13.5 Million to 17 Million in 2.5 years DUBAI Ansab	6,692	15:57	16 Oct	Transcript not read this week
19	Dubai Property Bubble 2026: Falling Prices, Supply Surge \| Sell, Hold or Buy? Xperience Realty	6,054	21:25	16 Oct	Transcript not read this week
20	The UAE Property Map Is Shifting, Where Should Investors Look? TAHIR MAJITHIA	5,394	13:23	18 Oct	Transcript not read this week

Top 50 channels of the week

By views on the videos each channel published this week, short videos included. Paid promotion can lift a short video to the top.

#	Channel	Views on new videos	New videos	Long
1	Pooja Realtor	5,366,369	6	0
2	Mitali Thakur	2,875,975	4	0
3	Леонид Ростовский \| Брокер по недвижимости в Дубае	1,072,154	3	0
4	Rizwan Sajan	1,034,256	4	0
5	Mr. Eight Development \| The Visionary’s Diary	716,954	8	3
6	Circle Property Dubai агентство недвижимости	551,486	15	0
7	Ashish Pannu Dxb	258,444	6	0
8	Марина Сухиашвили	218,406	12	1
9	Geethika \| Telugu Realtor Dubai	210,128	13	0
10	Aqar Dubai عقار دبي	141,301	2	0
11	Mary Inred	100,458	4	0
12	Alessia Sheglova	74,811	11	0
13	RealtorSufiyan Dubai	65,297	7	0
14	Amir Kadiev	55,300	4	0
15	RealtoronaHarley	55,262	9	1
16	Zoheb Sayyed	53,008	3	0
17	ANUVI Business Solutions DXB	33,798	1	1
18	Lewis Allsopp - Dubai Real Estate	29,301	1	0
19	Nahas Muhammad	28,717	4	0
20	Dubai Finance	25,981	3	3
21	Realtor Lovkesh \| Dubai Real Estate	22,392	5	4
22	Crazy Assets	21,950	1	1
23	SAMANA Developers	21,553	4	0
24	Alshifa khan	20,822	4	0
25	GG Benitez International Real Estate-Dubai Connect	20,654	8	3
26	Mohammed Zohaib	19,135	9	3
27	TITOV BUSINESS	19,131	7	7
28	المخبر العقاري Ashraf Allam	18,222	1	1
29	Cosmic Infra Real Estate (Your Dubai Home Advisor)	16,511	5	0
30	INSIDER - Недвижимость в Дубае	15,407	9	0
31	Olga Sinenko Dubai Real Estate Sales Coach	15,082	1	1
32	Forever Estates UAE	15,035	7	2
33	Riya Realtor	14,320	5	0
34	Property Talk with Anandhu	13,903	2	1
35	Steven Leckie	13,432	8	1
36	EGRE UAE	13,046	4	1
37	Alex Gorasov Property Investor	12,612	8	1
38	Недвижимость Дубай \| SG Capital	12,447	16	1
39	Артем Макаров	12,192	10	0
40	Agathe Immobilier Dubaï \| L'Agence Dubaï	12,161	16	2
41	TAHIR MAJITHIA	10,996	5	1
42	Ahmed Elngome \| احمد النجومي	10,844	5	1
43	Xperience Realty	10,685	8	3
44	Алексеев Invest	10,485	11	2
45	Dubai Finanz	10,393	3	3
46	Joelle Raad	9,859	1	0
47	Nathan Mistry	9,117	5	2
48	Дмитрий Григорьев	9,111	2	1
49	Vitalii Grytsenko	8,860	15	6
50	Monika Kalicinska	8,356	1	1

Chatter

What people said in public this week, from 14 posts (Reddit only; two Reddit feeds refused us this week, so there are fewer posts than usual). We read the post text from Reddit's public feeds and show no vote counts or user names.

