Recognition
Recognized by the Institutions We Serve
Awards, honors and partnerships, from government institutions, royal-office organizations and the developers Cresco represents.
I built Cresco in Dubai. One of the most competitive real estate markets in the world. We earned our place deal by deal: AED 6.8B+ in closed transactions, 2,500+ deals and partnerships with more than 31 developers.
But the more international our clients became, the clearer the gap became. Capital doesn't stay in one market anymore. A family in Dubai wants a home in Los Angeles. An American investor wants yield in Dubai. A GCC family wants London for the long term. And almost nobody serves all sides of that movement well.
So we stopped thinking like a brokerage and started building like an institution: brokerage, advisory, intelligence, media, capital and education. One ecosystem, three markets, one standard.
That's Cresco Global. And we're just getting started.
. Umer Shauket
Umer’s own writing on the cross-border market: can Americans buy property in Dubai and GCC capital in US real estate.
20+ years in real estate. AED 6.8B+ closed. 2,500+ transactions. 4.9-star client rating.
From building a leading Dubai luxury brokerage to establishing Cresco Real Estate LLC in California, with operations in California and Florida.
Honest advice over hype. Data over noise. Long-term relationships over one-time commissions.
Build the trusted bridge for capital moving between Dubai, America and the UK and train the next generation of agents to serve it.
Awards, honors and partnerships, from government institutions, royal-office organizations and the developers Cresco represents.
“Our job should not be to find a reason for someone to buy. It should be to find the reasons they shouldn’t buy first.”
It is the rule the whole company is built on. Cresco publishes registered Dubai Land Department transactions rather than advertised asking prices, states the gross yield on ready stock rather than on an off plan launch price, and prints the three month window even when it disagrees with the twelve month one. If the numbers say walk away, we say walk away.
Selected coverage of the founder and Cresco Real Estate. Every link goes to the original article. Print credits carry the edition and issue number.
Still the most dynamic property market in the world but the edge now belongs to buyers with real developer access, not portal browsers.
The deepest market on earth rewards patience and position. California and Florida remain the first doors global capital walks through.
The next decade belongs to investors who treat the world as one portfolio and to the firms built to serve them that way.
Every serious inquiry reaches the leadership desk. That's a promise, not a slogan.