# Maldives Real Estate News > Maldives real estate, reported from the ground: developments, developers, prices, rules, and the homes behind them. Published by Binga Properties at https://news.binga.mv. Binga Properties is a real-estate concierge; it may represent homes and developments mentioned here. Cite as "Maldives Real Estate News (news.binga.mv), Binga Properties". Prices are dated; asking and achieved figures are labelled. Editorial standards: https://news.binga.mv/editorial-standards Every article is available as markdown by adding .md to its address (linked below). ## Site - [Developments](https://news.binga.mv/developments) - [Developers](https://news.binga.mv/developers) - [Launches](https://news.binga.mv/launches) - [Market](https://news.binga.mv/market) - [Rules & rates](https://news.binga.mv/rules) - [Neighbourhoods](https://news.binga.mv/neighbourhoods) - [Guides](https://news.binga.mv/guides) - [Binga](https://news.binga.mv/binga) - [About and ownership](https://news.binga.mv/about) - [Editorial standards](https://news.binga.mv/editorial-standards) ## Developments (live catalogue) - [Aira - Exceptional living](https://news.binga.mv/project/aira-exceptional-living): Sold, 15 floors, 94 homes - [Amin Avenue Commercial](https://news.binga.mv/project/amin-avenue-commercial): Sold, 14 floors, 279 homes - [The Apollo Towers](https://news.binga.mv/project/the-apollo-towers): Sold, 10 floors, 97 homes - [Aqua Vita Residencies](https://news.binga.mv/project/aqua-vita-residencies): Selling, 14 floors, 98 homes - [RainPearl Residence](https://news.binga.mv/project/rainpearl-residence): Selling, 13 floors, 112 homes - [Rainbow Tower](https://news.binga.mv/project/rainbow-tower): Sold, 7 floors - [RainPalm Residence](https://news.binga.mv/project/rainpalm-residence): Selling, 112 homes - [Oceanfront Residence](https://news.binga.mv/project/oceanfront-residence): Sold, 13 floors, 145 homes - [Raincrest Residence](https://news.binga.mv/project/raincrest-residence): Sold, 14 floors, 136 homes - [Fitron Residences](https://news.binga.mv/project/fitron-residences): Sold, 10 floors, 95 homes - [Vinares](https://news.binga.mv/project/vinares): Sold, 13 floors, 1344 homes - [Renaatus IthaaMuiy](https://news.binga.mv/project/renaatus-ithaamuiy): Sold, 10 floors, 73 homes - [Renaatus Irumathi](https://news.binga.mv/project/renaatus-irumathi): Selling, 13 floors, 69 homes - [Renaatus Javaahiru](https://news.binga.mv/project/renaatus-javaahiru): Sold, 13 floors, 111 homes - [The Skyside by Renaatus](https://news.binga.mv/project/the-skyside-by-renaatus): Sold - [FW Residence](https://news.binga.mv/project/fw-residence): Sold, 113 floors, 95 homes - [One Avenue](https://news.binga.mv/project/one-avenue): Sold, 13 floors, 95 homes - [Marina View – Batch apartments](https://news.binga.mv/project/marina-view-batch-apartments): Sold, 10 floors, 70 homes - [The Gardens – Exotic Elegance](https://news.binga.mv/project/the-gardens-exotic-elegance): Selling, 10 floors, 83 homes - [K-Park Residence](https://news.binga.mv/project/k-park-residence): Selling, 14 floors, 110 homes - [Blue Haven Residencies](https://news.binga.mv/project/blue-haven-residencies): Sold, 14 floors, 116 homes - [Solitaire Luxury Residences](https://news.binga.mv/project/solitaire-luxury-residences): Sold, 13 floors - [The RISE by Fedo](https://news.binga.mv/project/the-rise-by-fedo): Selling, 10 floors, 53 homes - [Aséria](https://news.binga.mv/project/as-ria): Selling, 5 floors - [Blue Lagoon Luxury Residences](https://news.binga.mv/project/blue-lagoon-luxury-residences): Selling - [Aafaluge](https://news.binga.mv/project/aafaluge): Selling, 12 floors, 12 homes - [Crystal Residence](https://news.binga.mv/project/crystal-residence): Sold, 10 floors, 97 homes - [RainCoral Residence](https://news.binga.mv/project/raincoral-residence): Sold - [Kandoofa Ecoplex](https://news.binga.mv/project/kandoofa-ecoplex): Selling - [Opal Residences by Apollo](https://news.binga.mv/project/opal-residences-by-apollo): Sold - [Creek Residences](https://news.binga.mv/project/creek-residences): Selling, 15 floors, 80 homes - [LUXERA Nadhee](https://news.binga.mv/project/luxera-nadhee): Selling, 9 floors, 72 homes - [One Central Park Hulhumale](https://news.binga.mv/project/one-central-park-hulhumale): Sold, 15 floors, 120 homes - [Platinum Residences](https://news.binga.mv/project/platinum-residences): Sold, 12 floors, 140 homes - [Reethigas Residence](https://news.binga.mv/project/reethigas-residence): Sold, 16 floors, 200 homes - [The Creek View](https://news.binga.mv/project/the-creek-view): Sold, 14 floors, 114 homes - [SJ Dhihereya Residence](https://news.binga.mv/project/sj-dhihereya-residence): Selling, 14 floors, 90 homes ## Developments outside the catalogue (new Greater Malé buildings, resort and island residences) - [Soneva Villa Ownership](https://news.binga.mv/project/soneva-villa-ownership): Villas and residences at Soneva Fushi (Baa) and Soneva Jani (Noonu); Renewable sub-lease on a resort island; Operating resorts - [Coral Residences at Kandima](https://news.binga.mv/project/coral-residences-kandima): 40 two- and three-bedroom apartments; Strata lease on a resort island; Under construction; completion given as 2026 - [Baccarat Hotel & Residences Maldives](https://news.binga.mv/project/baccarat-maldives): Villas and branded residences across five islands; Resort residence lease (terms not yet published); In development; opening given as 2027 - [Zamani Islands](https://news.binga.mv/project/zamani-islands): Mansions and estates across eight islands; Strata title (per the developer); In development; opening given as 2027 - [RAH GILI Maldives](https://news.binga.mv/project/rah-gili-maldives): Pool villas at an operating resort, a few offered for sale; Resort villa strata lease (terms not yet published); Open since February 2026 - [.HERE Baa Atoll](https://news.binga.mv/project/here-baa-atoll): Nine residences on two islands, for stays and whole-island hire; Not offered for sale; Open since December 2025 - [Bayfancy Residence](https://news.binga.mv/project/bayfancy): 1+1, two-bedroom, 2+1 and 3+1 apartments and sky villas; Off-plan sale by the developer; ask for the tenure terms in writing; Under construction: 72% complete (October 2026); handover expected 30 June 2027 - [SJ Dhihereya Residence](https://news.binga.mv/project/sj-dhihereya-residence): 90 apartments: two-bedroom, 2+1, three-bedroom and 3+1; Off-plan sale by the developer; Sale listed as temporarily on hold since 14 October 2026; completion expected 30 December 2028 ## Newsletter - [The daily brief, 24 October 2026](https://news.binga.mv/daily-brief-2026-10-24.md): 1 new piece from the desk in the last 24 hours: SJ Dhihereya as an investment: what the numbers say. - [The daily brief, 22 October 2026](https://news.binga.mv/daily-brief-2026-10-22.md): 1 new piece from the desk in the last 24 hours: Buying at SJ Dhihereya: the terms, the discounts and what to check before you pay. - [Maldives Property Week, 21 October 2026](https://news.binga.mv/maldives-property-week-2026-10-21.md): The week in Maldives real estate, 64 new pieces: SJ Group brings SJ Dhihereya Residence to market: 90 lagoon-side apartments in Hulhumalé; Living at SJ Dhihereya: a day on the lagoon side of Hulhumalé; Bayfancy Residence, the building: 18 floors on 350 piles, with a whole floor for residents. - [The daily brief, 20 October 2026](https://news.binga.mv/daily-brief-2026-10-20.md): 1 new piece from the desk in the last 24 hours: Living at SJ Dhihereya: a day on the lagoon side of Hulhumalé. - [The daily brief, 19 October 2026](https://news.binga.mv/daily-brief-2026-10-19.md): 61 new pieces from the desk in the last 24 hours: Bayfancy Residence, the building: 18 floors on 350 piles, with a whole floor for residents; Bayfancy Residence, units and prices: five layouts, and what has changed since launch; Bayfancy Residence, the address: Lot 20092 in Hulhumalé Phase 2. - [The daily brief, 18 October 2026](https://news.binga.mv/daily-brief-2026-10-18.md): 1 new piece from the desk in the last 24 hours: SJ Dhihereya Residence: every apartment, floor and price. - [The daily brief, 17 October 2026](https://news.binga.mv/daily-brief-2026-10-17.md): 1 new piece from the desk in the last 24 hours: SJ Group brings SJ Dhihereya Residence to market: 90 lagoon-side apartments in Hulhumalé. - [Maldives Property Week, 30 September 2026](https://news.binga.mv/maldives-property-week-2026-09-30.md): The week in Maldives real estate, 178 new pieces: Video tours on listings; Tenant offers, presented to the owner in one clear page; Meet the concierge, seven days a week. - [The daily brief, 26 September 2026](https://news.binga.mv/daily-brief-2026-09-26.md): 3 new pieces from the desk in the last 24 hours: Making a small flat work in Greater Malé; 2021: A poll finds few Maldivians want one-bedroom flats; 2021: Government promises Hiyaa keys in March, then in April. ## Developments - [SJ Dhihereya as an investment: what the numbers say](https://news.binga.mv/sj-dhihereya-residence-as-an-investment.md): Set SJ Dhihereya's list prices against what three-bedroom homes in Hulhumalé Phase 1 are asking in rent today, and a gross yield of roughly 8 to 10 per cent appears on paper. Here is how that figure is built, and the five things that bring it down. - [Living at SJ Dhihereya: a day on the lagoon side of Hulhumalé](https://news.binga.mv/sj-dhihereya-residence-living-on-the-lagoon-side.md): What daily life looks like from SJ Dhihereya Residence: west-facing homes over the lagoon, the ferry and the airport close by, and Hulhumalé Phase 1's parks, schools, shops and hospital within easy reach. - [Bayfancy Residence as an investment: the rent each home has to earn](https://news.binga.mv/bayfancy-as-an-investment.md): At today's starting prices a Bayfancy 1+1 needs about MVR 18,750 a month in rent to earn a 6 per cent gross return, and a 3+1 about MVR 36,150. Here is how that compares with what homes in Hulhumalé are asking, and what else to weigh. - [Buying at Bayfancy Residence: the steps, and where the concierge can help](https://news.binga.mv/bayfancy-buying-with-binga.md): How to buy an apartment at Bayfancy Residence from first enquiry to keys, the questions to settle at each step, and how Binga's concierge can help you compare, check the contract and let the home after handover. - [Bayfancy Residence, the address: Lot 20092 in Hulhumalé Phase 2](https://news.binga.mv/bayfancy-the-address.md): Bayfancy stands on Lot 20092 in Hulhumalé Phase 2, next to Blue Lagoon Luxury Residences, in a part of Hulhumalé still filling in. What living there looks like today and as the neighbourhood is built out. - [Bayfancy Residence, the building: 18 floors on 350 piles, with a whole floor for residents](https://news.binga.mv/bayfancy-the-building.md): What Bayfancy Residence is made of: an 18-storey tower over a basement on Lot 20092 in Hulhumalé Phase 2, standing on more than 350 deep piles, with no shops inside, a double-height lobby and an entire 17th floor of shared amenities. - [Bayfancy Residence, units and prices: five layouts, and what has changed since launch](https://news.binga.mv/bayfancy-units-and-prices.md): Bayfancy's layouts run from a 735 sq ft 1+1 to sky villas of over 6,000 sq ft. Starting prices have risen since sales opened in May 2025: the 1+1 from MVR 3.5 million to 3.75 million, the 3+1 from MVR 6.2 million to 7.23 million. - [Bayfancy Residence, the full story: from the first pile to a