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Buy in Dubai

Foreigners can buy freehold in designated Dubai zones. Title comes from the Dubai Land Department. Off-plan money should sit in a RERA escrow account.

Freehold zones
RERA escrow
3D map
4% / 2%transfer fee: Dubai vs the other emirates
0%annual property tax — the service charge is the carry
RERA escrowwhere off-plan money is legally required to sit
Ejaritenancy registration that makes a lease enforceable
مشاريع جديدة

مشاريع في Dubai

كل مشروع مربوط بالمطوّر الرسمي — وحدات، تسليم، وسعر المتر حيث نُشر. ليست تصنيفات مجتزأة.

قانون الإمارة

كيف تشتري في دبي

RERA escrow (Law 8 of 2007). لا ضريبة عقارية سنوية — رسم الخدمة هو التكلفة الجارية.

4%رسوم نقل Dubai Land Department (DLD)
تملك حرتملك حر في المناطق المحددة
Ejariتسجيل الإيجار الذي يجعل العقد نافذاً
AED 2,000,000عتبة التأشيرة الذهبية عبر العقار (اتحادي، 2022–)
What a purchase really costs

AED 1,500,000 home in Dubai

Land Department transfer fee (4%)
AED 60,000
Trustee office & title issuance
AED 2,250
NOC and developer admin
AED 1,500
Agency, buyer side (2% + 5% VAT)
AED 31,500
Cash needed at the trustee office
AED 1,595,250

≈ +6.4% over the price. Dubai charges 4% at the Land Department; Abu Dhabi and the northern emirates charge 2%. There is no annual property tax, which is why the service charge — quoted in dirhams per square foot and revised yearly — is the number that actually decides a yield. Off-plan money belongs in a RERA escrow account; if there is no escrow, there is no deal.

Rentals run on rules

The rent side, in three lines

  • Every tenancy must be registered on Ejari — an unregistered contract has no standing at the rental dispute centre.
  • The RERA rental index sets how far a landlord may raise on renewal, and 90 days’ written notice is required to change any term.
  • Rent is still commonly paid in one to four cheques, and DEWA plus district cooling sit outside the quoted rent.

Service charge is the second mortgage nobody quotes. Ask for the per-square-foot figure and the last two years of revisions.

Cities

Four emirates, four rulebooks

Freehold is granted zone by zone and the transfer fee changes at the emirate border. Dubai’s DLD is not Abu Dhabi’s DMT, and a Sharjah title is a different instrument again.

المطورون

من يبني الأنبوب

مطوّرون مسجّلون — من الإفصاح العام إلى التسليم. لا نصنّع السمعة.

Danube Properties

Dubai · 11 yrs · 9,000 units delivered

Danube Properties is the residential arm of Danube Group (since 2014), building affordable-premium apartments across JVC, Business Bay, JLT and Dubailand: the Bayz, Glamz, Opalz, Elitz and Diamondz series.

الموقع الرسمي

Deyaar Development

Dubai · 18 yrs · 6,000 units delivered

Deyaar Development PJSC is a DFM-listed Dubai developer (2007) behind Midtown, Atria, Burj Daman and Regalia across Business Bay, DIFC and Production City.

الموقع الرسمي

Sobha Realty

Dubai · 49 yrs · 60,000 units delivered

Sobha Realty is Dubai's leading luxury developer (1976, PNC Menon): 11 masterplans in the UAE, AED 23bn sales in 2024, 6,819 units delivered in 2026. Projects: Sobha Hartland, Sobha One, Sobha SeaHaven, Sobha Hartland II, Creek Vistas, Waves, Crest Grande, Sobha Reserve, Sobha Orbis.

الموقع الرسمي

Tiger Properties

Dubai · 48 yrs · 15,000 units delivered

Tiger Group is a veteran UAE developer (1976) building high-volume residential towers in Dubai Silicon Oasis, Ajman and Sharjah: Priva, Sunrose, Skyz.

الموقع الرسمي

Nshama

Dubai · 12 yrs · 5,000 units delivered

Nshama is the private Dubai developer behind Town Square Dubai — a self-contained neighbourhood of parks, Vida Cinemas and value apartments.

الموقع الرسمي

Dubai Properties

Dubai · 22 yrs · 25,000 units delivered

Dubai Properties, the residential arm of Dubai Holding, developed Jumeirah Beach Residence, Mudon and Dubailand and Business Bay schemes — 25,000+ delivered units.

الموقع الرسمي

wasl properties

Dubai · 17 yrs · 8,000 units delivered

wasl properties, the residential brand of Dubai Real Estate Corporation, builds the Wasl Gate and Wasl1 districts on Sheikh Zayed Road and manages a large heritage rental stock in Deira and Bur Dubai.

الموقع الرسمي

Ithra Dubai

Dubai · 8 yrs · 1,000 units delivered

Ithra Dubai is the development arm of Dubai World Trade Centre; One Za'abeel pairs two towers bridged by The Link cantilever, with a hotel and residences.

الموقع الرسمي

Seven Tides

Dubai · 19 yrs · 2,000 units delivered

Seven Tides is a private Dubai developer behind Seven Palm and Seven Residences on Palm West Beach, with hotel assets in the UK and Japan.

الموقع الرسمي

Kleindienst Group

Dubai · 19 yrs · 300 units delivered

Kleindienst Group develops The Heart of Europe on The World archipelago: six islands of beach villas, floating Seahorse homes and palaces.

الموقع الرسمي

Samana Developers

Dubai · 9 yrs · 3,000 units delivered

Samana Developers is a private Dubai developer in Majan and Arjan, delivering premium apartments with private pools and smart-home packages.

الموقع الرسمي

Ready transfers are a DLD appointment, not a screenshot of a contract. Off-plan is a construction schedule plus escrow — if there is no RERA account, walk away.

Service charges, DLD transfer fees (commonly 4%) and agency commission sit on top of the ask. sivrce will not list a Dubai unit we cannot source and verify.

FAQ

Which areas are freehold?
Marina, Downtown, JVC, Arabian Ranches, Palm Jumeirah and many other designated zones. Some older districts remain leasehold — check the title, not the brochure.
Off-plan vs ready?
Off-plan needs escrow and a delivery record. Ready is slower to appreciate in a soft market but you can inspect the actual apartment.

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