Matt Bougourd Real Estate Agent in Dubai Marina & Business Bay
Sales, leasing and off-plan for Dubai Marina and Business Bay. Ranked first on Bayut across both districts. A position held on closed deals, not marketing spend.
The walkthrough
One bedroom, west walk,
Dubai Marina.
Scroll to move through the residence, from the front door to the terrace.
Ready now
Handover complete. Vacant on transfer, chiller-free building.
1,486 sq ft
One bedroom with study. Single-aspect west, full-height ceilings.
Full marina view
Floor-to-ceiling glazing along the west elevation. Evening light on the water.
AED 240,000 p/a
One cheque. Agent-managed renewal and snagging.
The residence
One bedroom, west walk, Dubai Marina.
1,486 sq ft
One bedroom with study
Full marina view
West elevation, floor-to-ceiling glazing
Ready now
Vacant on transfer, chiller-free
AED 240,000 p/a
One cheque, agent-managed
On record
Bayut rankings and Dacha audits. Nothing here is a projection.
#1
Ranked first, Dubai Marina & Business Bay
Bayut TruBroker™. The top-ranked leasing agent across both districts, held concurrently.
Q2’26
Agent of the Quarter
Bayut Enterprise, Dubai. Awarded Q2 2026 across all participating agencies.
150+
Successful transactions
Closed across Dubai Marina and Business Bay, for landlords and tenants from the UAE, the UK and beyond.
36
Deals closed in a single quarter
Thirty-six signed leases in one quarter: a Dacha company record.
’25
Most deals company-wide · Top leasing agent by revenue
Both Dacha Real Estate annual titles, taken in the same year.
’24
Best Newcomer
First full year in the Dubai market. The trajectory since speaks for itself.
Currently leasing
Twenty-nine residences for rent and twenty-three for sale, drawn from the live Bayut and Property Finder books. A selection of what is available now.
AED 2,499,995 p/a
AED 369,995 p/a
AED 224,800 p/a
AED 69,995 p/a
Full book: 23 for sale · 29 for rent. Ask for the current sheet, or browse live on Bayut.
View all on BayutTwo districts,known street by street
Dubai Marina
Three kilometres of water cut into the city, ringed by two hundred towers that behave like two hundred different markets. The walk-side buildings, the yacht-club end, the JBR boundary. Each leases on its own logic, and pricing a residence by the district average is how landlords lose a quarter's rent.
This is where the #1 ranking was earned. Most instructions here arrive by referral from the last one.
Business Bay
The canal changed everything south of Downtown. What was a commercial grid is now the city's fastest-repricing residential district: new handovers every quarter, and a two-tower difference between a fair rent and an inflated one.
Knowing which buildings have settled, which are still snagging, and which landlords will move on terms: that is the entire job here, and it can't be read off a portal.
In their words
Matt priced our Marina Gate apartment above what three other agents suggested, then leased it in six days. The difference over a year paid his fee several times over.H. Al Mansoori, Landlord, Dubai Marina
We relocated from London with two weeks' notice. One video call, three viewings arranged for the day we landed, keys in hand by Friday. No noise, no pressure.S. & J. Whitfield, Tenants, Business Bay
Four properties with Matt now. He tells me when to hold a unit vacant and when to take the offer on the table, and he has been right every time.D. Petrov, Portfolio landlord, Marina & Bay
Enquiries
Tell me the tower.
OfficeDacha Real Estate, 2404 Marina Plaza, Dubai Marina