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Dubai Value Proposition. Dubai Value Proposition. Overall Value Value to RERA Value to Buyers Value to Sellers Challenges Summary. Overall Value. Web 2.0 and Social Media approach to Real-Estate Online oversight of transactions One place online to discover, evaluate and buy R.E.
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Dubai Value Proposition • Overall Value • Value to RERA • Value to Buyers • Value to Sellers • Challenges • Summary
Overall Value • Web 2.0 and Social Media approach to Real-Estate • Online oversight of transactions • One place online to discover, evaluate and buy R.E. • Bona-fide participants – sellers, financiers, brokers, buyers • Collaborative activities – forums, online meetings, file repository, chat
Overall Value • Analytics to gauge the market, move with trends and provide good services to the community • Notification for various parties to stay current on transactions • Use of Online Meetings to enhance collaboration and communication
Value To RERA • Visibility into transactions • Market metrics aggregated and drawn from the community • Education of the Real-Estate community • Disbursement of forms • Freshening of information • Cooperation
Value To RERA • Feedback from the community • Enhanced communications to monitor activities (SMS, notifications) • Access to web conferencing for seller certification
Value To Sellers • Trusted outlet for marketing • Lead generation vehicle • Pre-qualification of potential buyers • Focused search of seller’s properties • Qualification of brokers and agents • Compliance with RERA regulations • Simplified filings with RERA
Value To Sellers • Traffic and analytics reporting • Collaborative engagements with prospective buyers • Rich-media platform for showing properties • Enhanced communications during sale (SMS, chat) • Web meetings
Value To Buyers • Trusted, certified seller properties • Rich-media experience when shopping • Oversight by RERA • Comparative shopping & Focused Search • Community knowledge • Outlet for feedback Search for Properties Location & Lifestyle Layout & Architecture Size & Price Range Geography Dwelling Type Price Range Area (Sq. Feet) Region Style # of Bedrooms # of Bathrooms Seller Agents Seller Search
Value To Buyers • Collaborative engagement with sellers • Enhanced communications during sale (SMS, chat) • Web Meetings
Challenges • Middle East cultural differences – Not as wired as U.S. • Old-School business practices – entrenched, staid • Natural aversion to online social networking • May not want to ‘show their hand’ (poker) • Real-Estate not yet open to sharing knowledge • Competitive environment counter-intuitive to collaboration • May be considered too time-consuming
Challenges • Mistrust of Gov bureaucracies • Privacy and confidentiality is paramount – fears of compromising delicate deals • Too many middlemen
Summary – Dubai Value Proposition • Many Benefits for: • RERA • Sellers • Buyers • Some Challenges based on culture and lagging technological savvy • Will require education and adoption • May require live proofing in the community • Examples of enhanced engagements due to the community • Widely touted successes as a result of using the site • Will require a public policy campaign by RERA and the L.D. • Definitely need to ‘take it slow’ on our rollout of enhanced collaboration features • Don’t set high expectations on the RERA side