u/fraghead_00

A family member is planning to buy a property in Reem Island Abu dhabi. He is looking for 1bhk or 2bhk whichever he gets on a good price.
We both dont have any experience with property and looking for advice. I haven’t seen prices come down so my suggestion was why to buy in volatile market when prices are still like before.

Would you recommend buying during this time or wait till prices go down (if they do) or buy on current market price?

Hello All,
I am working with a company in Dubai for last 4 years now. I started as a Tech Lead (29K AED monthly salary) and we had a huge team. We had a director, 4 Leads under him and then the reports of leads.
Company went through restructuring and laid off Director (46K AED), other 3 Team Lead (40-40-30K AED) left and I was the only one left behind.
Company promoted me to this role where I was solution Architect, team manager, stakeholder manager etc.
I was supposed to be promoted in March but then war situation in the region pushed that. Our review cycle is concluding now and its been almost 8-9 months I am working in this role. General feedback from people around me and my manager is very positive.
My promotion is on the table but Idk how I should negotiate on a good number.
First of, I dont know which number is in my manager (CFO) mind. He is very smart and also behaves like a CFO and care about cost saving etc.
in my last one on one, I asked him which number should I expect but he said numbers are not final yet and said generally I want to retain people but I dont want to inflate payroll cost much.

What is optimistic and realistic number that I should be asking?
Unlike before, company is pretty mindful about spending though.

Any tips please that can help me?
About me; i am the worst person when it comes to salary negotiations. I never have the gut to open my mouth and ask for big number. I could never ever do that in my life.