Insights
Notes from building Malkiati.
How Qatar property data really behaves, and the decisions we made because of it. Written by the team that builds the products.
In short
Akaya Insights explains the data and engineering behind Malkiati, Qatar's AI-powered property platform: how prices are calculated, how Qatar's national address works and how property search reads a sentence.
Why Malkiati Shows the Median Rent, Not the Average
How Malkiati turns live Qatar listings into a rent figure you can trust: medians, a minimum number of listings, and daily lets kept out.
5 min readHow Qatar's National Address Works: Zones, Streets and Buildings
Qatar's national address explained: 8 municipalities, 91 zones, 788 districts and 20,290 streets, and why a district is not the parent of a street.
6 min read"Near the Metro": How a Property Search Should Read a Sentence
Why "near a metro station", "near Lusail" and "near Triangle Park" are three different questions, and how Malkiati's search answers each one.
6 min read
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