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Dubai's Land Crunch Is Now the Story (Not Demand)

2025 just printed a record year - the next bottleneck is buildable land, not buyers.

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Jan 20, 2026
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Dubai’s real estate market just closed its strongest year ever. AED 686.8 billion across 215,736 transactions - up 31% and 19% respectively from 2024. The headlines tell a story of insatiable demand. They’re missing the bigger shift.

The constraint in Dubai real estate is no longer whether buyers show up. It’s whether there’s anything left to sell them.

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