Methodology

How the Rendr score works

Every project gets one number from 0 to 100 that says how well it stacks up, and every number shows its working. Seven factors, each with a weight, each scored by a rule written here. Some are computed from public data; some are our own judgement, and where they are, the reasoning and sources sit next to the score on the project page. Our opinion, not investment advice.

The factors and their weights

Weights add up to 100. The total is the weighted average of the factors that could be assessed. These weights apply since 8 Sep 2026.

1. Price against what buyers actually paid

   Automatic. The asking price per sqft against the emirate register's median for the area, apartments or villas, over the last six months.

   Rule: 20% or more under the median scores 100. From 20% under to the median: 100 down to 70. Up to 15% over: 70 down to 50. Up to 40% over: 50 down to 20. Beyond that: 20 down to 0. An estimated asking price is labelled as such.

   25weight

2. Developer track record

   Our assessment of each developer, with the reasoning and sources shown.

   Rule: 90 and above: many projects delivered on time. Around 70: delivers, with delays of a few months. Around 50: little history, or delays over a year. Below 30: unresolved problems. The rating applies to every project of that developer.

   20weight

3. Payment plan

   Automatic, from the plan's percentages.

   Rule: 100 minus the down payment, minus 0.6 times the share due during construction, plus 0.4 times any share due after handover, kept between 0 and 100. A 10/50/40 plan scores 60; a 5/35/60 plan scores 74; paying everything on handover scores 100.

   15weight

4. Location and infrastructure

   Our assessment of each area, with the reasoning and sources shown. A district inherits its island's rating unless rated on its own; a project can be rated on its own.

   Rule: Schools, healthcare, shops, beach, roads, and how much of the area's infrastructure is finished, on a 0 to 100 scale.

   15weight

5. How easy it is to sell later

   Automatic. Sales of finished homes registered in the area over the last twelve months, for the same kind of home.

   Rule: 300 or more scores 100, 100 scores 75, 30 scores 50, 10 scores 25, none scores 0, on a smooth curve between those points. Areas the register does not name are not assessed.

   10weight

6. Construction on schedule

   Automatic when the launch date, the handover date and the completion percentage are known; otherwise our assessment.

   Rule: Expected progress is the share of the build period that has passed. At or within five points of expected: 100. Each further point behind costs five, so 25 points behind is 0. A handed-over project scores 100. When assessed by us: 100 on schedule, 70 up to six months late, 40 up to a year, 0 beyond.

   10weight

7. The basics on file

   Checked by us on the emirate's own register: the escrow account and the project registration.

   Rule: Both on file: 100. One of the two: 50. Checked and none found: 0. Not checked yet: not assessed.

   5weight

What the number means

• Strong80 to 100
• Good65 to 79
• Fair50 to 64
• Weakbelow 50

Missing data

Changes to the weights

Every change is kept. A project page explains a score change by the factor that moved, and old scores are read against the weights that applied at the time.

• 8 Sep 2026current

  Price 25 · Developer 20 · Payment 15 · Location 15 · How 10 · Construction 10 · The 5

  Initial weights, docs/score-design.md, agreed 2026-09-08

Questions about a score? The breakdown on each project page shows every input. The registered-sale figures behind two of the factors are explained on the home page.