June 2027 handover](https://news.binga.mv/bayfancy-residence-the-full-story.md): Everything about Bayfancy Residence in one place: the Singapore developer behind it, the 18-storey building on Lot 20092 in Hulhumalé Phase 2, every milestone since piling began in December 2024, the handover date as it has moved, prices then and now, and what is left before keys in June 2027. - [SJ Dhihereya Residence: every apartment, floor and price](https://news.binga.mv/sj-dhihereya-residence-every-apartment-floor-and-price.md): The full price list of SJ Dhihereya Residence, layout by layout: from MVR 3.63 million for a 1,009 sq ft two-bedroom to MVR 6.44 million for a 3+1 on the top floor, with MVR 100,000 added for every floor up. - [Moving in, working from home and a Saturday at The Creek View](https://news.binga.mv/the-creek-view-a-day-at-home.md): The first week, a weekday at the desk and a weekend with the children: three parts of life at The Creek View that the brochure does not dwell on. - [What makes The Creek View beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/the-creek-view-the-beauty-of-it.md): Water on one side, glass set back from the sun, a kitchen that is its own room. The Creek View's beauty is in how it handles the channel, the light and the order of arrival. - [What your rent buys at The Creek View](https://news.binga.mv/the-creek-view-what-your-rent-buys.md): A furnished three-bedroom corner flat listed at MVR 45,000 a month in August, a 1,300 sq ft three-bedroom listed at $2,400 in September, and a building that runs its own logistics. The value, line by line. - [Working from home and hosting at The Gardens](https://news.binga.mv/the-gardens-exotic-elegance-a-day-at-home.md): A desk built into every bedroom, a café in the building, visitor parking and terraces made for guests. Two parts of life at The Gardens that a week of errands does not show. - [What makes The Gardens beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/the-gardens-exotic-elegance-the-beauty-of-it.md): A ten-storey building of 83 homes, a garden at its heart, terraces over the marina and interiors finished in a quiet, Japandi register. Where The Gardens' beauty lies. - [What your rent buys at The Gardens](https://news.binga.mv/the-gardens-exotic-elegance-what-your-rent-buys.md): From a furnished 900 sq ft two-bedroom listed at $1,400 to a private-pool suite at $3,000 a month. What each rent at The Gardens has bought, and what the building adds. - [A day at home at The RISE](https://news.binga.mv/the-rise-by-fedo-a-day-at-home.md): An early run on the jogging trail, a morning at The Workshop, the children in Crawl Space and Kid's Zone, and an evening in The Nest. A day at The RISE by Fedo, as its facilities are designed to be used. - [What makes The RISE beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/the-rise-by-fedo-the-beauty-of-it.md): Fifty-three homes on the Hulhumalé waterfront near Tree Top, each with a balcony and a garden or ocean outlook, and shared spaces with names rather than numbers. The design of Fedo's RISE. - [What your rent buys at The RISE](https://news.binga.mv/the-rise-by-fedo-what-your-rent-buys.md): Two- and three-bedroom homes from 767 to 1,496 sq ft, each with a balcony and laundry room, and a long list of shared spaces. What a tenancy at The RISE by Fedo would include, and why the desk has no rents to quote yet. - [A day at home in The Skyside by Renaatus](https://news.binga.mv/the-skyside-by-renaatus-a-day-at-home.md): An open kitchen in the morning, a laundry room that keeps the washing out of sight, and a balcony at sunset. A day in The Skyside by Renaatus in Hulhumalé Phase 2, as the development is described. - [What makes The Skyside by Renaatus beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/the-skyside-by-renaatus-the-beauty-of-it.md): Two blocks in Hulhumalé Phase 2, airy interiors, and balconies facing the sea and the city at sunset. What the design of The Skyside by Renaatus offers, and what the desk has still to confirm. - [The Skyside by Renaatus, what your rent buys](https://news.binga.mv/the-skyside-by-renaatus-what-your-rent-buys.md): Two- and three-bedroom homes in a Renaatus development in Hulhumalé Phase 2, where the neighbourhood is known for space for the money. No Skyside home has been let through Binga yet; what to expect and to ask. - [A day at home at Vinares](https://news.binga.mv/vinares-a-day-at-home.md): A tiled, finished flat, lifts and parking downstairs, and gyms, cafés and convenience stores on the commercial floors. What a day at Vinares in Hulhumalé Phase 2 looks like, and who it suits. - [What makes Vinares worth coming home to](https://news.binga.mv/vinares-the-beauty-of-it.md): A large development of 1,344 flats in ten blocks, where the view depends on the side: the marina and cruise terminal, the city, the main roads or the inner courts. How to read Vinares' design. - [What your rent buys at Vinares](https://news.binga.mv/vinares-what-your-rent-buys.md): A furnished three-bedroom on the first floor was listed through Binga at MVR 35,000 a month in April. What that rent bought at Vinares, and what to ask about the rest of its 1,344 flats. - [A day at home in RainPalm Residence](https://news.binga.mv/rainpalm-residence-a-day-at-home.md): A workout and a swim on the same floor, errands at the shops downstairs, a quiet flat with no shared walls, and a balcony big enough to host. How a day at RainPalm Residence is designed to run. - [What makes RainPalm beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/rainpalm-residence-the-beauty-of-it.md): Homes separated by voids rather than party walls, balconies the developer calls rare in the market, and a pool deck beside the gym. The design ideas behind RainPalm Residence in Hulhumalé, read from a tenant's side. - [What your rent would buy at RainPalm Residence](https://news.binga.mv/rainpalm-residence-what-your-rent-buys.md): No RainPalm home has been listed through Binga yet, so there is no rent to quote. What the developer promises a tenant instead: two levels of parking, a gym, a pool with a children's pool, garbage chutes and homes without shared walls. - [A weekend at home in RainPearl Residence](https://news.binga.mv/rainpearl-residence-a-day-at-home.md): A Friday swim with the children, coffee from the shops downstairs, friends on a large balcony and a family event in the hall. A weekend at RainPearl Residence, as the building is designed to be used. - [What makes RainPearl beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/rainpearl-residence-the-beauty-of-it.md): Two blocks of thirteen floors in Hulhumalé, an arrival lobby with a drop-off, a pool you step into from the gym, and apartments set apart by voids. The design of RainPearl Residence, as its developer describes it. - [What your rent would buy at RainPearl Residence](https://news.binga.mv/rainpearl-residence-what-your-rent-buys.md): Binga has no RainPearl rent to quote yet. What a tenant's money would pay for in the building instead, from the pool deck and gym to two levels of parking, and the questions to ask before signing. - [A day at home in Reethigas Residence](https://news.binga.mv/reethigas-residence-a-day-at-home.md): Windows open in the morning, errands on foot along Reethigas Magu, a terrace or a balcony for the evening. What an ordinary day looks like at Reethigas Residence in Hulhumalé Phase 1, and who it suits. - [What makes Reethigas Residence beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/reethigas-residence-the-beauty-of-it.md): Three blocks, sixteen floors and two hundred homes on Reethigas Magu, planned for breeze and balconies over Hulhumalé. The quieter beauty of Reethigas Residence: a well-made everyday home rather than a showpiece. - [What your rent buys at Reethigas Residence](https://news.binga.mv/reethigas-residence-what-your-rent-buys.md): Two-bedroom homes listed at $1,500 a month, a semi-furnished three-bedroom at $1,800 and a furnished three-bedroom with a private terrace at MVR 45,000. The value at Reethigas Residence, from the units Binga has listed in 2026. - [A family's week at Renaatus Irumathi, as the building is designed](https://news.binga.mv/renaatus-irumathi-a-day-at-home.md): A childcare centre downstairs, a children's pool on the roof, a family theatre for wet afternoons and a garden shared with neighbours. How Irumathi is laid out for a household with young children. - [What makes Renaatus Irumathi beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/renaatus-irumathi-the-beauty-of-it.md): A planted lobby, green walls that climb the building and the open ocean in every window. How Renaatus has composed Irumathi on Hulhumalé's eastern shore, read from a tenant's side of the door. - [Renaatus Irumathi, what your rent will buy](https://news.binga.mv/renaatus-irumathi-what-your-rent-buys.md): No Irumathi home has been listed for rent yet, so there is no rent to quote. What a tenant's money will pay for when the homes arrive, what drives rents in Hulhumalé, and the questions to ask first. - [A day at home in Renaatus IthaaMuiy](https://news.binga.mv/renaatus-ithaamuiy-a-day-at-home.md): Windows open to the sea air, the grounds downstairs, and the beachfront at the door. What an ordinary day looks like in a building designed for daylight and natural ventilation. - [What makes Renaatus IthaaMuiy beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/renaatus-ithaamuiy-the-beauty-of-it.md): A ten-storey beachfront building in Hulhumalé, drawn to let in daylight and sea air and to frame the ocean. What the design of Renaatus IthaaMuiy offers the people who live in it. - [Renaatus IthaaMuiy, what your rent buys](https://news.binga.mv/renaatus-ithaamuiy-what-your-rent-buys.md): A home in a sold-out beachfront building from Renaatus, with light, air and ocean views as the main features. No IthaaMuiy home has been let through Binga yet; what a tenant should expect and ask. - [A day at home in Renaatus Javaahiru](https://news.binga.mv/renaatus-javaahiru-a-day-at-home.md): Breakfast in a kitchen built for cooking, a session in the building's gym, an evening with guests in a living room lit by large windows. The day Renaatus Javaahiru is designed around. - [What makes Renaatus Javaahiru beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/renaatus-javaahiru-the-beauty-of-it.md): Named for the local word for diamond, Renaatus Javaahiru is a thirteen-storey Hulhumalé building of 111 homes, described by its developer through its interiors: large windows, a calm bedroom, a well-planned kitchen. - [Renaatus Javaahiru, what your rent buys](https://news.binga.mv/renaatus-javaahiru-what-your-rent-buys.md): A home in a sold thirteen-storey Renaatus building of 111 apartments, with a gym and interiors the developer describes as carefully finished. No home has been let through Binga yet; what to expect and what to ask. - [Having people round at Solitaire: a weekend with guests](https://news.binga.mv/solitaire-luxury-residences-a-day-at-home.md): Visiting family in the spare room with their own bathroom, brunch downstairs, a film in the private cinema and a birthday in a venue you book yourself. How Solitaire Luxury Residences handles a weekend of hosting. - [What makes Solitaire beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/solitaire-luxury-residences-the-beauty-of-it.md): Natural oak, built-in joinery, a bathroom for every bedroom, wooden decks by the gym and the clubhouse, and the Indian Ocean behind it all. The materials and