If the Oqood certificate does not have your name on it within 30 days of signing the SPA, you do not yet own what the brochure says you own.
Oqood, Arabic for “contracts,” is the DLD’s interim registration system for off-plan property in Dubai. When you sign the SPA and make the booking payment, the developer is required to register your purchase on Oqood. The system acts as the pre-completion title, proving ownership until the building finishes and a full title deed is issued. Oqood is what allows you to legally resell an off-plan unit on the secondary market before handover, and it is what a subsequent buyer checks to confirm your ownership is real.
On a Dubai Creek Harbour resale I handled in 2024, the original buyer had held for 18 months without ever verifying his Oqood. When we went to assign, the developer’s records showed his unit registered against a different buyer’s passport number. Resolution took six weeks and a formal DLD complaint.
Pull your Oqood record on the Dubai REST app within the first month after your SPA signing. Do not assume the developer filed it.
Related: Interim Registration, SPA, Off-Plan, Title Deed.
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