A designated area where foreign nationals may own property outright, common in the UAE.
Related terms
- Frontier market
A market less developed and less liquid than an emerging market, with higher risk and thinner data; much of Sub-Saharan African real estate sits in this catego…
- Giga-project
An exceptionally large, state-backed development, characteristic of Saudi Vision 2030.
- Grey market
Unofficial but not strictly illegal trading channels, including informal currency exchange and off-book property deals; prevalent where formal FX and title sys…
- Inflation hedge
An asset expected to hold value as prices rise; property is widely used as one in Egypt.
- Informality
The prevalence of unrecorded or unregulated activity, common in emerging-market real estate.
- Institutional quality
The strength and reliability of a country's legal, regulatory, and governance systems; weak institutions raise transaction risk and are the deepest driver of e…
- Market transparency
The availability and reliability of data and processes in a market; often low in frontier markets.
- Master developer
A large entity that develops land and infrastructure, then sells or partners for vertical build.