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UAE property for UK investors
The Middle East's biggest casino resort opens in 2027 — on this island. Here's what your budget buys.
Beachfront apartments on Al Marjan Island, off-plan, on payment plans from a 5% deposit. Get the investor guide and current prices, and we introduce you to one registered developer — never a list, never resold.
Up to 20% a year
Capital growth potential — developer projection.
One introduction, not a list
Registered off-plan project
No fee to buyers
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Get the Al Marjan investor guide & current prices
The Dubai train hasn't left. It's moved one stop up the coast.
Ras Al Khaimah is the emirate next to Dubai. You get the same climate, the same tax position and the same coastline, at less than half the entry price.
Source: developer market data, 2025. Indicative averages.
Why this island, and why now.
Al Marjan Island is where Wynn Resorts is building the Middle East's first integrated casino resort — a $5 billion-plus project with around 1,500 rooms, scheduled to open in 2027. The island's residential districts are a few minutes from the resort site.
$5bn+ resort opening 2027
3 min — from the resort to the island's residential districts
Beachfront, off-plan, 5% deposit
What your budget could do
What your budget could do here.
Capital growth potential of up to 20% a year
Rental yield potential of up to 12%
Potential figures based on developer projections for the area. Values and rental income can go down as well as up. Not a guarantee.
UK landlords are squeezed by tax changes and yields of 4–6% in most cities. The UAE has no income tax on rental income and no capital gains tax.
- Illustrative annual rental income
- £42,000
- Illustrative value after 5 years
- £700,000
- Golden Visa
- Below threshold
Golden Visa route starts at around £400,000
Illustrative only. Assumes the developer's upper-range projections of up to 20% growth a year (not compounded) and up to 12% rental yield. Not a forecast, not a guarantee. Values can fall as well as rise.
A 10-year residency visa comes with it.
Property purchases of AED 2,000,000 or more (around £400,000 — the exact figure moves with the exchange rate) qualify the buyer and their family for a 10-year renewable UAE Golden Visa.
Live, work or simply visit
No sponsor or employer required.
Covers spouse and children
Family members included on the visa.
Renewable while you hold the property
Ten years, renewable on the same basis.
How buying off-plan works here.
- 1
Reserve
Secure your unit with a deposit from 5%.
- 2
Sale agreement
A registered sale and purchase agreement is issued in your name.
- 3
Pay in stages
Payments go into a regulator-registered escrow account and are released to the developer as construction progresses — not upfront.
- 4
Handover
Take ownership, apply for the Golden Visa if eligible, rent it out or use it.
Registered and protected
Every developer we introduce is registered with Ras Al Khaimah's real estate regulator and will show you the project registration before you pay anything. Off-plan buyer funds are held in a regulator-registered escrow account by law. You're free to appoint an independent lawyer at any stage.
Ready for the investor guide?
Emirates Property Desk is an independent introduction service. We are not the developer or an estate agent. If you leave your details we will pass them to the developer's sales team, who will contact you directly. There is no fee to you.