About Certified Poor

Certified Poor is an independent Dubai off-plan property intelligence service — ROI, risk and payment-plan analysis you can act on. We are not a listing portal: we exist to tell buyers what the numbers on a project actually mean.

Dubai-focused Independent analysis Data-driven

What we do

Every score, risk flag and ROI estimate on this site is produced in-house using the methodology below — not scraped from developer marketing. The goal is simple: give off-plan buyers an honest read on price, payment-plan strain and delivery risk before they commit.

How we produce our analysis

Our project and area scores are calculated, not opinions. Each project is assessed across the same fixed dimensions so numbers are comparable across the whole market:

ROI estimate

Projected rental yield and price position benchmarked against comparable handovers in the same area, not the developer's brochure figure.

Risk level

Developer delivery track record, escrow status, construction stage and payment-plan exposure combined into a single risk band.

Payment-plan strain

We model the actual instalment schedule and handover split so you see cash-flow pressure, not just a headline "60/40".

Developer track record

On-time delivery history, quality signals and past-project performance, scored consistently across every developer.

Editorial standards

  • Independence. Our published analysis is not paid for by developers. A project's score is not affected by whether we can earn commission on it.
  • Sourced data. Prices, payment plans and handover dates are taken from primary sources and dated; markets move, so pages carry update timestamps.
  • Corrections. If a figure is wrong, we fix it. Contact us with the project and the correction and we will review it.
  • No fabricated reviews. We do not publish fake testimonials or invented awards.

Contact

Questions or a correction on a project figure? Reach us through the contact page.

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