ASTRATERRA Dubai Expands Property Tokenisation Push as Secondary Trading Opens in 2026
Dubai's real estate market is adding a new capital channel alongside conventional sales, with The National reporting that Dubai Land Department moved into a second phase of its tokenisation project and enabled regulated secondary-market resale from February 2026. In the same coverage, DLD projected the tokenised segment could reach Dh60 billion by 2033, equivalent to about 7% of the emirate's property transactions.
That policy shift is landing during a high-liquidity cycle. Arabian Business and Zawya both cited DLD-linked Q1 2026 data showing transaction value at roughly Dh252 billion, up about 31% year on year. For investors, the timing matters: stronger underlying deal flow means tokenised products are entering a market that already has deep demand and active price discovery rather than a weak-volume environment.
The likely impact for Dubai buyers is segmentation, not replacement. High-net-worth and end-user buyers will still dominate title-level purchases, while tokenised access can broaden participation for smaller-ticket investors seeking exposure to prime locations. If DLD maintains tight compliance and transparent secondary trading standards, tokenisation could improve market depth without diluting confidence in core freehold ownership structures.
For brokers and developers, the near-term advantage is distribution. Projects with strong legal structuring, clean governance, and credible delivery timelines should attract both traditional buyers and fractional capital pools. But execution discipline will be critical: any mismatch between marketing claims and asset-level disclosure could quickly become a reputational risk in a more digitally visible investment model.