I am looking to buy some property for investment. Should I speak to a mortgage expert before starting my house hunting?   Certainly, it’s extremely important to consult the mortgage professional first, if you target to support the purchase with bank funding and understand how much you can borrow. To do your eligibility Read More...

  Well, if you want to reduce the mortgage cost, to unlock the property equity or to consolidate the debts, consider streamlining your finance. But, whether or not a mortgage refinance suited for you depend on individual circumstances as refinancing offers are not always identical for every borrower. It carries great variants and has to Read More...

I am a single parent and don’t have too much financial expertise. So far I have saved all my savings as FD in a well-known bank in India. Of course the returns on FD are less/slow but at least as per my basic knowledge, it’s safe. Can you guide me how I can invest money Read More...

  Dubai real estate assets have given a 120 percent return to investors in the ten years since the global financial crisis, according to a new report.   The crisis, caused by a collapse in the US sub-prime mortgage market, saw real estate values fall by more than 50 percent.   Dubai was not immune Read More...

  The US Fed may have raised the base rate, but it’s not by a margin to start hurting UAE’s mortgage takers. A 0.25 per cent increase is something they can take in their stride. And continue to do so as long as the US Federal Reserve keeps hiking its interest rate only by a Read More...

  Dubai Land Department (DLD) has announced that the total amount of real estate transactions recorded in the emirate in the first six months of 2015 reached Dh129 billion ($35 billion). This is over 15 per cent more than the Dh113bn in transactions recorded in the same half of last year.   A financial report issued Read More...