Dubai Property Investment Guide

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purchasing however as enough historical data exists to show which developments and property types offer the best capital growth returns and rental yields.
One fundamental point on which property investors in Dubai can have great confidence is the fact that the government of Dubai have interests in all the major real estate development companies in the emirate.  It is therefore absolutely in their best interests for the real estate sector to remain attractive, buoyant and growing.
It is also purely as a result of the forward thinking government’s approach to the development of Dubai that the emirate is so attractive an investment and lifestyle opportunity and destination. 
The fact that the government have created a series of themed free zones such as Dubai Media City and Dubai International Financial Centre means that more and more overseas and international companies are basing themselves in the emirate and taking full advantage of the attractive fiscal and structuring arrangements on offer in Dubai.  These companies are bringing investment and creating vast employment opportunities which in turn attract growing numbers of expatriate professionals to Dubai annually.  These professionals seek accommodation to let or purchase and fuel the property market fire.
The demand for completed apartments and villas to rent or purchase in Dubai is currently so far outstripping supply as to create a problem.  Luckily the rate at which new high rise developments are coming to completion will curtail the problem in the short term but rental rates are increasing rapidly and are set to remain high.
An investor who purchases apartments in the best, most accessible areas of the emirate can enjoy the best rental yields currently available.  Alternatively an investor who would like to buy off plan and flip upon completion will likely find that well proportioned and situated villas and houses will return the best capital appreciation and sell more quickly.
In terms of the future for Dubai, the government are not resting on their laurels!  Dubai may already be the leading trading and commercial centre in the Middle East but now Dubai wants to establish itself as the number one tourist destination in the region and possibly the wider world given time.  To this end they are creating the multi billion dollar Dubailand which will take until 2018 to complete fully and which should create a brand new holiday home market as well as creating demand for villa accommodation to let around the Dubailand vast site. 
Property investors are watching the development phases keenly and seeing which new property developments being announced are most likely to prove attractive to the holiday market in the medium to long term.
There is still so much to fuel the property investment spark in Dubai.  The unfailing commitment of the government to promote the emirate in the best possible light on every level gives an investor the confidence he needs in Dubai and the levels of overseas interest in Dubai for employment, business and leisure means that an investor has a growing market to rent or buy his underlying investments