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The latest on Ras Malé and the Malé region.
Live Here · Oct 2026
Ras Malé has been sold as the Maldives' first eco-city: raised above the sea, powered only by renewable energy, and built for walking, cycling and electric transport. Here is what the government has actually committed to, where it's written down, and what hasn't been decided yet.
Live Here · Oct 2026
A Ras Malé plot is 1,250 square feet of land. Turning it into a home means loans, drawings, permits and builders, and some of the rules for Ras Malé haven't been written yet. Here is what's known about financing and approvals, and what to prepare while you wait.
Invest & Buy · Oct 2026
The Maldives Pearl Residence is a planned residency-by-investment scheme, developed with the global firm Henley & Partners. It was due to launch in April 2026, but by October it still had no law, no published terms and a growing list of critics. Here is what has actually been confirmed.
Invest & Buy · Oct 2026
The corporate resident visa is the Maldives' existing route to living in the country through investment. It needs US$250,000, lasts five years and can be renewed. The government says it is the visa Ras Malé property buyers could use. Here is how it works.
Invest & Buy · Oct 2026
In the Maldives, almost every foreign property deal is a lease. The constitution caps leases to foreigners at 99 years, and resorts, villas and now Ras Malé's waterfront all work within that limit in different ways. Here is how the system fits together.
Invest & Buy · Oct 2026
Eagle Hills is the Abu Dhabi developer that will build the waterfront and marina on about 500 hectares of Ras Malé. Founded in 2014 by Mohamed Alabbar, the man behind Dubai's Emaar, it has built large waterfront districts from Belgrade to Bahrain, often in partnership with governments.
Progress · Oct 2026
Nobody has published a full bill for Ras Malé. But the pieces are on the record: a contractor-financed plan that failed, a budget line Parliament removed, a loan through HDC whose size is secret, and a waterfront deal the government says will pay much of it back.
Progress · Oct 2026
Reclaiming a thousand hectares of lagoon changes the sea around it. Here is what has been reported about Ras Malé's effects on reefs, water quality and fishing, what's been done to limit them, and why the government calls it a climate adaptation project.
Progress · Oct 2026
Five companies have been hired to reclaim Ras Malé in under three years, and two of them left with the work unfinished. Here is who each contractor is, which sites it took on, what it delivered and what it cost.
Progress · Oct 2026
Ras Malé is being built by ships. Giant dredgers suck sand from the seabed and pump it into the lagoon, and the arrival of bigger ones has done more than anything else to speed the project up. Here are the vessels involved and how they work.
Progress · Oct 2026
Ras Malé isn't being reclaimed as one island but as 12 sites, labelled A to L, with different contractors and very different progress. Here is what has been published about each one, and what hasn't.
News · Oct 2026
The government has invited consultancy firms to prepare a transport master plan for Ras Malé, covering links with Malé and transport within the new city. It is the first formal step towards deciding between the ferries, tunnel and airstrip that have been floated so far.
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