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2022 in review: Reforms, Ukraine war drive boost in UAE’s real estate market

Improved regulatory policies and diplomatic measures amid the Ukraine war have welcomed foreign direct investment and boosted the UAE real estate market in 2022 above the global average.  
A photograph taken in Dubai on January 4, 2022 shows the world's highest skyscraper Burj Khalifa. (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

The United Arab Emirates' real estate market saw a gainful year despite a global slowdown, benefiting from a series of reforms and geopolitical events, including the Ukraine war, with some segments anticipated to lead growth rates globally in 2023.

In the third quarter of this year, global commercial real estate returns turned negative for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the second quarter of 2020, according to US finance company Morgan Stanley Capital International.

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