spaces that make Solitaire Luxury Residences a beautiful place to live. - [Solitaire, what your rent buys per square foot](https://news.binga.mv/solitaire-luxury-residences-what-your-rent-buys.md): Two 3+1 homes on offer through Binga at USD 2,400 and 2,700 a month, compared foot by foot: what the ocean view costs, what furnishing adds, and what the building's services and shared spaces put into every month's rent. - [Soneva Fushi and Soneva Jani: two islands, two atolls, one way of living](https://news.binga.mv/soneva-villa-ownership-the-place.md): A jungle island in the Baa Atoll biosphere reserve and an overwater lagoon in the Noonu Atoll. Where Soneva's private residences sit, how you reach them, and what a returning guest will recognise. - [A day at home in The Apollo Towers](https://news.binga.mv/the-apollo-towers-a-day-at-home.md): A swim before work, groceries without leaving the building, a play area with reading tents for the children, and the marina in the evening. An ordinary day in Apollo Holdings' two beachfront towers in Hulhumalé. - [What makes The Apollo Towers beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/the-apollo-towers-the-beauty-of-it.md): Two ten-storey towers on the Hulhumalé beachfront, facing the yacht marina in the developer's description, with a pool, a gym and a children's room designed with real care. What makes Apollo Holdings' towers a pleasant place to live. - [The Apollo Towers, what your rent buys](https://news.binga.mv/the-apollo-towers-what-your-rent-buys.md): A furnished two-bedroom listed through Binga at USD 1,500 a month in June 2026 and since let, and a 1,400 sq ft penthouse submitted at USD 3,500. What rent buys in Apollo Holdings' beachfront towers in Hulhumalé. - [A day at home in One Avenue](https://news.binga.mv/one-avenue-a-day-at-home.md): A reception desk that is staffed all day and night, shops downstairs, a playground on the second floor, the ferry and Central Park within a short walk, and the marina at sunset. A day in a 3+1 at One Avenue. - [What your rent buys at One Avenue](https://news.binga.mv/one-avenue-what-your-rent-buys.md): Furnished three-bedrooms listed through Binga at $2,000 or MVR 40,000 a month in 2026, with en-suite bedrooms, a staffed 24-hour reception, two floors of parking and the marina outside. What a tenant gets for the rent at One Avenue. - [A family day at One Central Park](https://news.binga.mv/one-central-park-hulhumale-a-day-at-home.md): Schools the developer puts a few minutes' walk away, the park next door, shops on the ground floor and a rooftop for the sunset. A family day in a three-bedroom at One Central Park, Hulhumalé Phase 1. - [What makes One Central Park beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/one-central-park-hulhumale-the-beauty-of-it.md): Two blocks of fifteen floors on the edge of Hulhumalé's eight-hectare Central Park, with 120 three-bedroom homes, private balconies facing the trees or the city, and a turf walkway on the roof. The design of One Central Park. - [What your rent buys at One Central Park](https://news.binga.mv/one-central-park-hulhumale-what-your-rent-buys.md): A furnished eleventh-floor three-bedroom listed through Binga at MVR 35,000 a month in June 2026, in a building of identical 1,000 sq ft homes beside Central Park. What a tenant gets for the rent at One Central Park. - [Working from home at Opal Residences](https://news.binga.mv/opal-residences-by-apollo-a-day-at-home.md): A 3+1 whose extra room becomes the office, a generator behind the laptop, the pool in the afternoon and the Eastern Beach after the last call. A working day at home in Apollo Holdings' Opal Residences. - [What makes Opal Residences beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/opal-residences-by-apollo-the-beauty-of-it.md): Warm wood against polished porcelain, a corner balcony that turns with the sun, and glass that brings the day in from floor to ceiling. The materials and moments that make Apollo Holdings' Opal Residences a pleasure to return to. - [What your rent buys at Opal Residences](https://news.binga.mv/opal-residences-by-apollo-what-your-rent-buys.md): About $2 a square foot for a furnished three-bedroom, with air-conditioning, water heaters, a generator, a pool, a gym and optional garage parking in a building completed in 2025. The value case for renting at Opal Residences. - [A weekend at home in Platinum Residences](https://news.binga.mv/platinum-residences-a-day-at-home.md): A slow morning at the residents' pool, a long lunch from a proper closed kitchen, guests on the balcony and the beachfront at the end of the walk. A weekend at Platinum Residences on Hithigas Magu. - [What makes Platinum Residences beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/platinum-residences-the-beauty-of-it.md): Canal light as well as sea light, balconies on more than one side, a kitchen with a door, and a garden at ground level. The design choices behind Platinum Residences on Hithigas Magu, and why they make a home easy to love. - [What your rent buys at Platinum Residences](https://news.binga.mv/platinum-residences-what-your-rent-buys.md): A furnished ground-floor one-bedroom-plus with its own garden, listed through Binga at $1,800 a month, in a managed building with a residents' pool, a gym and access-card security. The value case for renting at Platinum Residences. - [A working day at Rainbow Tower](https://news.binga.mv/rainbow-tower-a-day-at-home.md): An office designed by the people who work in it, shops in the same complex and a Hulhumalé address. How a working day at Rainbow Tower might run, and the questions to settle before signing. - [What makes Rainbow Tower a good place to build a business](https://news.binga.mv/rainbow-tower-the-beauty-of-it.md): A seven-storey office and retail complex in Hulhumalé whose units are handed over as shells, so each tenant designs its own space. What that means for a business, and what the desk has yet to see. - [What your rent buys at Rainbow Tower](https://news.binga.mv/rainbow-tower-what-your-rent-buys.md): Shell office and retail units in a seven-storey Hulhumalé complex, with no rents yet listed through Binga. What a business tenant gets, what it must add, and what to ask before signing. - [Working from home at RainCoral Residence](https://news.binga.mv/raincoral-residence-a-day-at-home.md): A desk by an open window, a helper's room that frees up the day, groceries downstairs between calls and a meeting in the multipurpose hall. What a working day at home looks like at RainCoral Residence. - [What makes RainCoral beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/raincoral-residence-the-beauty-of-it.md): Two towers shaped to let the breeze through, a common terrace at the very top, and a duplex penthouse whose best room is outdoors. The architecture of RainCoral Residence, and why it feels the way it does. - [What $4,000 a month buys at RainCoral Residence](https://news.binga.mv/raincoral-residence-what-your-rent-buys.md): A furnished 3+1 duplex penthouse of about 3,340 square feet with a private plunge pool, listed through Binga at $4,000 a month. What the rent covers, who built the building and who runs it, and how to arrange a viewing. - [A day at home in Raincrest Residence](https://news.binga.mv/raincrest-residence-a-day-at-home.md): An early swim on the fourteenth floor, a balcony for every part of the day, a play area for the children and a hall for the gathering. A day in the life of a Raincrest household, from sunrise to the last light over the sea. - [What makes Raincrest beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/raincrest-residence-the-beauty-of-it.md): Two fourteen-storey towers on Reethigas Magu, a swimming pool on the fourteenth floor between them, terrace gardens on the second floor and corner homes with three and five balconies. The design of Raincrest Residence, as a tenant finds it. - [What your rent buys at Raincrest Residence](https://news.binga.mv/raincrest-residence-what-your-rent-buys.md): From a furnished one-bedroom listed at $1,500 to four-bedroom corner homes at $2,500 to $2,800 a month, with a rooftop pool, gym, parking and a convention hall in the building. The value at Raincrest, from the units Binga has listed in 2026. - [A weekend at FW Residence, without leaving the building](https://news.binga.mv/fw-residence-a-day-at-home.md): Friday morning in the gym, lunch downstairs, the children at the play area, the pool at dusk. How the shared spaces at FW Residence shape a tenant's weekend and a working-from-home week. - [What makes FW Residence beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/fw-residence-the-beauty-of-it.md): Water on one side, a park on the other, and homes that open to both. What a tenant notices first about FW Residence, from the corner glazing to the long balconies over the channel. - [What your rent buys at FW Residence](https://news.binga.mv/fw-residence-what-your-rent-buys.md): Three fully furnished three-bedroom homes listed through Binga at $2,400 to $2,700 a month, September 2026. What each rent includes, what the building provides, and how to arrange a viewing. - [A year at .HERE without owning it: the returning guest's calendar](https://news.binga.mv/here-baa-atoll-a-year-as-an-owner.md): No one owns a residence at .HERE, but families can still make it a yearly fixture. How a returning guest might use the islands across the monsoons, and how that year differs from an owner's. - [A day at home at K-Park Residence](https://news.binga.mv/k-park-residence-a-day-at-home.md): The park before breakfast, a daycare drop-off in the building, a supermarket downstairs and the pool in the evening. How a day might run at K-Park Residence in Hulhumalé, based on what the building offers. - [What makes K-Park Residence beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/k-park-residence-the-beauty-of-it.md): A fourteen-floor building described by its developer as sitting beside Central Park, with a pool, a garden and a lobby shared by 110 homes. What a tenant can expect of K-Park, and what the desk has yet to see. - [What your rent buys at K-Park Residence](https://news.binga.mv/k-park-residence-what-your-rent-buys.md): 2+1 and 3+1 homes of 1,200 to 1,500 square feet in a fourteen-floor building by Central Park, with a pool, gym, daycare and supermarket listed. No Binga rents yet; what to compare, and how to ask for a home here. - [A day at home at Kandoofa Ecoplex, as the plans describe it](https://news.binga.mv/kandoofa-ecoplex-a-day-at-home.md): Morning on the rooftop, a smart home that manages its own climate, the children in the eco-play area. How the developer's plans for Kandoofa Ecoplex would shape a day in Hulhumalé Phase 2. - [Kandoofa Ecoplex and the idea of a mangrove building](https://news.binga.mv/kandoofa-ecoplex-the-beauty-of-it.md): A Hulhumalé Phase 2 development its developer describes as inspired by the mangrove, with ventilation corridors, vertical gardens and a rooftop garden. What the design promises a tenant, and what the desk has yet to verify. - [What your rent would buy at Kandoofa Ecoplex](https://news.binga.mv/kandoofa-ecoplex-what-your-rent-buys.md): One- to three-bedroom homes with smart controls, solar-backed shared spaces and a rooftop pool, as the developer describes them. No rents are on record yet; what to ask and how to register interest. - [A family's week at Luxera Nadhee](https://news.binga.mv/luxera-nadhee-a-day-at-home.md): School mornings, a parked car that stays