Homevy Monthly Index

A guest booked one of our Dubai homes two days before check in. By the end of August...it became the standard. Dubai's short-term rental market went up in August. Occupancy across the city was at 59.94%, up from 57% in...

A guest booked one of our Dubai homes two days before check-in. The next reservation was even closer. By the end of July, that was the whole city: guests deciding late, booking fast, planning almost nothing ahead. Dubai's short-term rental...

Dubai spent June easing into summer, and the market moved the way summer usually moves it: a little slower, a little later, a little longer. We moved differently. While the city's occupancy went down to 55.9%, Homevy closed June at...

Three months ago, we wrote the hardest Homevy Monthly index we've ever published. March 2026 nearly broke Dubai's hospitality market. The US-Iran conflict crashed Dubai’s Airbnb market occupancy to 43.2%, and we were honest about every bit of it. We...

If you read last month's index, you know the story.  March 2026 was brutal…not just for us; for every business in Dubai. The US-Iran conflict got worse, airspace closed across the Gulf, tourism dropped overnight. Bookings cancelled, new reservations dried...

March 2026 was the hardest month we've ever had at Homevy. It was the hardest month every short-term rental operator & regular business in Dubai has ever had. In fact...it was the hardest month Dubai has ever had. Now if...