For anyone hoping that Dubai’s red hot property market would start to cool this year, there’s bad news — it’s getting worse.
The average annual rent for a villa, or family home, in the emirate jumped 26% in the year through to February to reach 295,436 dirhams ($80,436), according to real estate adviser CBRE Group Inc. Average apartment rents, meanwhile, soared 28% to 99,737 dirhams.
The average sale price for villas rose 14%, while apartment prices rose 11% through February, according to CBRE.
Still, the jump in prices isn’t deterring investors or property developers. The number of transactions in February soared 43.9% to 8,515. Sales were mostly underpinned by developers starting new projects and the return of so-called off-plan sales when homes are sold ahead of construction. The number of these type of properties surged 78.1% in February, while secondary market sales rose 18.8%.
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