One final safeguard: ask each participant to state both their task and any conflict. The broker’s pricing discussion, the appraiser’s defined assignment, the lender’s financing decision and any regulated legal or tax advice should not blur together. For undocumented upgrades or energy claims...
How narrow is the group geographically? Two retail units in adjacent Dubai neighbourhoods may have very different demand. Condition also matters: a unit needing work should not be treated as evidence that the whole segment is weakening. I’d also distinguish buyers relying on financing from those...