July 31st, 2026 - 04:50 GMT
Somebody sitting on a million dirhams and a conviction that UAE property will keep rising faces a choice that is rarely discussed properly. They can buy a flat. Or they can buy shares in the companies that build them. Nagham Hassan, Market Analyst at etoro explains that both are bets on the same construction boom, but they behave so differently that calling them the same investment is misleading. What you earn while you hold An apartment in Dubai or Abu Dhabi currently returns between 6% and 7% of its purchase ...