Returns predictor · v0 beta

Projected returns by community — baseline trend plus infrastructure shocks

Every Dubai community, projected over 12 / 36 / 60 months. Returns decompose into a clamped baseline drift and per-event infrastructure shocks (Blue Line, DWC Phase 2, Etihad Rail and others) with explicit confidence bands. The closest to a transparent forward-returns model that exists for Dubai property.

Beta — calibration in progress. The model decomposes each projection into a mean-reverting baseline drift, per-event infrastructure shocks, and off-plan supply pressure. Shock coefficients are mostly literature defaults from transit-oriented development and airport-spillover research — Dubai-specific calibration is only available for the Route 2020 metro extension (the one historical event whose pre/post window doesn't span a broader-market regime shift like the 2008 crash or 2014 cool-down). The confidence band on each projection includes a large calibration-uncertainty term until more historical events clear that bar. Full methodology

87 communities · 9 with infrastructure shocks

#CommunityProjected 36mBand
1International City Phase 1+34.7%±11.5pp
2Silicon Oasis+33.5%±11.5pp
3DownTown Dubai+32.5%±15.5pp
4Dubai Health Care City Phase 2+32.3%±15.5pp
5City Walk+31.9%±11.5pp
6TOWN SQUARE+31.5%±7.5pp
7The Valley+31.5%±7.5pp
8Jumeirah Islands+31.5%±7.5pp
9Arabian Ranches 3+31.5%±7.5pp
10Mina Rashid+31.5%±7.5pp
11Mudon+31.5%±7.5pp
12The Greens+31.5%±7.5pp
13International City Phase 3+31.5%±7.5pp
14Jumeirah Golf Estates+31.5%±7.5pp
15Mohammed Bin Rashid AL Maktoum District 11+31.5%±7.5pp
16Rukan+31.5%±7.5pp
17LA MER+31.5%±7.5pp
18Arabian Ranches - 1+31.5%±7.5pp
19Remraam+31.5%±7.5pp
20Barsha Heights+31.5%±7.5pp
21Meydan Racecourse Community+31.5%±7.5pp
22Jumeirah Garden City+31.5%±7.5pp
23Palm Jabal Ali+31.5%±7.5pp
24DMCC-EZ2+31.5%±7.5pp
25Jumeirah Park+31.5%±7.5pp
26JABEL ALI HILLS+31.5%±7.5pp
27Arabian Ranches II+31.5%±7.5pp
28Nad Al Shiba Villas+31.5%±7.5pp
29City Of Arabia+31.5%±7.5pp
30Jabal Ali Village+31.5%±7.5pp
31The Villa+31.5%±7.5pp
32Bluewaters Island+31.5%±7.5pp
33Springs - 1+31.5%±7.5pp
34Springs - 2+31.5%±7.5pp
35Palm Jumeirah+30.9%±7.5pp
36DAMAC Lagoons+30.9%±7.5pp
37Al Furjan+30.3%±7.5pp
38800 Villas+30.2%±7.5pp
39DAMAC HILLS+30.0%±7.5pp
40Dubai South Residential District+29.5%±7.5pp
41Business Bay+29.5%±11.5pp
42Liwan1+29.4%±7.5pp
43TILAL AL GHAF+29.3%±7.5pp
44Al Barari+29.1%±7.5pp
45Jaddaf Waterfront+28.7%±11.5pp
46Jumeirah Village Circle+28.5%±7.5pp
47Dubai Land Residence Complex+28.5%±7.5pp
48Motor City+28.5%±7.5pp
49Dubai Science Park+28.5%±7.5pp
50Dubai Maritime City+28.5%±7.5pp
51Majan+28.5%±7.5pp
52Palm Deira+28.5%±7.5pp
53HADAEQ SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID - DISRICT 7+28.5%±7.5pp
54Falcon City+28.5%±7.5pp
55Living Legends+28.5%±7.5pp
56Dubai Investment Park Second+28.5%±7.5pp
57The World+28.5%±7.5pp
58International Media Production Zone+24.8%±7.5pp
59Down Town Jabal Ali+24.1%±7.5pp
60Wasl Gate+24.0%±7.5pp
61Jumeirah Village Triangle+23.9%±7.5pp
62Arjan+23.6%±7.5pp
63Wasl 1+23.2%±7.5pp
64Madinat Badr+21.6%±7.5pp
65Dubai Investment Park First+19.9%±7.5pp
66Dubai Sports City+19.7%±7.5pp
67Dubai Studio City+18.9%±7.5pp
68Mohammed Bin Rashid AL Maktoum City -District -1 Community+17.8%±7.5pp
69Meydan One Community+17.7%±7.5pp
70Dubai Creek Harbour+17.4%±11.5pp
71Dubai Water Canal+16.3%±15.5pp
72WARSAN FIRST DEVELOPMENT+15.9%±7.5pp
73Dubai Hills Estate+15.6%±7.5pp
74Dubai Marina+14.8%±7.5pp
75Dubai World Central+13.5%±7.5pp
76SOBHA HARTLAND+12.7%±7.5pp
77DMCC-EZ1+8.4%±7.5pp
78Jumeriah Beach Residence - JBR+7.9%±7.5pp
79TECOM Site D+6.3%±7.5pp
80Business Park+4.7%±7.5pp
81Jumeirah Lakes Towers+2.0%±7.5pp
82Nad Al Sheba Gardens+1.0%±7.5pp
83Dubai Harbour+0.2%±7.5pp
84Sufouh Gardens-5.3%±7.5pp
85DAMAC HILLS 2-6.3%±7.5pp
86Discovery Gardens-6.3%±7.5pp
87Site A-6.3%±7.5pp

