8 of the best · Cairo, Egypt
Zamalek, Garden City and Maadi, the compounds of New Cairo and Sheikh Zayed, the developers who build them and the agents who sell them. We never publish prices.
Our 8 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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Three places we would send a friend to first, chosen by people who know Cairo well.
From its own website
The Egyptian franchise of RE/MAX, with properties for sale and rent.
Our long reads on this side of Cairo.
The back story
Zamalek’s apartments, Garden City and Maadi, the compounds of New Cairo and Sheikh Zayed, and the rules for foreign buyers: the first steps.
Who to talk to.
From its own website
The Egyptian franchise of RE/MAX, with properties for sale and rent.
The compounds.
From its own website
A developer of gated communities in West and East Cairo and on the coast.
Downtown restored.
