India recorded the strongest overseas online interest in Dubai’s real estate market during the past three months, underscoring the emirate’s enduring attraction for international investors and homebuyers, based on fresh web traffic figures published by fäm Properties.
The study, which leaves out visitors located within the UAE and tracks international search traffic to Dubai property listings, revealed that India made up 20.59 per cent of overseas searches. The United Kingdom followed at 13.26 per cent, with Egypt close behind at 12.60 per cent.
Rounding out the top five were the United States at 8.99 per cent and Pakistan at 6.94 per cent. Saudi Arabia, Australia, Germany, France and Canada filled out the remainder of the ten biggest international sources of online interest.
These results offer an early glimpse of where buyer demand could be forming, though the firm cautioned that online searches should not be read as a reliable predictor of eventual sales.
India’s top ranking mirrors its long-standing status as one of Dubai’s biggest sources of foreign property investment. This is underpinned by robust trade ties, a large Indian expatriate population across the UAE and ongoing appetite for overseas real estate investment and portfolio diversification.
“The online search data that we’ve compiled doesn’t guarantee sales, and should be treated as a directional indicator of potential buyer interest rather than a precise forecast of future transactions,” said Firas Al Msaddi, CEO of fäm Properties.
“But what it does show is where global attention is genuinely concentrated right now. Search behaviour is an early signal, often months ahead of when that interest shows up in official transaction records.
“For a market as internationally driven as Dubai’s, understanding where that demand is building can be just as important as tracking where it’s already landed.”
One striking observation was China’s exclusion from the top ten, despite Chinese buyers historically ranking among Dubai’s most significant overseas purchasers. Al Msaddi explained that this stems from how buyers behave rather than any drop in appetite.
“This should be attributed to a difference in buying behaviour rather than any decline in interest,” he noted. “Chinese buyers tend to transact through agent networks, developer relationships, and word-of-mouth referrals rather than independent online research.”
Russian buyers showed a comparable pattern. While Russia has regularly featured among the top nationalities buying Dubai property in recent years, it represented just 2.50 per cent of international search traffic, landing it in 12th place.
The figures reinforce Dubai’s ongoing global appeal, with interest distributed across established markets throughout Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East, highlighting the emirate’s standing as a worldwide real estate investment hub.
