METHODOLOGY
Where our numbers come from.
Every figure on this site is traceable. This page explains the sources, the update cycle, and what we do when the data is thin.
SOURCES
Primary sources, named.
Dubai Land Department
Registered sale and mortgage transactions. Our transaction figures start here, not with portal asking prices.
RERA
Rental index entries, escrow status on off-plan projects and broker registration checks.
Mollak
Approved service charge budgets per building, per square foot. This is the source behind our service charge tables.
DXB Interact
Cross-checking transaction volumes and price per square foot at building level.
Named market reports
Published research from the major agencies, cited by name and date whenever we quote it.
Our own deals
Signed contracts, agreed rents and actual handover conditions in buildings we transact in.
RULES
How we handle the data.
How often we update
Service charges follow the annual Mollak approval cycle. Yields and transaction data are republished quarterly. Guides are revised whenever a rule changes, and the revision date sits at the top of the page.
Figures we cannot verify
If we cannot trace a number to a primary source or a deal we handled, we do not publish it. Where a figure is credible but unverified, it is labelled as such and the reason is stated. We would rather leave a gap than fill it with a rounded guess.
How we treat outliers
Single transactions far outside the range for a building are excluded from averages and reported separately. Bulk deals, related-party transfers and distressed sales are flagged, never blended into a headline number.
Superseded figures
Old numbers stay on the page with their original date rather than being quietly overwritten. That is how you can see whether a building is drifting or holding.
Disclosure
We buy, sell and let in the UAE market. Where we hold a position in a building, or represent a seller or developer in it, that is stated on the page carrying its data. We do not accept payment to raise a building's assessment.