Beyond the listing.

A 4% Dubai Land Department transfer fee, agency commission of 2% plus 5% VAT on that commission, and the DLD registration and trustee fees — roughly AED 4,200 on most transactions. On an off-plan purchase the developer may also charge an administration fee. All of it is set out before you commit, not discovered at the trustee office.

Every price is checked against what comparable units in the same building and the same bedroom count actually sold for, using Land Department transaction records, and against what they rent for. If a unit is priced above what the register supports, you are told so, with the figures.

A seller who needs to complete quickly — an exit before a payment milestone, a relocation, a refinancing deadline. The discount is real but so is the time pressure, and the paperwork has to be right. These rarely reach a portal, which is why most of what we place is never advertised.

The first rent cheque — rent is usually paid in one to four cheques a year, agreed with the landlord — plus a refundable security deposit, typically 5% of the annual rent for an unfurnished home and more for a furnished one. Add the agency fee, commonly 5% of the annual rent plus VAT, the Ejari registration, and DEWA’s own refundable deposit for the utilities. You get the exact amounts for the home before you sign.

Yes. Selling or letting can be run without you in the country: the listing agreement is approved online, we obtain the Trakheesi permit, show the property, qualify buyers or tenants, and handle the offer, the Ejari or the transfer. If you keep the property, we can manage it for you — rent collection, maintenance and renewals — with a statement you can read from anywhere.

Yes. Off-plan reservation and the sale and purchase agreement can be completed remotely, and the Land Department registers the Oqood in your name. You do not need residency to own freehold property in Dubai.

We quote gross yield from registered lease contracts for the same building, not from an asking rent, and show the service charge against it. Anyone quoting a net yield without naming the service charge is quoting a number they have not checked.

Yes, and it is the reason many of our buyers start. Property assessed by the Dubai Land Department at AED 2 million or more can qualify you for the UAE Golden Visa — a renewable long-term residency, issued for five or ten years depending on the category. Several properties can be counted together to reach the threshold, and since the 2026 changes a mortgaged or off-plan home bought from a DLD-registered developer can qualify where it previously could not. These rules have moved more than once, so we check your particular purchase against what the authority requires today rather than against what was true last year.

You sponsor yourself — no employer and no local partner holds your residency, and leaving a job does not end it. You can stay outside the UAE for more than six consecutive months without losing it, which an ordinary residence visa does not allow, so it works as a second base rather than only as a place to live. It covers your spouse and your children of any age, your parents, and household staff. It also opens 100% ownership of a mainland business in your own name, alongside the UAE’s position of no personal income tax.

Yes — a two-year property investor visa, run jointly by the Dubai Land Department and the GDRFA. It is tied to freehold property registered in your name, with no minimum value for a sole owner; joint owners must each hold a share worth at least AED 400,000. The condition people are rarely told about is that the property must be completed and carry a valid title deed — off-plan does not qualify, however much of it you have paid for. It is also an ordinary residency for travel purposes: more than 180 consecutive days outside the UAE and it is cancelled.

A two-year investor or partner visa runs through shares in a UAE-registered company, issued by the Department of Economy and Tourism or by the relevant free zone authority rather than by the Land Department. There is no fixed minimum capital for the visa itself, but it needs a properly set-up trade licence, an active company, and a corporate bank balance of around AED 50,000. The same travel rule applies: more than 180 consecutive days away and it lapses. Buyers often hold both — property for the long-term visa, a licence for the business — and we can introduce you to the people who set the second one up.