About Yeldar Nurmukanov
I am a real estate broker in Abu Dhabi and the founder of Astana Real Estate. I help international buyers, investors and property owners make property decisions they can defend with numbers — in English, Russian or Kazakh.
Real Estate Broker & Property Investment Advisor
Founder, Astana Real Estate · Abu Dhabi, UAE
What I do
I advise on buying, selling and holding property in Abu Dhabi: new launches from developers such as Aldar and Modon, ready and resale homes, prime villas and penthouses, and a smaller amount of commercial property. Most of my clients are private individuals and families who live outside the UAE, so a large part of my job is explaining a market they do not see every day — and saying no to the options that do not fit what they are trying to achieve.
I also cover Dubai and Muscat (Oman) for clients who compare markets, but Abu Dhabi is where I work every day and where my office is.
Career
I came to real estate from engineering, and that background still shapes how I work.
- Energy and industrial operations (2010–2018). Field operations, procurement and capital projects in the Middle East and Central Asia — work where a wrong assumption costs a project, not a commission.
- Qaz Protectors, Kazakhstan (2018–2022). Co-founder and technical director of a manufacturing business serving the oil and gas sector: product, production and supply chain built from zero.
- Platinum Real Estate, Kazakhstan (2022). I founded a Kazakhstan practice advising local investors moving capital into the Gulf.
- Whitewill, Abu Dhabi (2024–2026). I worked at Whitewill in Abu Dhabi as a real estate advisor, where I also led a team of brokers.
- Astana Real Estate, Abu Dhabi (since December 2025). I founded the brokerage, which is licensed in Abu Dhabi for real estate purchase and sale brokerage, leasing brokerage, and lease and management services. I am its owner and manager.
When I mention a transaction count, it refers to my work as a broker across these roles, not to Astana Real Estate alone, which was established in December 2025.
What I specialise in
- Investment property in Abu Dhabi — choosing the district and the asset, comparing a launch with ready stock, and modelling the return after service charges and costs. See Abu Dhabi real estate advisory.
- Prime homes on Saadiyat, Yas, Hudayriyat, Jubail and Al Maryah. See luxury property in Abu Dhabi.
- Advising owners who sell, including owners who live abroad and owners of high-value homes who prefer a private sale. See property seller advisory.
- Clients from outside the UAE, especially English- and Russian-speaking investors and buyers from Kazakhstan and the CIS. See international and multilingual clients.
Education
- INSEAD Global Executive MBA — current participant, class of 2027 (Abu Dhabi, Fontainebleau and Singapore campuses). I have not graduated yet.
- MITx MicroMasters in Supply Chain Management, 2021–2023.
- BSc in Petroleum Engineering, Kazakh-British Technical University (KBTU), Almaty, 2010–2014.
Astana Real Estate
Astana Real Estate L.L.C - S.P.C is the brokerage I founded in Abu Dhabi. It is an independent agency, not a developer. Its licences, office and the way it works with clients are set out on astanauae.com/about, and its market analysis — which I write — is in the Insights section there.
Languages and international clients
I work in English, Russian and Kazakh, and have basic Arabic. Official documents in Abu Dhabi are issued in Arabic and English; I explain them in the language my client thinks in, and where a certified translation is required we use a licensed translation office. Many of my clients buy or sell without being in the country, through video viewings, digital document review and a power of attorney where needed.
How I work
- Objective first. I start with what the money is for — income, a home, residency, a sale — and only then look at properties.
- Failure modes before upside. Service charges, handover risk, resale rules and exit liquidity decide most returns, so I check them first.
- Sources on the table. Developer documents and official data (ADREC, DARI) are cited; my own reading is labelled as opinion.
- Clear about how I am paid. On developer launches the developer pays the brokerage; on resale and advisory work the fee is agreed in writing in advance.
- No hand-offs. Clients deal with me from the first call to the title deed.
Contact
- WhatsApp: +971 50 736 9833 (fastest)
- Email: CEO@astanauae.com
- Office: Office 105, Building P-121, Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi · +971 2 681 2236
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yeldar-nurmukanov · Instagram: @yeldar.abudhabi