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Methodology

Projection formula. For each community, the projected total PSF return over the horizon is the sum of three terms — a mean-reverting baseline drift, per-event infrastructure shocks, and an off-plan supply-pressure drag.

Baseline + mean reversion. Drift is annualised from the community's last 8 quarters of DLD price history, clamped to [-6%, +12%]/yr. The clamped value is then blended toward a 7%/yr Dubai long-run anchor — λ = 0.1 at 12m, 0.3 at 36m, 0.5 at 60m. This stops a community currently in a hot streak from projecting a flat compounded return out to 5 years; markets revert.

Infrastructure shocks. Each event (metro, rail, airport, mega-development) has a peak uplift coefficient, a ramp-up window before opening day, a saturation window after opening, and a catchment radius. The contribution to a given community is the peak uplift × distance decay × time factor × confidence weight. Distance decay is linear from 1.0 at the event centre to 0.0 at the catchment boundary. The time factor is the average value of the shock curve over the horizon window, integrated numerically.

Supply pressure. Each community has an off-plan share (offplan_pct from stats — the % of recent transactions that are off-plan filings). City baseline is 30%. Communities with a share above baseline get a small negative drag scaled by the excess pp and the horizon length, capped at -3pp. The signal: communities with a heavy unbuilt pipeline see absorption pressure when those units complete and hit the secondary market.

Confidence band. Each projection ships with a symmetric ± band that combines a calibration-uncertainty term (large while coefficients are literature defaults) and a per-year horizon-uncertainty term. Longer horizons widen the band; communities with more shocks applied widen it further.

Z-score normalisation. The Z-score column expresses each community's projection as standard deviations above or below the cohort mean for the same horizon, so picks can be ranked relative to peers.

What v0 doesn't model yet. Service-charge trajectory, foreign-buyer demand proxies, and per-building granularity (currently community-level only). Supply pressure uses the offplan_pct proxy rather than per-project unit counts because the project-level data is too sparse on completion dates. v1 calibration plan: run scripts/calibrate/predictor-coefficients.ts against the pre-2020 DLD back-fill to replace literature defaults with Dubai-specific values.

Source files for audit. Math: src/lib/predictor.ts. Coefficients: src/lib/predictor-coefficients.ts. Infrastructure events: src/data/infrastructure-pipeline.json. Every coefficient is auditable; no values are hidden behind a logo.