Hi everyone, this is my first post (but must admit to having been a lurker for awhile
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I would love to join this bulk-buying consortium. I've been interested in investing in Dubai property since around April this year and spent the last four months researching the market, looking at various projects and developments etc (the scale of which has completely overwhelmed me!)
My preference would be to buy a new development on first sale as opposed to resale due to the greater leverage potential but, like many others I'm sure, the pricing for new developments is spiralling upwards such that its fast becoming out-of-reach for many people (including myself) and it seems as though only bulk-buyers who are 'in the know' or that have good developer relations seem to get the best launch discounts.
This is why I think this Investment Consortium is a great idea - why should we let the big guns get preferential treatment when we can compete with them on their own playing field! Strength is gained in numbers and if we have enough, we too can join the premier league and compete with the biggest and best of them.
So whilst I cant offer a huge amount of advice at this point (being a n00b), I'm hoping to learn from other forumites and hopefully every additional member that joins the collective will give us just that little bit more ammunition in getting bigger and better discounts from the developers. So count me in!
ps. I'm in the UK so would love to meet up with other UK members.