BlockBeats News, March 10, as the regional conflict continued to escalate, investor sentiment turned cautious, the Dubai Financial Market Real Estate Index fell by about 20% over the past five trading days. This plunge wiped out all the gains made by the index in 2025.
Just before the intensification of Iran’s geopolitical tensions, the index reached a peak of 16910.3 on February 27.
Earlier this year, the index rose by about 15%, continuing the strong upward trend of the previous years (63% increase in 2024, 38% increase in 2023), reflecting investors’ strong interest in the Dubai real estate market. According to the real estate consulting firm Anarock, in 2025, Dubai’s real estate transactions may reach nearly 91.7 billion dirhams, about $250 billion. This is the highest transaction volume in the city’s history. The total number of transactions for the year exceeds 270,000.
