The developer said its profit for the three months to March 31 was 265.1 million riyals ($72.8 million), up from 158.5 million riyals in the same period of 2013.
Finance ministry and ICD venture Bidaya will submit an application for a licence as soon as regulations under the kingdom’s mortgage laws are finalised.
Emiratis invested around Dhs7 billion in Dubai property while Indians continued to be the top foreign investors with transactions worth Dhs5.8 billion.