parked, homework in the fourth room, a birthday in the hall upstairs. How a household might use a 3+1 home and its shared spaces across a working week in central Malé. - [What makes Luxera Nadhee beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/luxera-nadhee-the-beauty-of-it.md): A quiet residential tower above a busy Malé street, with daylight designed into the plan and the outdoor life lifted to the roof. What a tenant will notice about Luxera on Sosun Magu. - [What your rent buys at Luxera Nadhee](https://news.binga.mv/luxera-nadhee-what-your-rent-buys.md): Fully furnished 3+1 homes of about 1,250 to 1,340 square feet, listed through Binga in 2026 at MVR 48,000 and $2,800 a month. What that rent includes in central Malé, and how to hear about the next one. - [A day at home at Marina View](https://news.binga.mv/marina-view-batch-apartments-a-day-at-home.md): A walk to the ferry, a gym and a spa in the building, dinner downstairs. How a working day might run for a tenant at Marina View on Fithiroanu Magu, Hulhumalé. - [What makes Marina View pleasant to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/marina-view-batch-apartments-the-beauty-of-it.md): A ten-floor building of 70 homes on Fithiroanu Magu, with a spa, a gym and a restaurant inside. What a tenant can expect of Batch Construction's Marina View in Hulhumalé. - [What your rent buys at Marina View](https://news.binga.mv/marina-view-batch-apartments-what-your-rent-buys.md): A fully furnished 3+1 at Marina View was listed through Binga at $2,000 a month in August 2026 and has since been let. What that rent covered, what the building provides, and how to ask for the next home. - [A day at home in Oceanfront Residence](https://news.binga.mv/oceanfront-residence-a-day-at-home.md): A swim before work, the ferry terminal a short walk away, a laundry room that keeps the balcony clear and the marina at the end of the day. An ordinary day in a furnished three-bedroom at Oceanfront Residence. - [What makes Oceanfront Residence beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/oceanfront-residence-the-beauty-of-it.md): Two thirteen-storey towers on Fithuroanu Magu, spaced for the breeze, with two infinity pools, garden terraces and balconies that look across the marina. The design of Oceanfront Residence, as the sources describe it. - [What your rent buys at Oceanfront Residence](https://news.binga.mv/oceanfront-residence-what-your-rent-buys.md): Furnished three-bedrooms listed through Binga between $2,000 and $2,600 a month in 2026, two pools, two gyms, basement parking and the ferry within walking distance. What a tenant gets for the rent at Oceanfront Residence. - [What makes One Avenue beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/one-avenue-the-beauty-of-it.md): Thirteen floors above the yacht marina on Fithuroanu Magu, with sunset from the living room, bi-fold doors to the balcony and a garden on the second floor. The design of DAMAS Real Estate's One Avenue. - [A day at home in Blue Haven Residencies](https://news.binga.mv/blue-haven-residencies-a-day-at-home.md): Morning light on the channel, a study room that earns its keep, the pool and gym downstairs from your working day, and a car that lives in the building's own garage. A day in RCC's Hulhumalé tower. - [What makes Blue Haven beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/blue-haven-residencies-the-beauty-of-it.md): A fourteen-storey tower of 116 homes by RCC in Hulhumalé, built around high ceilings, an unbroken flow from living room to bedroom, and, on the upper floors, the turquoise of the channel. What the building gets right. - [What your rent buys at Blue Haven Residencies](https://news.binga.mv/blue-haven-residencies-what-your-rent-buys.md): Fully furnished 2+1 homes of 1,100 to 1,200 square feet, listed through Binga at USD 2,300 and 2,800 a month, in an RCC tower with a pool, gym and three-floor garage. What the money gets you, and what to ask. - [A day at home on Fithuroanu Magu, and what Blue Lagoon adds to it](https://news.binga.mv/blue-lagoon-luxury-residences-a-day-at-home.md): The waterfront road Blue Lagoon shares with Oceanfront Residence and Marina View sets the rhythm of the day. What that day looks like for a tenant, and which parts depend on a building whose specification is still to come. - [Blue Lagoon Luxury Residences, what we can and cannot yet say about its design](https://news.binga.mv/blue-lagoon-luxury-residences-the-beauty-of-it.md): A new development on Fithuroanu Magu, Hulhumalé's waterfront road, with twelve photographs on file and no published brief yet. What a tenant can take from the address, and what the desk is still waiting to see. - [What your rent would buy at Blue Lagoon Luxury Residences](https://news.binga.mv/blue-lagoon-luxury-residences-what-your-rent-buys.md): No home at Blue Lagoon has been listed for rent through Binga yet, and the developer's specification is not on file. How a tenant can judge value when the first homes appear, and what to ask before signing. - [Coral Residences at Kandima: a home on a three-kilometre island in Dhaalu Atoll](https://news.binga.mv/coral-residences-kandima-the-place.md): Forty apartments on the northern shore of Kandima, the long, busy resort island in Dhaalu Atoll. What the island is like, how you reach it, and who it suits. - [Working from home at Creek Residences](https://news.binga.mv/creek-residences-a-day-at-home.md): A desk by the balcony door, water in the corner of the screen, a closed kitchen for lunch, a store downstairs and the gym at five. What a working day at home looks like in the waterfront tower on the channel. - [What makes Creek Residences beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/creek-residences-the-beauty-of-it.md): A view that never stands still: water, passing boats and a skyline still being built across the channel. Why the outlook, the breeze and a few careful plan decisions make Creek Residences a building worth coming home to. - [What your rent buys at Creek Residences](https://news.binga.mv/creek-residences-what-your-rent-buys.md): Three-bedroom homes of 1,300 to 1,400 square feet, listed through Binga at USD 2,400 to 2,500 a month, with pools, a gym, event halls and parking slots per apartment. The value per square foot, and the questions still to ask. - [A family's week at Crystal Residence](https://news.binga.mv/crystal-residence-a-day-at-home.md): Three en-suites on a school morning, a laundry room that keeps the washing out of sight, a lobby that knows who comes and goes, and a generator for the evening the power drops. How a household runs a week in Apollo's Hulhumalé building. - [What makes Crystal Residence beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/crystal-residence-the-beauty-of-it.md): Air that moves through the flat, glass that runs from floor to ceiling on the corners, porcelain underfoot and walnut in the kitchen. The materials and decisions that make Apollo's Hulhumalé building a pleasure to live in. - [What your rent buys at Crystal Residence](https://news.binga.mv/crystal-residence-what-your-rent-buys.md): The same building, priced two ways: three-bedrooms at MVR 38,000 to 45,000 or USD 2,300, a 1,742 square-foot four-bedroom corner at USD 2,600. Rent per square foot, what the building includes, what costs extra, and how to choose. - [A day at home in Fitron Residences](https://news.binga.mv/fitron-residences-a-day-at-home.md): A gym on the roof at dawn, a garden between the towers for the children after school, shops in the building, and an infinity pool over the lagoons to end the day. How a household lives at Fitron. - [What makes Fitron Residences beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/fitron-residences-the-beauty-of-it.md): Two ten-storey towers named after the beefwood tree, joined by a garden, with an infinity pool on the roof that looks out over the lagoons. The idea behind Fitron, and how it shows in the building. - [What your rent buys at Fitron Residences](https://news.binga.mv/fitron-residences-what-your-rent-buys.md): A top-floor 2+1 of 1,000 square feet listed through Binga at USD 2,400 a month, in a two-tower building with a rooftop infinity pool, a rooftop gym, a garden, a playground and retail floors. What is included, and what to ask. - [A day at home in Aafaluge, as it is planned](https://news.binga.mv/aafaluge-a-day-at-home.md): A school run on foot, a balcony over Buruzu Magu or a quiet room at the back, and a city where everything is close. The day the developer has designed for families in Machangoalhi, ahead of a handover planned for late 2027 to early 2028. - [What Aafaluge is designed to be on Buruzu Magu](https://news.binga.mv/aafaluge-the-beauty-of-it.md): A new residential building in Machangoalhi, Malé, scheduled to hand over from late 2027: balconies over Buruzu Magu at the front, quieter rooms at the back, and a penthouse with views across the skyline. What the design promises tenants. - [What your rent will buy at Aafaluge](https://news.binga.mv/aafaluge-what-your-rent-buys.md): Three-bedroom flats on Buruzu Magu, a lobby with 24-hour security and CCTV, two lifts and a school a short walk away. What the building will offer tenants from its planned 2027–28 handover, how Malé rents are banded, and how to plan ahead. - [A day at home in Aira](https://news.binga.mv/aira-exceptional-living-a-day-at-home.md): Cooking behind a closed door, laundry that stays in its own room, a wall that keeps the neighbours' evening to themselves. How an ordinary day runs in a flat at Aira, Hulhumalé, and who it suits. - [What makes Aira beautiful to live in](https://news.binga.mv/aira-exceptional-living-the-beauty-of-it.md): Aira's beauty is in the details most buildings forget: closed kitchens, separate laundries, insulated party walls, a private threshold at the front door. A look at the design of the two-block Hulhumalé development. - [What your rent buys at Aira](https://news.binga.mv/aira-exceptional-living-what-your-rent-buys.md): A furnished three-bedroom listed at $3,200 a month, a 2+1 that was listed at $2,000 in March, and a design built around the things that go wrong in flats. The value case for renting at Aira, Hulhumalé. - [A working day at Amin Avenue](https://news.binga.mv/amin-avenue-commercial-a-day-at-home.md): What a mixed-use development of 279 homes means for a business that trades, works or houses staff there: the day as a business tenant would live it, and the questions to settle first. - [What makes Amin Avenue an attractive address for a business](https://news.binga.mv/amin-avenue-commercial-the-beauty-of-it.md): Three blocks, fourteen floors and 279 homes, planned as a mixed-use hub in Hulhumalé. What the design offers a business looking for premises or staff housing, and what the desk has still to verify. - [What a business's rent buys at Amin Avenue](https://news.binga.mv/amin-avenue-commercial-what-your-rent-buys.md): A mixed-use development of 279 homes in Hulhumalé, furnished flats suited to staff housing, and a three-bedroom listed at $2,300 a month in April 2026. What the desk knows about value for business tenants, and what to ask before signing. - [A day at home in Aqua Vita Residencies](https://news.binga.mv/aqua-vita-residencies-a-day-at-home.md): Lengths in a 22-metre pool before work, a kitchen built for cooking, a balcony that faces the ocean at dusk. What an ordinary day looks like in Aqua Vita, and who it suits. - [What makes Aqua Vita beautiful