Deposits and landlord disputes Worried

Several tenants asked what to do when a landlord keeps a deposit or adds costs: a kept deposit on a shared room, an AED 16,000 deposit now with the police, a landlord asking the tenant to pay service charges so Ejari can be registered, and an agent asking for a cheque in another agency's name.

Landlord refusing to refund AED 16,000 deposit over disputed tenancy terms—police referred me to Al Adheed Reddit r/dubai · about 16 Oct
Tenant paid a deposit, terms were disputed and the landlord will not refund; the case went to the police.
Landlord is keeping my deposit, what are my options?(im outside the country) Reddit r/dubai · about 17 Oct
A tenant now outside the UAE asks how to get a shared-room deposit back.
Landlord wants me to pay service charge Reddit r/dubai · about 15 Oct
Ejari is blocked over unpaid service charges and the landlord wants the tenant to pay them.
Real estate agency asking to write the cheque in name of another agency Reddit r/dubai · about 15 Oct
An agency asks for the cheque to be made out to a different agency, not the owner.

Where to rent, and for how much Hopeful

Renters compared areas and prices: cheap studios in International City (but parking), Dubai South flats, Emaar South against Damac 2, and studio offers in Sports City and JVC at AED 3,000 to 3,500 a month. One tenant who signed at the peak asked how to push the rent down at renewal.

Sports city and Jumeirah village circle rent prices Reddit r/dubai · about 13 Oct
Studio offers in Sports City and JVC at AED 3,000 to 3,500 a month, bills included: is this real?
Advice on negotiating rent price down before renewal Reddit r/dubai · about 13 Oct
Signed just before rents peaked; asks how to negotiate the rent down before renewal.
Dubai International City Parking Problem Solved? Reddit r/dubai · about 18 Oct
Wants a cheaper, larger studio in International City but worries about parking.
Are the apartments in Dubai South good? Anything to consider, please help Reddit r/dubai · about 18 Oct
First time renting alone; asks whether Dubai South flats are good.
Emaar South or Damac 2? Reddit r/dubai · about 15 Oct
A couple with a dog weighs Emaar South against Damac 2 for a quieter rental.
Rental agreement renewal/termination Reddit r/dubai · about 15 Oct
Missed the notice date for not renewing; asks what happens next.

Agents and listings Angry

People looking for short lets said new listings were often already gone, and others described overcharging and service-charge problems that held up a move.

This BS with real estate agents is really getting out of hand Reddit r/dubai · about 14 Oct
Looking for a three-month studio: new listings are already gone, or 'monthly' turns out to mean a yearly contract paid monthly.
russian real estate in dubai Reddit r/dubai · about 14 Oct
A renter on a one-year lease describes being overcharged and a problem with a later cheque.
I never knew that moving could be this stressful thing. Reddit r/dubai · about 18 Oct
Signed for a flat before it was listed; the landlord's unpaid service charges blocked Ejari and delayed the move.

Market news threads Neutral

Alabbar's comment that Emaar cancellations are back to about 600 a month was shared as a news post.

Property cancellations drop to 600 now, says Alabbar Reddit r/dubai · about 16 Oct
Link post of the Alabbar interview on cancellations.

Who was named this week

Count of articles, launches and videos that name each one. A link opens our page for it.

Developers

Aldar Properties 2Azizi Developments 2

Towers and projects

Communities

Business Bay 4Dubai 3Dubai Marina 3 Jumeirah Village Circle 2Sharjah 2

How this roundup is made

Articles, press releases and radio: found by search on 23 October 2026; each date was read on the page or in the show's feed. Items with no date we could confirm are left out. Summaries are ours; quotes are the speaker's words from the source.

Videos: every upload from 12 to 18 October by the 243 UAE property channels we follow, from YouTube's own data. Views were read on 20 October 2026. We did not read captions this week (no transcripts), so the table shows titles, channels and views only.

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Rental data (signed rents, renewals, asking against signed): RENT DUBAI, our sister site for tenants, from Dubai Land Department Ejari leases.

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