KÂMO Market News
Dated real-estate news from Egypt and the UAE, reported from named primary sources, with a short buyer-side view from the KÂMO advisory team on what each development means in practice. We publish when something clears the bar — not on a schedule.
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Egypt has put the property transactions tax on a mobile app, including the tax clearance certificate a sale needs before it can be registered
Egypt · Policy ·
The seller-side tax step that gates registration of an Egyptian property sale now runs through an application that calculates the tax, takes payment, issues the clearance certificate and shows the status of the request — which matters to a buyer mainly because a stalled transfer now has a status somebody can be asked to produce.
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Egypt’s financial regulator has replaced the 40%-of-assets equity test for developers converting into property funds with a flat EGP 500m floor
Egypt · Policy ·
The Financial Regulatory Authority swapped a ratio-based solvency test for an absolute one, and the reason it gave is the part a buyer should read: a developer’s largest obligations are the advance payments its own customers have already made against homes that are not built yet.
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Dubai has licensed 186 new property developers so far in 2026 — about 25 a month
UAE · Market data ·
A licence proves a company may sell in Dubai; it does not prove the company has ever delivered. With 186 new developers entering the market in seven and a half months, that distinction is the one a buyer has to make for themselves.
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Talaat Moustafa delivered 1,459 units in the first half of 2026, a 131% year-on-year increase
Egypt · Developer ·
Egypt’s largest listed developer published half-year results. The figure that matters to someone about to sign an off-plan contract is not the profit line — it is the handover count.
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Qatari Diar breaks ground on Alam Al Roum, a USD 29.7bn North Coast city
Egypt · Project ·
Sovereign Gulf capital has committed to a second mega-development on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast — the largest single project announcement since Ras El Hekma.