Like Singapore, for example, Dubai is a ‘city state’ that, whilst remaining autonomous, is one of seven such territories that comprise the unimaginably oil-wealthy Middle East region on the Persian Gulf known as the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Investment Property Guide: General Dubai Property Guide

Occupying a combined area of only 83,000 sq. km, home to a population of around 1/3 that of London, the UAE (of which Dubai is part of) was formally established in 1971 following the withdrawal of British interests from the Gulf region. The majority of the UAE is barren desert, but there is still room for wildly contrasting scenery from brooding mountains and lush plains to towering dunes, beautiful oases and beaches.

Investment Property Guide: Property for sale in Discovery Gardens, Dubai

Scheduled for completion in September 2008, Discovery Gardens is another massive and exciting property development being undertaken by Nahkeel, Dubai's leading and mould-breaking developers. Nahkeel are the architectural and development genii behind the world's most extraordinary residential properties: The Palms, International City and The World - all of which we have never seen the likes of before. Whilst not matching the dazzling futuristic vision and visual power of these Nahkeel developments, Discovery Gardens is nonetheless a stunning project that aims to provide some of the most elegant and luxurious property for sale in Dubai, or anywhere else.

Investment Property Guide: Property for sale at The Golden Mile, Palm Jumeirah, Dubaie

The Palms property development in Dubai is the most extraordinary and ambitious residential and leisure facilities building project ever undertaken anywhere in the world. Of unimaginable scale, complexity and architectural innovation, just looking at artists' impressions and computer-generated perspectives of how the completed development will look simply takes the breath away.

Investment Property Guide: Property for sale in Jumeirah

Jumeirah is an upmarket residential and leisure resort that, like most of ‘new’ Dubai, has benefited from careful, measured town planning. There is as much space as there are amenities and facilities packed into it, making for a comfortable but exciting environment in which all you need is always close to hand.