to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/aqua-vita-residencies-the-beauty-of-it.md): A single fourteen-floor tower on the ocean edge of Hulhumalé, planned so every room faces the water. What the design sets out to do, and what the homes let through Binga have shown. - [What your rent buys at Aqua Vita Residencies](https://news.binga.mv/aqua-vita-residencies-what-your-rent-buys.md): Sea-facing two- and three-bedroom flats, a club house with a 22-metre pool and gym, and a furnished 2+1 listed at $1,800 a month in August 2026. The value case for renting at Aqua Vita, and how to find a home there. - [A family's week at Aséria, as it is planned](https://news.binga.mv/as-ria-a-day-at-home.md): A swim in your own pool before school, a kids' club and a garden on the first floor, the beach beyond the back garden. How the developer has planned a family's week at Aséria in Hulhumalé Phase 2, due for completion in 2027. - [What makes Aséria different to come home to](https://news.binga.mv/as-ria-the-beauty-of-it.md): Seventy-three houses, not flats, with private lifts and pools, gathered around a garden on the first floor and a clubhouse, at the ocean edge of Hulhumalé Phase 2. The design of Aséria, ahead of its targeted 2027 completion. - [What your rent will buy at Aséria](https://news.binga.mv/as-ria-what-your-rent-buys.md): A house with its own lift, pool and parking, a clubhouse, a guarded gate and, for some, the beach beyond the garden. What renting at Aséria in Hulhumalé Phase 2 will offer once it is complete, and what is not yet known. - [Own at Opal Residences? What your unit achieves and how Binga lets it](https://news.binga.mv/opal-residences-for-owners.md): USD 2,500 to 2,600 or MVR 45,000 a month for a furnished three-bedroom through Binga. What an owner at Opal should expect, and the service from inspection to tenant. - [Living at Opal Residences](https://news.binga.mv/opal-residences-living-there.md): Open-plan rooms that stay bright, a balcony that is a room, a garage bay for the car and a generator that keeps the lights on. A week in Apollo's newer towers. - [Who Opal Residences suits](https://news.binga.mv/opal-residences-who-it-suits.md): Tenants with a car, executives who want a turnkey corporate suite, and families who want the newer of Apollo's two buildings. What the concierge checks before you sign. - [Own at Platinum Residences? What your unit achieves and how Binga lets it](https://news.binga.mv/platinum-residences-for-owners.md): USD 1,800 for a garden 1+1 and USD 2,200 for a furnished 2+1 through Binga. What an owner in the building should expect, and the service from inspection to tenant. - [Platinum Residences, what is for rent and what it fetches](https://news.binga.mv/platinum-residences-for-rent-now.md): A ground-floor 1+1 with a private garden at USD 1,800 a month, and a fully furnished 2+1 let at USD 2,200. The rental band at Platinum Residences. - [Living at Platinum Residences](https://news.binga.mv/platinum-residences-living-there.md): A quiet street, a private pool, a garden for the dog, and the beach at the end of the walk. What daily life looks like in Hulhumalé's enclave. - [Who Platinum Residences suits](https://news.binga.mv/platinum-residences-who-it-suits.md): Pet owners, couples who want a garden, corporate placements who want quiet, and the questions the concierge asks before you sign. - [Own at RainCoral? What your unit achieves and how Binga lets it](https://news.binga.mv/raincoral-residence-for-owners.md): USD 2,000 for a two-bedroom, USD 2,600 for a three-bedroom, USD 4,000 for the penthouse, through Binga. What an owner at RainCoral should expect, and the service from inspection to tenant. - [RainCoral Residence, what is for rent and what it fetches](https://news.binga.mv/raincoral-residence-for-rent-now.md): A 3+1 duplex penthouse with a private pool at USD 4,000 a month, and two- and three-bedrooms recently let at USD 2,000 and 2,600. The units at RainCoral. - [Living at RainCoral](https://news.binga.mv/raincoral-residence-living-there.md): Groceries downstairs, Central Park up the road, a terrace on the fourteenth floor for the evening. A week at RainCoral Residence. - [Who RainCoral suits](https://news.binga.mv/raincoral-residence-who-it-suits.md): Families who value a store in the building and a park up the road, and a tenant for the penthouse. What the concierge checks before you sign. - [Buying at Renaatus Irumathi with Binga](https://news.binga.mv/renaatus-irumathi-buying-with-binga.md): How a concierge handles a purchase at Irumathi, from choosing the block and floor to handover, and how the same person lets the unit afterwards. - [Own at Solitaire? What your unit achieves and how Binga lets it](https://news.binga.mv/solitaire-for-owners.md): Furnished 3+1 homes at USD 2,200 to 2,700 a month through Binga, with ocean and sunset sides at the top. What an owner should expect, and the service from inspection to tenant. - [Solitaire, what is for rent and what it fetches](https://news.binga.mv/solitaire-for-rent-now.md): Three-plus-one homes on the eighth floor from USD 2,200 to 2,700 a month, furnished, serviced or ocean-facing. The live units at Solitaire Luxury Residences. - [Living at Solitaire](https://news.binga.mv/solitaire-living-there.md): Two gyms, a private pool, a cinema, a kids' club, a co-working floor and a café at the door. A week at Solitaire, and why residents say arriving home feels like an exhale. - [Who Solitaire suits](https://news.binga.mv/solitaire-who-it-suits.md): Families with young children, executives who work from home, and corporate placements who want a serviced option. Plus what the concierge checks before you sign. - [Own at The Creek View? The rent, the tenants, and the service](https://news.binga.mv/the-creek-view-for-owners.md): A furnished three-bedroom corner unit let at MVR 45,000 a month through Binga. What an owner in the building should expect, and how the concierge handles the letting end to end. - [Living at The Creek View](https://news.binga.mv/the-creek-view-living-there.md): A building where the service lift, the enclosed kitchen and the offset windows do quiet work every day. What living here is actually like. - [Who The Creek View suits](https://news.binga.mv/the-creek-view-who-it-suits.md): Families who cook, corporate placements who want a building that runs itself, and owners who value quiet neighbours. Plus the questions the concierge asks before you sign. - [Own at The Gardens? What your unit achieves and how Binga lets it](https://news.binga.mv/the-gardens-for-owners.md): USD 1,400 to 3,000 a month depending on side, floor and the pool. What an owner at The Gardens should expect, and the service from inspection to tenant. - [Living at The Gardens, with the marina outside](https://news.binga.mv/the-gardens-living-there.md): A supermarket downstairs, the marina restaurants across the road, a terrace big enough to host on. A week at The Gardens. - [Who The Gardens suits, and how to buy or rent here](https://news.binga.mv/the-gardens-who-it-suits.md): Couples on the villa side, families on the marina side, executives who host, and a buyer for the four-bedroom. What the concierge checks before you sign or pay. - [Buying at Blue Lagoon with Binga](https://news.binga.mv/blue-lagoon-buying-with-binga.md): The five steps a Binga concierge runs for a buyer at Blue Lagoon Luxury Residences: brief, viewing, verification, terms, handover. - [Own at Creek Residences? What your unit achieves and how Binga lets it](https://news.binga.mv/creek-residences-for-owners.md): Furnished three-bedrooms on the channel are letting at USD 2,400 to 2,500 through Binga. What that means for an owner, and the service from inspection to tenant. - [Living at Creek Residences](https://news.binga.mv/creek-residences-living-there.md): What a week looks like on the waterfront edge of Phase 1: the breeze, the walking paths, the pool after work, and three roads to everywhere else. - [Who Creek Residences suits, and what to ask at the viewing](https://news.binga.mv/creek-residences-who-it-suits.md): Four kinds of household that do well here, two that should look elsewhere, and the questions a Binga concierge asks on your behalf before you sign. - [Own at Crystal Residence? What your unit achieves and how Binga lets it](https://news.binga.mv/crystal-residence-for-owners.md): Fifteen units let or listed through Binga give the clearest rent evidence in Hulhumalé: MVR 36,000 to 47,000, USD 2,000 to 2,600. What an owner should expect, and the service from inspection to tenant. - [Living at Crystal Residence](https://news.binga.mv/crystal-residence-living-there.md): Tree Top Hospital around the corner, the beach and Central Park a short walk, three balconies and a generator that means the lights stay on. What daily life is like in Apollo's twin towers. - [Who Crystal Residence suits](https://news.binga.mv/crystal-residence-who-it-suits.md): Local families who want a well-run building in rufiyaa, corporate placements who want a furnished corner in dollars, and anyone who needs the hospital close. What the concierge checks before you sign. - [Buying and letting at FW Residence with Binga](https://news.binga.mv/fw-residence-buying-and-letting-with-binga.md): For a buyer: how the concierge finds and verifies a resale in the building. For an owner: what Binga does with an FW Residence unit from inspection to tenant. - [Buying at Luxera Nadhee with Binga](https://news.binga.mv/luxera-nadhee-buying-with-binga.md): Viewing, verification, negotiation, financing and handover: how a Binga concierge walks a buyer through a purchase at Luxera, and who the building tends to suit. - [Opal Residences, what is for rent and what it fetches](https://news.binga.mv/opal-residences-for-rent-now.md): A brand-new fully furnished three-bedroom at USD 2,500 a month, and corner units recently let at USD 2,600 and MVR 45,000. The units at Opal Residences by Apollo. ## Guides - [Buying at SJ Dhihereya: the terms, the discounts and what to check before you pay](https://news.binga.mv/sj-dhihereya-residence-buying-terms-and-what-to-check.md): SJ Group's booking terms for SJ Dhihereya Residence in plain words: who is served first, what the 2 and 5 per cent discounts are worth, what a cancellation costs, and ten questions to settle before paying for a home due in 2028. - [Making a small flat work in Greater Malé](https://news.binga.mv/making-a-small-flat-work-in-greater-male.md): Space, light, air and damp: how to furnish a one-bedroom or studio in Malé or Hulhumalé so it feels larger and lasts in the climate, and what a tenant needs the landlord's permission for. Rewritten from a 2021 archive post. - [Furnished, semi-furnished, unfurnished: what the words mean here](https://news.binga.mv/furnished-semi-furnished-unfurnished.md): The three furnishing tiers used across Greater Malé, who each one suits, and how they change the rent. - [Off-market, explained](https://news.binga.mv/off-market-explained.md): Why many of the best homes in Malé and Hulhumalé are never advertised, how they change hands, and how a tenant or buyer gets to see them. ## Rules & rates - [I'm over 50. Can I still use my pension to buy a home?](https://news.binga.mv/pension-buying-a-home-over-fifty.md): Yes, until you turn 60, but only half your balance, and the loan must be paid off before you turn 65. That shortens the term and raises the payment: on MVR 2.4 million at 11%, about MVR 33,100 a month over ten years against MVR 23,500 over 25. - [Pledge, not withdraw: how the MRPS