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Off-plan heavy markets don't lack apartments. They lack apartments institutions can buy.

A Dubai case study

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Zakee
Aug 12, 2026
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A city that sold 147,500 homes last year still can’t sell you an apartment block. That gap is the most interesting underwriting problem in residential real estate right now - and it isn’t only a Dubai problem.

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