VirmaniViewsThree cities made me. Dubai kept me.
I am Ansh Virmani. I run The Virmani Group and spend most days helping people buy, sell and believe in UAE real estate. Here is the longer version.
Where it started
I grew up in a family that talks business at the dinner table. In 2014 my father, Aman Virmani, left Gurgaon for the UAE with more conviction than certainty and started what became The Virmani Group from a small office in Ajman.
The numbers years
I read Mathematics and Economics at Boston University. It taught me to trust models and, more usefully, to know exactly when to stop trusting them. Most of how I read a property market comes from holding both ideas at once.
Home, and the work
Today I lead The Virmani Group from Business Bay: real estate brokerage, citizenship by investment and business setup. I also serve as Country Director for BRICS CCI UAE, working on trade ties across emerging markets. The part of the job I love most is simpler: sitting across from someone and helping them make one good decision about where their life or money goes next.
I live what I advise. From 2014 to 2025, home was an apartment in the centre of Business Bay. Since 2025 it has been Tilal Al Ghaf, a quieter, resort-like community on the city’s edge. I have lived both speeds of this city, which is exactly why I can match you with yours.
The rest of the week.
Clients become friends when they know who they are dealing with. So, for the record, this is what I am up to when I am not doing deals.
Travel
New markets, new cities, new food. Half research, half wanderlust. Twenty-seven countries so far; the proof is stamped below.
Reading
Mostly economics, history, and the occasional biography of someone who built something from nothing. The keepers are shelved in the Library.
Padel
Dubai’s unofficial second economy. If you play, that is a legitimate reason to get in touch.
The passport so far: 27 countries and counting.
Every stamp is a story. Ask me about Tunisia.
The views are free. The work is not.
When you are ready to buy, sell or hold in the UAE, the firm behind these views does the actual work: sourcing, underwriting and getting you through to keys.
One good email, now and then.
No content calendar and no growth hacks. A letter arrives when I have something worth your attention, and not before.
- 1One market note. What is actually moving in UAE property, and why.
- 2One honest take. The call I would make with my own money.
- 3One thing worth keeping. A book, a walk, a number.
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