Step 01
Intake & goals
We start with what you want this capital to do (income, growth, a base in the UAE, diversification away from Europe) and the timeframe you have in mind.
Services · Investment Advisory
Strategy beforeproperty.
We start with your objectives, not a listing. A calm, portfolio-led read on where your capital fits in Dubai, with the honest counsel to match, including when the answer is to wait.
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Tax on property income & capital gains
6-9%
Typical gross yields in Dubai
Off-market
Access beyond public listings
End-to-end
From strategy through to exit
Advisory-first, data-driven
A view on your capital before a view of a property.
Good advice starts with your position, not with whatever happens to be for sale this week.
Most people come to Dubai for a property. We think the better place to begin is one step back, with the portfolio the property is meant to serve. What is this capital for, over what horizon, and how much risk sits comfortably alongside the rest of your holdings? Only once that is clear does a specific building or unit mean anything.
De Dam was built by investors who put their own money into this market first. That shapes how we advise: we screen both listed and off-market inventory, apply the same criteria we would use for our own capital, and present a focused shortlist with a transparent view of why each option does, or does not, fit your objectives. When the honest answer is to wait, or to look elsewhere, we say so.
From objectives to an ongoing view.
Advisory is a relationship, not a single meeting. This is the arc we work through with most investors.
Step 02
Risk & horizon
We map your risk tolerance and hold period against the rest of your portfolio, so the Dubai position is sized and shaped to fit, not to impress.
Step 03
Market intelligence
We read the market through Dubai Land Department transaction data, developer track records and on-the-ground supply (not headlines) to frame where value sits today.
Step 04
Curated shortlist
We filter listed and off-market inventory to a focused shortlist, each option accompanied by the reasoning, the numbers and the risks, in plain language.
Step 05
Ongoing review
After purchase the relationship continues: we revisit performance, timing and, when it is right, the exit, so the position keeps earning its place.
What advisory with De Dam covers.
Concrete work, not a sales pitch. Everything here is designed to help you decide well and hold well.
Portfolio strategy
A written view of where a Dubai position fits your goals, horizon and risk: the frame every recommendation is held against.
Only vetted opportunities
We bring forward only properties we would consider for our own capital, screened across listed and off-market inventory.
Institutional discipline
Yield, cost, liquidity and developer risk assessed on the numbers, with the same rigour applied to a small unit as to a large one.
Honest counsel
Clear reasoning for and against each option, including when the honest answer is to wait, or to look outside Dubai altogether.
Second opinion
An independent read on a deal brought to you by a developer or another agent, before you commit.
Tax & structure coordination
Ownership, residency and tax questions handled with our licensed legal and tax partners. Advisory, never improvised.
How we stay aligned
The discipline behind the advice.
We are a real estate firm, not a fee-only adviser, so alignment matters. These are the lines we hold to.
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Opportunities we would not take ourselves
We only bring forward what meets the criteria we apply to our own capital.
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Ways in: listed and off-market
We screen both public listings and off-market inventory, so a shortlist is chosen on merit, not on what is easy to sell.
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Relationship, from strategy to exit
One team accountable across advice, purchase and management: for how the position performs, not just that it closes.
De Dam is a real estate advisory and brokerage. Our advice concerns property; it is not regulated financial or investment advice, and past performance of the Dubai market is not a guarantee of future returns.
Honest answers up front.
Is this independent advice?
We are not tied to a single developer or a fixed pipeline of projects. We screen both listed and off-market inventory and are happy to give a second opinion on a deal you have found elsewhere. That said, we are a real estate firm rather than a licensed financial adviser. Our advice concerns property, and we are transparent about how we are paid (see below).
Do you push your own listings?
No. We apply the same test to a recommendation that we apply to our own capital, and we will tell you to wait, or to look outside Dubai, when that is the honest answer. A shortlist is built on what fits your objectives, not on what we most want to move.
What does it cost?
The initial strategy conversation and opportunity screening carry no fee and no obligation. Where you go on to buy, or appoint us to manage a property, we are typically compensated through that transaction and any ongoing management. Always disclosed clearly, up front.
Who is it for?
Investors who want portfolio thinking rather than a one-off purchase. Often European and international buyers placing capital in Dubai for the first time, as well as existing owners weighing a second property, a refinance or an exit.
Sources & transparency
What our market view is built on.
Yield ranges and market figures on this page are indicative and drawn from public Dubai real estate data; they are not a forecast or a guarantee. This page is informational and is not regulated financial or investment advice. Every recommendation is discussed against your own objectives, and tax and legal questions are coordinated with our licensed partners.
Let’s start with strategy, not a sales pitch.
Tell us what this capital is meant to do. We will give you a calm, honest read on whether Dubai fits, and if so where, with no obligation.