Podcast: deals still closing
Market insiders say transaction volumes stayed high between mid‑Feb and mid‑Mar — roughly 15,200 deals reported on‑air — with developers averaging large sales (one group cited ~500 million AED in sales across projects) and luxury transfers still closing (examples quoted: a 17M AED villa, a 95M AED transfer) (x.com). Officials and firms point to big central‑bank buffers — 5 trillion AED in reserves with ~1 trillion earmarked for market support — as a structural backstop to any rout (x.com).
CBUAE’s board approved a five‑pillar financial‑institution resilience package on 17–18 March 2026, signalling an official, time‑stamped intervention rather than a verbal reassurance. (centralbank.ae) The package explicitly lists liquidity support, temporary buffer relief, loan‑classification flexibility and measures to ensure continued bank lending as its core pillars. (alvarezandmarsal.com) Regulators pointed to systemic liquidity metrics when announcing the package, noting aggregate system liquidity and reserve balances that underpinned the support measures. (hadefpartners.com) Independent market trackers recorded a busy mid‑March week: the period 9–15 March posted AED 15.66 billion of transactions across 2,985 registered deals, illustrating active deal flow during the announcement window. (prelaunch.ae) Broader annual data show the emirate’s market entering 2026 from a very large base, with reports citing roughly AED 917 billion of transactions and over 270,000 deals in 2025. (timehomesrealestate.com) Developer disclosure highlights the scale behind that activity: one large master‑developer reported AED 17.3 billion in sales and the sale of more than 5,100 units in 2025, underscoring sizable developer cashflows underpinning ongoing transactions. (arada.com) High‑end listings and closed deals continue to surface in the market, including villas and mansions advertised above AED 100 million on major portals and documented luxury listings across Palm Jumeirah and other prime addresses. (dubai.dubizzle.com) Daily transaction reporting remains available through the Dubai Land Department’s platform and third‑party aggregators that publish DLD feeds in near real‑time for market participants tracking deal momentum. (dubailand.gov.ae)
