Welcome to Episode 11 of Dubai Daily - your guide to Dubai's luxury real estate market and ultra-high-net-worth trends.

**LUXURY MARKET PERFORMANCE ($10M+ TRANSACTIONS):**

📊 **Q3 2025 Record-Breaking Performance:**

- 103 sales over $10M (24% YoY increase)

- Total value: $2B+ (54% YoY increase)

- Average transaction price: $19.4M (23.8% increase)

📈 **First 9 Months 2025:**

- 357 transactions in $10M+ category (26% rise vs 2024)

🏆 **Q2 2025 All-Time High:**

- $2.6B in $10M+ home sales

- 143 sales (including 22 transactions over $25M)

- 37% increase over Q1, 63% uplift vs Q2 2024

🌍 **2024 Full Year:**

- 435 sales over $10M (surpassing 2023's 434)

- Dubai = world's leading market for luxury home sales

**PRIME LOCATION PRICES (NOVEMBER 2025):**

🌴 **Palm Jumeirah:**

- Median home price: AED 8.2M (4.1% YoY increase)

- Villas: Starting AED 20M

- Record sale: AED 161M villa (AED 14,679/sqft)

- Another record: AED 300M property

- Luxury apartments: Starting AED 5M

- ROI: 3.92%

🏰 **Emirates Hills:**

- Average villa price: AED 92.6M

- 5-bedroom homes: AED 38M-43M

- "The Marble Palace": AED 425M (most expensive 2025)

- Other record sales: AED 260M, AED 367M

- Limited supply: ~600 luxury villas

🏡 **Dubai Hills Estate:**

- Average price/sqft: AED 2,336

- Villas: Starting AED 990K, average AED 25.29M

- Expected price increase: 8-10% in 2025

- Off-plan villas: 59% growth over 3 years

- Rental yields: 5.6%

**ULTRA-LUXURY PROJECT LAUNCHES:**

🏗️ **Burj Binghatti Jacob & Co Residences:**

- Business Bay, one of world's tallest residential towers

- Collaboration with luxury jeweler Jacob & Co

- Design: Crown of diamonds concept

🏢 **Binghatti Portfolio:**

- Bugatti Residences: 48-story, handover Dec 2025

- Binghatti Skyblade: Downtown Dubai, Q4 2027

- Mercedes-Benz Places: Downtown Dubai hyper-tower

- Binghatti Aurora: JVC, completion Dec 2025

🌊 **Emaar The Oasis:**

- $20B waterfront project

- 7,000 residential units (mansions & villas)

- 1.5M sqft retail area

- Completion: 2027

- Address-branded villas launched Feb 2025

🏝️ **Other Notable Launches:**

- Amali Island: 24 villas (5-7 bedrooms), Q1 2027

- Como Residences: 76-story, 76 exclusive units, Palm Jumeirah

- Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab: Opening March 14, 2025

- Six Senses Residences: Dubai Marina, July 2025

- Bulgari Resort Residences: Jumeirah Bay Island

**BRANDED RESIDENCES:**

👔 **Armani:**

- Armani Beach Residences Palm Jumeirah: Completion Dec 2027

- Armani Beach Residences RAK: World's first Armani villas

- Armani Residences Burj Khalifa: Floors 9-15

💎 **Bulgari:**

- Bulgari Lighthouse, Jumeirah Bay Island: Q3 2027 handover

- 31 penthouses + 9-bedroom Sky Villa

- Bulgari Resort & Residences: Established development

👗 **Versace:**

- Palazzo Versace Dubai: Cultural Village

- Transactions recorded October 2025

- 15 Cascade by IMAN: Motor City, Q3 2028

📊 **Market Growth:**

- 50+ completed branded residence projects

- 130 under development

- 140 projects anticipated by 2031

- Premiums: Up to 30% above non-branded properties

**INTERNATIONAL BUYER DEMAND:**

💰 **UHNWI Influx:**

- UAE projected to welcome 9,800 millionaires in 2025 (highest globally)

🇪🇺 **European Buyers:**

- 12% of property deals in early 2025

- Leading countries: Germany, UK, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Netherlands

- Strong Pound/Euro vs Dirham driving demand

🌏 **Asian Buyers:**

- Chinese interest: +28% in Q1 2025 vs Q1 2024

- Chinese/Hong Kong buyers: AED 1.3B in Q1 2025

- Chinese investors: 8% of total foreign investment in 2024

- India: Another leading luxury investor

- Combined European + Asian: 40%+ of luxury purchases

**INVESTMENT OUTLOOK (NOVEMBER 2025):**

📈 **Price Forecast:**

- Prime properties: +10% in 2025

- Luxury villas/penthouses: +8-10% (Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Hills, Jumeirah Golf Estates)

- Q4 2025: +3-5% in high-end locations

💵 **Rental Yields:**

- Luxury segment average: 7%

- Well-located apartments: 6-8% in Q4 2025

- Villa communities: Even higher potential

📊 **Recent Transaction Volume:**

- Last week of October 2025: AED 20.57B

- YTD through October: AED 559B (surpassing 2024's full-year record)

🎯 **Market Characteristics:**

- Limited supply of ultra-luxury homes (16,500 out of 326,000 units under construction)

- Shift to genuine end-users and long-term investors

- Off-plan luxury properties popular (lower entry, flexible payment)

**INVESTOR TAKEAWAY:**

Record-breaking luxury transactions, strong international demand (40%+ from Europe/Asia), robust ultra-luxury pipeline. Focus: Palm Jumeirah, Emirates Hills, Dubai Hills for appreciation. Branded residences for 30% premiums. Off-plan luxury for capital gains. Limited ultra-luxury supply = sustained growth.

Hosted by Parag Kundalwal, Founder & CEO of Consultaa.