Guides
How to Choose an Abu Dhabi District Around Your Lifestyle
Work, school, the sea or a garden of your own: how to set priorities and compare Abu Dhabi districts before choosing a home.
Abu Dhabi property analysis
Insights
Original analysis of the Abu Dhabi property market by Yeldar Nurmukanov, founder of Astana Real Estate. Official data is cited to its source; our own reading of it is labelled as opinion.
Off-plan
New Abu Dhabi Projects: How I Build a Shortlist
How to compare new Abu Dhabi residential projects on purpose, location, usable area and payment terms, rather than on the launch alone.
Guides
Off-plan Mortgages in Abu Dhabi: When the Bank Comes In
How Aldar's mechanism with ADCB differs from Modon's offer with ADIB, and which financing terms you need to establish before buying off-plan.
Off-plan
Sei Saadiyat: How I Would Choose an Apartment in the Cultural District
Apartments and lofts at Sei Saadiyat: Aldar's concept, the Saadiyat Cultural District, and the questions worth asking before you choose a specific unit.
Off-plan
Wadeem Gardens: How to Choose a Villa for Family Life
Villas at Wadeem Gardens on Hudayriyat: layouts, future infrastructure, and the payment questions I work through before a purchase.
Areas
Why I Bought a Villa in Masdar City
A broker's personal view of Masdar City: the working business environment, the potential tenants, and the criteria I used to choose a villa in Fay Valley.
Guides
Why I Talked a Client Out of Buying a Penthouse
A story about choosing a home: why an impressive penthouse turned out to be impractical for a family, and the questions I ask before a purchase.
Areas
Al Reem Island and Makers District: Why I Think This Part of Reem Is Still Undervalued
Reem spent a decade as an isolated cluster of towers. It is turning into a complete waterfront destination — and the pricing has not fully caught up with what is being built there.
Areas
Fahid Island: The Abu Dhabi Island Investors Are Still Underestimating
Fahid sits between Saadiyat and Yas and already ranks among the four districts absorbing most of Abu Dhabi's off-plan apartment money. Here is what is confirmed, and what is still a bet.
UAE & Gulf
How High-Speed Rail Could Affect Abu Dhabi Property Values
Transport infrastructure moves property prices — but not everywhere, not evenly, and not always after you buy. A framework for testing whether a rail story is worth paying for.
Areas
Jubail Island vs Saadiyat Lagoons: The Community Many Investors Never Get Shown
Two very different answers to the same question — a villa in Abu Dhabi surrounded by nature. Why one of them gets marketed far harder than the other, and how to compare them properly.
Investment Analysis
Marsa Al Saadiyat: What to Buy Before the New Master Community Launches
Marsa is the last large-scale masterplan on Saadiyat Island, and the case for it is genuinely strong. But the launch itself is not the only way to own the upside — and often not the cheapest.
Guides
Saadiyat Island: New Launch vs Off-Plan Resale vs Ready Property
Four ways to buy the same island, with four different risk profiles. A decision framework for choosing between a launch allocation, an assignment, a near-handover unit and ready stock.
Off-plan
Where I Would Be Careful Buying Off-Plan in Abu Dhabi
Not a blacklist. These are the five risks I actually model before recommending an off-plan purchase in Abu Dhabi — and the conditions under which each of them stops mattering.
Abu Dhabi Market
Abu Dhabi Property Market H1 2026: The Official ADREC Figures, Read for Buyers
AED 117 billion transacted in six months, 89% of residential value off-plan, apartment prices up 20%, and a rent freeze from June. What ADREC's half-year report says, and how we read it.
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