housing benefit actually works](https://news.binga.mv/pension-housing-benefit-pledge-not-withdraw.md): The Pension Office does not pay out pension savings for housing. It lets members pledge them as collateral, in place of a cash down payment, and the money keeps earning. Why the scheme is built that way, and what it means for your retirement. - [The five lenders that accept your pension, and the five steps to use it](https://news.binga.mv/pension-housing-five-lenders-application-steps.md): Only five institutions can take your pension savings as a home loan deposit: Bank of Maldives, Maldives Islamic Bank, HDFC, Mauritius Commercial Bank and Commercial Bank of Maldives. How the request moves between you, the lender and the Pension Office, step by step. - [If you cannot repay: what happens to your home and your pension](https://news.binga.mv/pension-housing-loan-default-what-happens.md): Under the Pension Office's housing scheme, a lender must sell the home first. Your pledged pension is used only if the sale does not clear the loan. The order of events, a worked example, and what to do before it comes to that. - [Self-employed, paid in dollars or not Maldivian: can you use the pension route?](https://news.binga.mv/pension-housing-self-employed-dollar-earners-expats.md): The pension housing scheme is open to Maldivian MRPS members under 60. Self-employed people can join the MRPS voluntarily and build a balance; dollar earners contribute in rufiyaa; foreign residents can join the MRPS but cannot use it for a home. Who can, and how. - [Which homes can you buy with your pension? Off-plan flats included](https://news.binga.mv/pension-housing-which-homes-qualify.md): The Pension Office's housing scheme covers homes bought to live in, sold on the open market, including flats handed over when construction finishes. What that means for buyers in Greater Malé's new developments, and what it leaves out. - [How much of my pension can I put towards a flat?](https://news.binga.mv/pension-how-much-can-i-use-for-a-home.md): It depends on your age and your balance: all of it up to 35, 80% from 36 to 49, half from 50 to 60. Worked examples at each age, and how that compares with the 10% or 20% deposit lenders ask for on a MVR 3 million flat. - [Using your pension to buy a home: the Pension Office FAQ, answered in full](https://news.binga.mv/pension-office-housing-faq-answered.md): The Pension Office answers six questions about its housing scheme. Here they are with the answers, plus what each means for someone buying a flat from a developer, and two corrections where the FAQ's wording says the opposite of what the scheme does. - [The Pension Office's housing leaflet, explained in full](https://news.binga.mv/pension-office-housing-leaflet-explained.md): The Maldives Pension Administration Office's Dhivehi leaflet on using pension savings to buy a home sets out the whole scheme on four pages: who qualifies, how much you can pledge at each age, which homes count, the five lenders, the three steps and what happens to your money. Here it is in English, section by section. - [Pension or cash for your deposit: which should you use?](https://news.binga.mv/pension-or-cash-for-your-deposit.md): Pledging pension keeps your cash free and may get you a lower rate; paying cash keeps your retirement savings out of the loan. Five questions to decide, and how to combine the two. - [Does pledging my pension cost me anything?](https://news.binga.mv/pension-pledge-does-it-cost-anything.md): The Pension Office charges no fee for the housing pledge that we could find, and the money keeps earning. Some lenders even price pension-backed loans lower: HDFC charges 10.42% against 11%, about MVR 1,000 a month less on MVR 2.4 million. The real costs are risk and lost flexibility. - [Your pledged pension keeps growing: returns during the loan](https://news.binga.mv/pension-pledged-savings-keep-growing.md): Pension savings pledged for a home are not frozen in place: they stay invested, or the lender pays returns on them, and come back to your account when the loan is repaid. How the returns work, what the MRPS invests in, and what it costs. - [Self-employed and saving for a home? What the Pension Act change means](https://news.binga.mv/pension-act-self-employed-buyers.md): The 2026 amendment widens the MRPS for self-employed people. Because the pension housing scheme lets members pledge their savings instead of paying a cash deposit, a self-employed person who builds an RSA balance now builds a home deposit too. How to start, and how fast it adds up. - [Building on your own land? How the pension change could help](https://news.binga.mv/pension-collateral-for-building-a-house.md): Since May 2026 the Pension Act lets members pledge pension savings for a loan to build a house. For a family with a plot, that could cover the equity a construction lender asks for. The construction loans available today, how pension could fit, and the questions to put to your lender while the regulations are written. - [Renovating your home: pension savings as collateral](https://news.binga.mv/pension-collateral-for-renovating-a-home.md): The 2026 Pension Act amendment lets members pledge pension savings for a loan to renovate an existing house. What renovation loans cost today, from HDFC's 11% Home Improvement to MFLC's Green Loan, where a pension pledge might help, and what to wait for. - [Pension savings can now back loans to build or renovate a home](https://news.binga.mv/pension-act-sixth-amendment-build-renovate-home.md): The Sixth Amendment to the Maldives Pension Act, in force since 21 May 2026, lets members pledge their pension savings for loans to build a house or renovate one, not only to buy. It also opens the scheme wider to the self-employed and tightens Basic Pension. What changed, what it means for buyers, and what is still waiting on regulations. - [Islamic or conventional? HDFC Amna for a flat](https://news.binga.mv/hdfc-amna-islamic-home-financing.md): HDFC's Islamic window, Amna, finances flats through a diminishing partnership at 10% to 11%, about the same as its conventional loan. The differences are in the details: takaful, a lock-in fee with a rebate, a property worth at least 125% of the financing, and late charges paid to charity. - [Is your building on HDFC's list? The 15 approved projects](https://news.binga.mv/hdfc-approved-projects-list.md): HDFC finances flats only in projects it has approved. Its list has 15, from Bayfancy and Kandoofaa Residence to The Rise, the Rainbow projects, Centreal and SJ Creek. The full list, and how a developer gets on it. - [The cost of signing with HDFC: fees, deposit and insurance](https://news.binga.mv/hdfc-fees-cost-of-signing.md): Borrowing MVR 2.4 million from HDFC costs MVR 500 to apply, 1% to process (capped at MVR 50,000), a deposit of three months' payments held for the whole term, insurance and court registration. The full list from HDFC's January 2026 schedule. - [HDFC's home purchase financing, in plain terms](https://news.binga.mv/hdfc-home-purchase-financing-explained.md): Housing Development Finance Corporation, the Maldives' only specialised housing lender, finances flats in approved projects at 10.42% to 12.25% over up to 25 years, with 20% of your own money. What it offers, who qualifies and how to apply. - [Who owns HDFC, and why it matters to borrowers](https://news.binga.mv/hdfc-ownership-and-what-it-means.md): HDFC is 49% government-owned, with IFC and ADB holding 18% each and India's HDFC Bank 15%. Its 2025 annual report says work is under way on an orderly exit of the foreign shareholders. What HDFC is, how it funds its lending, and what a change of owners could mean. - [Paying off early, or moving banks: what HDFC charges](https://news.binga.mv/hdfc-paying-off-early-or-moving-banks.md): Settling an HDFC home loan early costs 2% of the balance; moving it to another lender costs 5%. On HDFC Amna's Islamic financing the lock-in fee is up to MVR 500,000, with a rebate. What each means, and what to ask. - [Using your pension as the down payment with HDFC](https://news.binga.mv/hdfc-pension-as-down-payment.md): HDFC accepts Retirement Savings Account balances pledged as the 20% equity on a flat, and lowers the rate to 10.42% when you do. How the Pension Office and HDFC split the work, and what to check. - [What HDFC's quarterly reports show about off-plan projects](https://news.binga.mv/hdfc-quarterly-reports-off-plan-progress.md): HDFC reports the progress of every development it finances to the capital market regulator. The June 2026 report: Bayfancy 93%, Kandoofa Residence 86%, The Rise 74%, Centreal 61%, Rain Pearl 45%, Rain Palm 37%, Kandoofa Ecoplex 13%. Several completion dates have moved by more than a year. - [Three rates for the same flat: 10.42%, 11% or 12.25% at HDFC](https://news.binga.mv/hdfc-three-rates-same-flat.md): HDFC prices home purchase financing by how you pay: pledge your pension and the rate is 10.42%, rely on salary or business income and it is 11%, count rental income and it is 12.25%. On MVR 2.4 million over 25 years, the gap is about MVR 3,200 a month. - [Under 35, or in a state company? HDFC's special routes](https://news.binga.mv/hdfc-youth-soe-and-salary-schemes.md): HDFC's Youth Home Purchase lends up to MVR 1 million at 10.50% over 30 years. SOE Hiyaa offers state-company staff 10% for SOE Hiyaa flats. A salary deduction scheme charges 11% for staff of approved employers. Who each suits, with monthly payments. - [What changed in 2025: MIB halves the deposit and adds five years](https://news.binga.mv/mib-2025-home-financing-changes.md): In 2025 Maldives Islamic Bank cut the equity on home financing from 20% to 10%, extended the term from 20 to 25 years and halved the work history it asks for. What changed, what it means for a buyer, and what has not changed. - [Buying off plan with MIB: the six approved projects](https://news.binga.mv/mib-approved-projects-buying-off-plan.md): MIB finances flats under construction only in projects it has approved. Six are on its list today: Renaatus Javaahiru, RainPalm and RainPearl Residence, Centreal, The Creek View and SJ Creek Residences. How the list has changed since 2023, and what it means for buyers. - [Diminishing Musharaka, in plain words: how MIB co-owns your home](https://news.binga.mv/mib-diminishing-musharaka-plain-words.md): With MIB's Ujaalaa Hiyaa, you and the bank buy the home together. Each month you pay rent on the bank's share and buy a little more of it, until the home is yours. How the partnership works, what you pay, and why the home is mortgaged. - [The cost beyond the rate: MIB's fees and takaful](https://news.binga.mv/mib-home-financing-fees-and-takaful.md): On MIB's Ujaalaa Hiyaa, the profit rate is only part of the cost: a 1.5% processing fee (at least MVR 5,000), MVR 2,500 for the offer letter, valuations at cost, 1% to amend the facility, 0.5% on part payments, and takaful for the whole term paid before the money is released. - [Paying off MIB home financing early](https://news.binga.mv/mib-paying-off-home-financing-early.md): MIB charges 0.5% on part payments of Ujaalaa Hiyaa, with a minimum of MVR 1,000 or one month's payment. It does not publish a fee for settling in full. How to make a part or full settlement, and what to ask first. - [Paying while your flat is still being built: how MIB handles it](https://news.binga.mv/mib-paying-while-your-flat-is-built.md): With MIB, a buyer of an off-plan flat pays only part of the monthly payment during