Ratings & indices · Gulf real estate

The independent number.

One letter grade and one index for every Dubai community and building — computed from registered transactions. Nothing to sell you.

Dubai · city verdict

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momentum

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RDRI · 2014 = 100 · live series

Where can I buy? · shortlist by budget

I have AED

Estimated ticket = a community’s registered median unit size × its registered resale AED/sqft (global typical size where the community’s own is thin). A shortlist for orientation, not a valuation. Ridge does not sell or broker property.

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Try: Where are prices rising fastest? · Is Dubai Marina liquid? · Best yield under AED 1M?
Grounded strictly in the registered data behind the ratings — cited figures, no investment advice.

Every rated Dubai community, on one rule — Aaa (most liquid) → Caa.

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Communities graded

grade mix · Aaa → Caa

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Buildings graded

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Registered transactions behind the index

RDRI · 2002 → today · base 2014

The shape of the rated market · Aaa → Caa

Rents & property types

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Pulse · live Top riser— Best net yield— Tightest resale—

Grade heat-map · live

Real registry boundaries on a live Google map of Dubai, coloured by Ridge grade. Hover to preview, click for the report; a grade in the legend filters the map.

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01 · Rating rationale

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Ridge Analyst commentary · computed from registered transactions · monthly

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02 · Market trend

RDRI · mix-controlled median · 2014 = 100—

Grade score

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absolute liquidity scale

Net yield

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registered rents ÷ price

Median PSF

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ready resale · AED/sqft

03 · On the map

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Ridge Certificate

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Ridge Pulse

Live market momentum across Dubai's rated communities.

Community	Grade	Registry trend · 12m	PSF · 14 months	Net yield	Resales	Median PSF

Trend & sparkline = registered land-registry PSF, last 14 months. The asking-side movers live on the Home snapshot. Click a row for the report · ⌖ flies the map · rating actions on the Ridge Wire.

The methodology

One published rule, computed from registered transactions. The same number, re-derivable by anyone.

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Registered transactions only

Every grade and index is built from recorded land-registry sales — not asking prices, not opinions. 211,970 transactions behind the current index.

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Liquidity, not price

The letter grade measures one thing — how easily you could exit — as resale depth, maturity-adjusted so a supply-heavy off-plan area cannot out-rate a genuinely liquid one.

Grade score = (20 + 7.4 × ln[secondary resales]) × min(1, 0.6 + 0.4 · resales ÷ off-plan)
Letter = Aaa … Caa on the absolute liquidity scale · NR under 5 resales

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Stratified index (RDRI / ROPI)

A mix-controlled median so a change in what sold cannot masquerade as a change in price. Two series, never blended: ready resale (RDRI) and off-plan (ROPI).

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Provenance you can re-derive

Every rating carries its lineage — source, record count, window, methodology version — behind "Verify this rating". Independent: no listings, no brokerage, no paid upgrades, ever.

For institutions

The independent number banks, funds and valuers can cite — with nothing to sell on any deal.

Terminal & data feed

Underwriting-grade grades, indices and provenance embedded in your valuation and risk models. Priced by AUM, not seats.

Enterprise API

The programmatic Ridge grade + RDRI, metered by call volume and redistribution rights.

Benchmark licence

License RDRI as the reference the market prices against — base + basis points on assets benchmarked to the index, the way S&P and MSCI license theirs.

Bespoke analytics

Custom indices, stress tests and white-label reports for sovereign funds, developers and government.

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Priced like an authority.

The letter grade is always free and always independent. Paid tiers add depth, export, API and benchmarking.

Public Index

Free

forever

The open benchmark — every community grade, the index, the map and the methodology.

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Reports

1,500

AED / report · packs from 1,000

Citable 4-page rating report + certificate, per community or building — for ICs, funds & advisors.

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Pro Terminal

12,000

AED / seat / yr

Building-level ratings & yields, watchlists + rating-change alerts, exports and Dubai-wide drill-down.

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Enterprise

from 75,000

AED / yr · feed · API · index licence

The full Ridge data feed & API, history and bulk, SLAs, index licence + citation rights.

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Issuer-pays, walled: a building can never buy its grade or an upgrade — certificate fees pay only for the seal and surveillance.

The Ridge Quote

One embeddable line any broker, bank or journalist drops onto their page — carrying the grade, the index, the momentum and a tamper-evident Verify link to the registry lineage.

It is not a badge — it is a seal. Every embed makes the Ridge number the reference the market quotes.