DANYAL ALIAN

Most people enter Dubai’s property market with a brochure in hand. My clients enter it with data. I began my career in finance on the US East Coast, where I learned one simple discipline: numbers first, emotions second. Today I bring that discipline to Dubai’s off-plan market as Regional Manager for German-speaking markets at Tanami Properties. Dubai offers something few markets can, because every sale and every rental contract is registered with the Dubai Land Department, which makes it one of the most transparent property markets in the world. I build every recommendation on that official record, and before a project ever reaches a client, it has to pass three tests: a developer with a proven delivery record, an entry price that makes sense against the market, and real demand from the people who will live there. This website is my public record. In the Journal, I write down every day how I read the market, what the data shows and what I expect it to mean, dated and unedited, so that anyone can look back and see where I was right and where I was wrong. On the Opportunities page, I put my judgment on the line with a small, curated selection of projects I have reviewed personally, covering the developer, location, prices, unit sizes and my honest view, with no advertising and no paid placements, because no developer can buy a place on this page. Anyone can make a forecast. Very few are willing to leave a written trail and let time be the judge. I advise investors from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and around the world, in German, English and Farsi. Data over hype. Judgment over noise.