construction, in proportion to what the bank has paid the developer so far. Completed homes get up to three months' grace. How it works and what to ask. - [Your pension as your deposit: the age table every buyer should see](https://news.binga.mv/mib-pension-savings-as-your-deposit.md): MIB accepts pension savings pledged as the 10% equity on a home. The Pension Office lets members under 36 pledge all of their balance, 36 to 49 four-fifths, 50 to 60 half. The money stays invested. How it works and who qualifies. - [10% down at MIB: what it takes to buy a MVR 3 million flat](https://news.binga.mv/mib-ten-percent-down-mvr-3-million-flat.md): Since 2025, MIB finances a home from 10% of the price down, over up to 25 years. On a MVR 3 million flat that means MVR 300,000 of your own, a processing fee of about MVR 40,500 and a monthly payment around MVR 22,700 to 24,500. The worked example, with the income it needs. - [MIB's Ujaalaa Hiyaa, in plain terms](https://news.binga.mv/mib-ujaalaa-hiyaa-home-financing-explained.md): Maldives Islamic Bank finances home purchases through Ujaalaa Hiyaa: 9 to 10% a year, up to 25 years, from 10% of the price down, with no guarantor. What the product is, who qualifies, and what it does not cover. - [Can my family help me qualify with MIB?](https://news.binga.mv/mib-who-qualifies-family-co-applicants.md): MIB lets a spouse, parents or children apply with you for home financing, and needs no guarantor. All your repayments together must stay under half your gross income, and you need 12 months in full-time work or regular rental income. The rules and the documents. - [Is MFLC a bank yet? What its 2025 permit means for borrowers](https://news.binga.mv/mflc-banking-permit-what-it-means.md): In May 2025 the Maldives Monetary Authority gave MFLC a pre-operational permit to become Maldives Finance and Leasing Bank. By its December 2025 accounts it still took no deposits. What the permit means, and what MFLC's numbers say about it as a lender. - [Buying off plan with MFLC: the questions to ask first](https://news.binga.mv/mflc-buying-off-plan-questions-to-ask.md): MFLC's forms allow funds to go directly to a developer and offer a grace period of up to 12 months, but it has no published list of approved developments and charges 1% a year on money not yet drawn. Seven questions to settle before you book. - [Buying to let: how MFLC weighs rental income](https://news.binga.mv/mflc-buying-to-let-rental-income.md): Unlike some banks, MFLC asks how much rent the property will earn and wants rent forecasts. Its smaller Direct Loan is open to landlords living on rental income. What that means for buyers planning to let. - [Fitting out a new flat: MFLC's Green Loan and smaller loans](https://news.binga.mv/mflc-green-loan-fitting-out-a-new-flat.md): A new apartment often comes without appliances or solar water heating. MFLC's Green Loan lends up to MVR 2 million over five years for energy-efficient equipment, without collateral up to MVR 250,000. Its Faseyha loan covers salaried buyers up to MVR 500,000. What each offers. - [What MFLC asks for: the documents for a home loan](https://news.binga.mv/mflc-home-loan-documents-checklist.md): MFLC's home loan and Islamic home financing forms list the documents it needs: ID and guarantor forms, a year of payslips and bank statements, the project's costs and approvals, proof of equity and, if you will let the home, rent forecasts. The full checklist, and how to apply. - [MFLC's Home Loan, in plain terms](https://news.binga.mv/mflc-home-loan-explained.md): Maldives Finance and Leasing Company lends for buying, building or renovating a home: from MVR 200,000, over five to ten years, with 20% of your own money and a guarantor. What its Home Loan offers, who it suits, and what it does not publish. - [MFLC Maal: Islamic home financing from a finance company](https://news.binga.mv/mflc-maal-islamic-home-financing.md): MFLC's Islamic arm, MFLC Maal, finances homes through Musharakah Mutanaqisah, a diminishing partnership: you and MFLC co-own the home and you buy its share over five to ten years. The terms, the takaful it requires, and how it differs from MFLC's conventional loan. - [Takaful is not optional on MFLC's Islamic home financing](https://news.binga.mv/mflc-maal-takaful-home-financing.md): Anyone financing a home through MFLC Maal agrees to insure it under takaful for the whole term, at their own cost. What takaful is, why lenders require it, and the questions to ask before you choose a policy. - [Ten years, not twenty-five: what a short term does to your monthly payment](https://news.binga.mv/mflc-ten-year-term-what-it-costs-monthly.md): MFLC lends for homes over five to ten years; banks now go to 25. On every MVR 1 million borrowed, a ten-year term costs roughly MVR 4,000 to 5,000 more a month, and far less in total. Worked examples at illustrative rates. - [3,200 lease-to-own homes: Bank of Maldives' affordable housing push and what it means for buyers](https://news.binga.mv/bml-affordable-housing-lease-to-own-3200-homes.md): Under a Maldives Monetary Authority rule, every commercial bank must put 10 to 15% of its lending into affordable housing. Bank of Maldives has set up a company to build more than 3,200 lease-to-own homes in Hulhumalé and Villimalé. Who they are for, and what the scheme means for the private market. - [The developments Bank of Maldives will finance before they are finished](https://news.binga.mv/bml-approved-developments-end-user-financing.md): To finance a flat that is still being built, Bank of Maldives must have approved the development. Its published list names more than thirty projects, from Bayfancy and Blue Lagoon in Hulhumalé Phase 2 to Solitaire, Aqua Vita and Kandoofaa. Here is the list, and what approval does and does not mean. - [5% down: what Bank of Maldives' equity cut means on a real price list](https://news.binga.mv/bml-five-percent-equity-what-it-means.md): Since October 2025 Bank of Maldives asks for 5% of the price as your own money, down from 20%. On a MVR 3.5 million flat that is MVR 175,000 instead of MVR 700,000. What the cut changes, what it does not, and the full cash a buyer still needs on day one. - [Paying for a flat that is still being built: Bank of Maldives' 24-month grace period](https://news.binga.mv/bml-grace-period-buying-off-plan.md): Bank of Maldives lets buyers defer full repayments for up to 24 months. Pay only the lease payments, or nothing at all with the payments added later. On a MVR 3.56 million financing the choice is worth thousands a month for the next 23 years. How each option works. - [Building rather than buying: Bank of Maldives' construction financing and the 5% Hiyaavehi scheme](https://news.binga.mv/bml-home-construction-financing-and-hiyaavehi.md): If you own land, building can cost less than buying from a developer. Bank of Maldives finances construction from 9.5% with 5% equity on projects up to MVR 3 million, and runs the government's Hiyaavehi scheme at 5%. How the two compare with buying a finished flat. - [Beyond the 9%: the fees and charges on a Bank of Maldives home financing](https://news.binga.mv/bml-home-financing-fees-and-charges.md): The rate is only part of the cost. Bank of Maldives charges a MVR 1,000 application fee and 1.5% for processing, 2% on large early repayments, and more if you fall behind. The full list from its October 2026 schedule of charges, with what each would cost on a typical flat. - [How Bank of Maldives' home financing changed, 2021 to 2026](https://news.binga.mv/bml-home-financing-timeline-2021-2026.md): In five years Bank of Maldives cut its home rate to 9%, stretched terms to 25 years, cut the deposit from 20% to 5%, added dollar financing at 7.5%, took on the government's 5% building scheme and turned its personal banking Islamic. The changes in order, and what they add up to for buyers. - [Paid in dollars? Bank of Maldives' 7.5% home financing for USD earners](https://news.binga.mv/bml-home-financing-usd-earners-tourism.md): Maldivians earning in US dollars, including resort, guesthouse, hotel and safari staff, can finance a home with Bank of Maldives at 7.5% a year, repaying in dollars. Who qualifies, how service charge counts, and what it costs on a typical flat. - [Buying a flat with Bank of Maldives: Home Purchase Financing, term by term](https://news.binga.mv/bml-home-purchase-financing-explained.md): Bank of Maldives finances apartments, row houses, garages and land at up to 9% a year, over up to 25 years, with 5% equity and a 24-month grace period. Here is every term as the bank publishes it in October 2026, and what each means for a buyer. - [Bank of Maldives is now Islamic first: how Diminishing Musharakah home financing works](https://news.binga.mv/bml-islamic-home-financing-diminishing-musharakah.md): Since 13 September 2026 every new personal financing at Bank of Maldives is processed on Islamic principles. Its home financing uses Diminishing Musharakah: you and the bank co-own the home, you pay rent on its share and buy it out. What changes for a buyer, and what does not. ## Launches - [SJ Group brings SJ Dhihereya Residence to market: 90 lagoon-side apartments in Hulhumalé](https://news.binga.mv/sj-group-opens-sj-dhihereya-residence.md): SJ Group has released SJ Dhihereya Residence, 90 apartments on the west, lagoon-facing side of Hulhumalé Phase 1, priced from MVR 3.63 million and due for completion at the end of 2028. Since 14 October the developer has listed the sale as temporarily on hold. - [Video tours on listings](https://news.binga.mv/property-video-tours.md): Owners and concierges can add a YouTube or Instagram walkthrough to any listing; it plays on the home's page and travels with the listing into Binga's ad catalogue. - [Tenant offers, presented to the owner in one clear page](https://news.binga.mv/rental-offers-presented-to-owners.md): A tenant's offer, rent, deposit, dates and payment schedule, becomes a living proposal in the owner's private portal; the owner's decision goes straight back to the concierge. - [Meet the concierge, seven days a week](https://news.binga.mv/meet-the-concierge-seven-days-a-week.md): New visitors to the concierge site now meet the team first: three people, open every day, who hunt on iBay, Facebook and Viber before a home is ever listed. - [Every enquiry reaches the concierge desk within fifteen minutes](https://news.binga.mv/every-enquiry-reaches-the-desk.md): Consultation requests and contact forms on binga.mv now flow into the concierge queue and the team's shared address book, so nothing sent through the marketplace waits in a mailbox. - [Refer a tenant or a property in two minutes](https://news.binga.mv/referral-programme.md): Anyone can refer a person looking to rent or buy, or an owner with a unit to rent or sell. A concierge does the work; the referrer follows every milestone on a personal page. - [A one-page tenant profile owners can actually read](https://news.binga.mv/vetted-tenant-one-pager.md): Every applicant Binga puts forward now arrives as a single page with a vetting score and the bars behind it: income against rent, tenure, references, stability. - [Book an inspection. Pay only when we place your tenant.](https://news.binga.mv/owner-inspection-service.md): Binga inspects, prices, photographs, markets, screens and hands over, with one dedicated contact, no upfront fees, and 50% of one month's rent only after the tenant is secured. - [Why Binga, in English and Dhivehi](https://news.binga.mv/why-binga-pages.md): Six