Common Area
28.04.2026
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Common area is the part of the building you don’t own, don’t control, but absolutely pay for through service charge.
Research & analysis
Insights
Analysis, area guides, and market updates from the UAE-Prop team.
Closing
28.04.2026
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Closing in Dubai is not a moment, it is a sequence, and understanding the sequence is the difference between a clean transfer and a five-week nightmare.
Cash Flow
28.04.2026
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Cash flow on a Dubai buy-to-let is almost always smaller than the agent’s model suggests, and the gap is almost always the service charge.
Capital Appreciation
28.04.2026
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Capital appreciation is paper money until you sell.
Cap Rate (Capitalization Rate)
27.04.2026
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The fastest way to lose money in Dubai property is to buy on the cap rate you saw in the listing.
Canal View
27.04.2026
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“Canal view” in Dubai covers a range from a genuine 180-degree Business Bay Canal frontage to a thirty-degree slice between two other towers.
Buyer
27.04.2026
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Every Dubai property listing is sold to “the buyer,” but in reality there are four very different buyers in this market, and each one needs a different…
Buyback
27.04.2026
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A buyback clause is one of those marketing ideas that sounds like protection and usually functions as fine print.
BUA (Built-Up Area)
27.04.2026
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A client once asked me to compare two JVC studios, both listed at 480 sqft BUA, both at AED 780,000.
