London Real Estate: A Trusted Home for Global Capital
An evening in Dubai for investors, founders and business owners — on where the opportunity in London property genuinely sits right now, the incentives currently available, and the yields those purchases are achieving. Followed by open networking, with the room and with each other.
Free to attend · Limited to 25 guests · Strictly by RSVP
- Date
- Thursday 29 October 2026
- Doors from 6:00pm
- Time
- 6:00pm – 9:30pm
- Presentation at 6:30pm
- Location
- Dubai
- Venue confirmed on RSVP
- Places
- 25 guests
- Allocated first come, first served
Why we are holding this evening now
For most of the last decade, buying London from the Gulf meant paying a premium for certainty. That has changed. A repriced market, a sterling exchange rate that works in favour of dirham-based buyers, and developers competing hard for committed purchasers have combined to open a window that did not exist three years ago.
Windows close. This evening exists to put the current position in front of you plainly — what is available, on what terms, and what it actually returns — so you can judge it for yourself rather than read about it after the fact.
It is free to attend, there is no obligation of any kind, and we have 25 seats.
The case for London
Four reasons global capital keeps returning to the same city — and why they apply with particular force to investors based here.
Your currency goes further
With the dirham pegged to the dollar, sterling’s level has a direct effect on what Gulf-based capital can buy in London. For many investors here, that is an advantage sitting on top of whatever incentive a developer is offering — and the two compound.
A jurisdiction that holds
Secure freehold title, a public land registry, an independent legal system and a deep resale market. It is the reason London has absorbed global capital through every cycle for a century — you can always see what you own, and you can always sell it.
Demand outruns supply
London continues to deliver far fewer new homes each year than it needs, while tenant demand stays firm. That gap is the foundation under both rental income and long-run capital values — and it is not closing quickly.
A hedge against concentration
Many portfolios built from Dubai are heavily weighted to one market, one currency and one cycle. London is none of those things. For investors already long the UAE, it is diversification rather than duplication.
What the briefing covers
Thirty minutes, no sales pitch, specific numbers. We go through the current position on discounts and yields directly — including the parts that are less flattering.
- Where the discounts actually are right now — which schemes carry genuine incentives, and how to tell a real one from a repackaged asking price.
- The yields those purchases are currently achieving, gross and net, once service charge, management and void periods are taken off.
- How an overseas buyer structures a London purchase: ownership, financing available to non-residents, and the tax positions that matter.
- What the numbers look like over a five- to ten-year hold, and the honest downside case as well as the upside.
Figures are presented on the night rather than published here — incentives and availability move week to week, and we would rather give you the position as it stands on 29 October than a number that has already expired.
The room itself
From 7:00pm the floor is open. We keep the presentation deliberately short because the more valuable part of an evening like this is usually the two hours after it.
Expect a curated group of investors, founders and business owners based in the UAE — people running real companies and deploying real capital. No badges-and- lanyards circuit, no pitch queue.
Wine and canapés are on us. There is no cost to attend and nothing to buy on the night.
Bringing a colleague or business partner? Mention it in your RSVP and we will hold a second seat if one is available.
The kind of stock we will be discussing
Images from Royal Gateway, one of the Barratt London schemes we will cover on the night — indicative of the specification, amenity and location profile the current incentives apply to.
Computer-generated images of Royal Gateway, indicative only. Reproduced courtesy of Barratt London.
The evening
- 6:00pm
Welcome drinks & registration
Arrive, collect your badge and meet the room over a drink.
- 6:30pm
The London opportunity — briefing
A short, direct presentation on where the value sits right now: the incentives currently available on selected schemes, and the yields those purchases are achieving.
- 7:00pm
Open networking, wine & canapés
The rest of the evening is yours — with our team, Barratt London, and a room of fellow investors, founders and business owners.
Carriages at 9:30pm. Smart casual — there is no dress code to worry about.
25 places. Please register early.
We are keeping this evening small on purpose — a room where the conversation is worth having is a room where everyone can actually speak to everyone. Once the 25 places are taken we will close registration and start a waiting list.
- When
- Thursday 29 October 2026, 6:00pm – 9:30pm
- Where
- Dubai
- We are finalising a private venue in Dubai. The full address is sent to you by email as soon as it is confirmed, and in good time before the evening.
- Cost
- Free to attend, including refreshments. Nothing is sold on the night.
Reserve your place
Limited to 25 guests. Tell us where to send your confirmation and the venue address.
Hosted by The Entrepreneur Institute in partnership with Barratt London
This page is an invitation to an information event. It is not financial advice, not a personal recommendation, and not an offer to sell property. Property values and rental income can fall as well as rise, currency movements can work against you as easily as for you, and past performance is not a guide to future returns. Please take your own professional advice before making any investment decision.