promises to tenants and a matching set for owners, published as pages on the site, as cards in Binga's ads, and in Dhivehi with native Thaana typography. - [Corporate housing: one brief, vetted homes, zero cost to your team](https://news.binga.mv/corporate-housing-launch.md): A dedicated concierge sources inspected, owner-verified, off-market homes for staff relocating into Malé and Hulhumalé, contracted in the company's name or chosen by the employee. - [Binga newsletters: the newest homes, once a month, from a real address](https://news.binga.mv/binga-newsletters.md): Sent from hello@binga.mv, with real listings in the website's card design, a one-click unsubscribe on every issue, and separate editions for tenants, owners, buyers and companies. - [Explore the home, room by room](https://news.binga.mv/explore-the-home-galleries.md): Listing photos are now tagged by space and type, so you can walk a home on the site the way you would in person, and developments and neighbourhoods got galleries of their own. - [The Hulhumalé buying guide, updated](https://news.binga.mv/hulhumale-buying-guide-updated.md): Binga's most-read guide, on buying a flat or condominium in Hulhumalé, refreshed with the current HDC pre-sale rules and loan terms. - [Message us once. We remember.](https://news.binga.mv/whatsapp-first-concierge.md): From 10 July 2026 every WhatsApp conversation, website visit and call lands on one record, so any concierge can pick up where the last one left off. - [Twenty-four developments added in one week](https://news.binga.mv/developments-directory-hulhumale.md): RainPearl, Rainbow Tower, the Renaatus buildings, One Avenue, Solitaire, K-Park, The Gardens and more: the Hulhumalé developments people ask about, catalogued with photos, unit types and status. - [Bayfancy finishes plastering, opens a materials showroom and reports the building 70 per cent complete](https://news.binga.mv/bayfancy-plastering-complete-materials-showroom-opens.md): In August 2026 Bayfancy completed all plastering, finished air-conditioning, screeding and waterproofing on its upper floors, and opened a showroom of the materials going into the apartments. Its engineering report put overall progress at 70 per cent. - [Walls, roof and waterproofing done: Bayfancy Residence moves into its finishing phase](https://news.binga.mv/bayfancy-residence-enters-finishing-phase.md): By late February 2026 all masonry at Bayfancy Residence was complete, the roof and external waterproofing were finished and the show apartment was 70 per cent built. Plastering then moved through the building, with the outside walls at 68 per cent by April. - [A new investor takes a stake in Bayfancy and the developer sets 31 December 2026 for handover](https://news.binga.mv/bayfancy-new-investor-chen-jiaming.md): Bayfancy announced that businessman Chen Jiaming had reached an agreement with its original shareholders in October 2025 and put in more capital. The developer set handover for 31 December 2026 as masonry reached the 14th floor and work on the show apartment began. - [Bayfancy Residence tops out: the 18-storey frame is complete](https://news.binga.mv/bayfancy-residence-superstructure-complete.md): Bayfancy poured its 18th-floor slab on 23 September 2025 and declared the superstructure complete on 18 October, with internal walls finished up to the tenth floor. The frame came in a few weeks after the September target set in July. - [Bayfancy reaches its 17th floor and shows what it will hold: pool, gym, play area and co-working](https://news.binga.mv/bayfancy-residence-level-17-amenities.md): The day after its 17th-floor slab was poured, Bayfancy set out plans for the whole level as residents' amenities, from an infinity pool and gym to a children's play area, reading room and co-working space, and showed a double-height lobby design. - [Bayfancy reaches its 11th floor ten days ahead of plan and targets handover in late 2026](https://news.binga.mv/bayfancy-residence-eleventh-floor-ahead-of-schedule.md): By mid-July 2025 Bayfancy Residence had poured eleven floor slabs in under four months. Its sales director said the job was ten days ahead of schedule, with the frame due by September 2025, fit-out from October and handover between September and December 2026. - [Bayfancy Residence opens for sale at 20 per cent built, from MVR 3.5 million](https://news.binga.mv/bayfancy-residence-opens-for-sale.md): With the fifth-floor slab poured, Bayfancy opened sales of its 18-storey building in Hulhumalé Phase 2: one-bedroom-plus apartments from MVR 3.5 million, 3+1 suites from MVR 6.2 million and sky villas from MVR 26 million, with Bank of Maldives as mortgage partner. - [Bayfancy Residence pours its basement slab ahead of schedule and starts to rise](https://news.binga.mv/bayfancy-residence-basement-slab-poured.md): On 9 March 2025 Bayfancy Residence poured its basement slab, ahead of the 20 March target the developer had set, and moved above ground: the ground-floor slab followed on 23 March and the first floor on 30 March. - [Bayfancy Residence completes its foundation piles: more than 350, driven 12 to 15 metres deep](https://news.binga.mv/bayfancy-residence-piling-complete.md): Construction of Bayfancy Residence began on 1 December 2024. Within four weeks, more than 350 foundation piles had been driven 12 to 15 metres into the ground, three days ahead of plan, and steel sheet piling for the basement followed. - [A Singapore developer arrives in the Maldives with plans for Bayfancy Residence in Hulhumalé](https://news.binga.mv/bayfancy-singapore-developer-plans-hulhumale-residence.md): Bayfancy Pte Ltd, a Singapore real estate developer whose team has built large residential schemes in China, re-registered in the Maldives to build Bayfancy Residence, an apartment building in Hulhumalé. ## Development - [2021: A poll finds few Maldivians want one-bedroom flats](https://news.binga.mv/2021-one-bedroom-flats-poll.md): In February 2021 a Maldives Opinion Network poll of 2,000 people found 72.5 per cent preferred a three-bedroom flat and 7.5 per cent a one-bedroom. The state's next large scheme, 4,000 flats in Hulhumalé Phase 2, was built with two and three bedrooms only. - [2021: Government promises Hiyaa keys in March, then in April](https://news.binga.mv/2021-hiyaa-handover-promised-march-then-april.md): In February 2021 the housing minister said Hiyaa flats would be handed over by the end of March, unfinished and with three months rent-free; in March the President's Office said April. Keys were handed over from 14 July 2021 and residents moved in from mid-August. ## Developers - [Renting from Apollo Holdings: three buildings, one way of building](https://news.binga.mv/apollo-holdings-for-tenants.md): Twin towers, cross-ventilation, two-, three- and 3+1-bedroom plans, a pool, a gym and a staffed lobby. What a tenant can expect across Apollo's buildings in Hulhumalé, and which one suits whom. - [Renting from Batch Construction: Marina View](https://news.binga.mv/batch-construction-for-tenants.md): One building so far: Marina View – Batch Apartments on Fithiroanu Magu, 70 homes a short walk from the ferry, with a spa, a gym and a restaurant in the building. What the desk knows, and what it has not yet verified. - [Renting from DAMAS Real Estate: One Avenue on the marina](https://news.binga.mv/damas-real-estate-for-tenants.md): One building so far: One Avenue, 95 homes on Fithuroanu Magu overlooking the yacht marina, from one-bedrooms to penthouses, with a 24-hour reception and a mall downstairs. What a tenant can expect. - [Renting from Fedo: The RISE and its shared rooms](https://news.binga.mv/fedo-for-tenants.md): One building so far: The RISE by Fedo, 53 homes on Hulhumalé's urban waterfront with two pools, a jogging trail, a workspace and library, and named rooms for every age. What a tenant can expect. - [Renting from JAAH Investments: The Gardens](https://news.binga.mv/jaah-investments-for-tenants.md): One building so far: The Gardens – Exotic Elegance, 83 homes in Hulhumalé with a pool, a café and a supermarket downstairs, and homes let from a two-bedroom to a private-pool suite. - [Renting from Rainbow Construction: RainCoral Residence](https://news.binga.mv/rainbow-construction-for-tenants.md): One building so far: RainCoral Residence on Reethigas Magu, a joint venture with Mega Infra Projects and managed by Rainland Developers. Dual towers for airflow, a rooftop terrace and a grocery downstairs. - [Renting from RCC: Blue Haven Residencies](https://news.binga.mv/rcc-for-tenants.md): One building so far: Blue Haven Residencies, Rasheed Carpentry and Construction's 14-storey tower of 116 homes in Hulhumalé, with high ceilings, 2+1 plans and channel views. What a tenant can expect. - [Renting from Renaatus: daylight, sea views and a growing list of shared spaces](https://news.binga.mv/renaatus-for-tenants.md): Four Renaatus buildings in Hulhumalé, from beachfront Ithaa Muiy to Irumathi's rooftop pool and vertical gardens. What their developer designs for, what a tenant can expect, and what the desk has not yet verified. - [Renting from SASe Glut JV: The Creek View](https://news.binga.mv/sase-glut-jv-for-tenants.md): One building so far: The Creek View, 114 homes on the channel between Hulhumalé's two phases, planned around privacy, enclosed kitchens and a separate service lift. What a tenant can expect. - [Soneva for owners: thirty years of barefoot luxury, fifteen of villa sales](https://news.binga.mv/soneva-for-owners.md): The operator behind Soneva Fushi, Soneva Jani and Soneva Secret was the first in the Maldives to sell resort villas to foreign buyers. Who runs it now, how it builds, and what its name means for an owner. - [Renting from TATA Housing Maldives: Luxera on Sosun Magu](https://news.binga.mv/tata-housing-maldives-for-tenants.md): One building so far: Luxera Nadhee, 72 homes on Sosun Magu, every one a 3+1, with a rooftop pool and basement parking in central Malé. What a tenant can expect. ## The Binga journey - [What comes next, the connected journey](https://news.binga.mv/what-comes-next-the-connected-journey.md): Binga captures a person superbly at every step and, until now, ran those steps separately. The next year is about one identity, one stage, one queue, and news that reaches people where they are. - [Owners, from listing agency to full representation](https://news.binga.mv/owners-from-listing-agency-to-full-representation.md): The owner side grew from "we will list it" to "we will run it": inspection, pricing, photography, marketing, vetting, the agreement and the handover, paid only when the tenant is placed. - [Tenants, and the end of the WhatsApp lottery](https://news.binga.mv/tenants-the-end-of-the-whatsapp-lottery.md): Six promises to anyone renting in Greater Malé, written down in August 2026 and kept by a named concierge. - [Corporate housing, or how to bring a team to the Maldives](https://news.binga.mv/corporate-housing-bringing-teams-to-the-maldives.md): Companies recruiting into Malé and Hulhumalé had the same problem every month. In August 2026 Binga gave them one concierge, one brief, and homes their people would actually want. - [Building the machine behind a human service](https://news.binga.mv/building-the-machine-behind-a-human-service.md): A concierge who remembers every conversation needs a system that does. Between January and September 2026 Binga built one, on the edge, in the open. ## Full text - [llms-full.txt](https://news.binga.mv/llms-full.txt)