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Sellable Area
Sellable area is the number the developer uses to calculate your bill.
From Our Desk
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Secondary Market
The Dubai secondary market is where real prices are discovered.
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ROI (Return on Investment)
ROI is the vaguest useful number in Dubai real estate.
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ROE (Return on Equity)
Return on equity drifts down over time on a Dubai property, and most owners don’t notice until they wonder why the “great investment” isn’t compounding…
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ROC (Return on Cash)
Return on cash is the metric that separates serious Dubai property investors from spreadsheet tourists.
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Return
Return on a Dubai property is two things at once, and blending them into a single number hides where the money is actually being made.
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Reservation Form
The reservation form is the piece of paper that commits you to a unit faster than most buyers realise, and the refund policy on the back of it is where…
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RERA
Every broker who survived the 2020 culling of unlicensed operators has the same short answer about who they fear: RERA.
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Rental Yield
Rental yields in Dubai are some of the highest in any major global market.
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Registration Fee Waiver
The 4% DLD waiver is the single most honest incentive a Dubai developer can offer, because it is cash the buyer was going to pay anyway.
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Ready
“Ready” is the category most first-time Dubai buyers should start in, even though the entire marketing machine pushes them to off-plan.
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Ready Property
A ready property in Dubai is the antidote to off-plan uncertainty, and also the harder asset to beat the market on.
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Re-sale
Resale gets called the boring side of Dubai property.
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Qualified Lead
Dubai property has a lead-volume problem.
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Profit
Profit on a Dubai property is what is left in your account once everything has cleared.
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Price per sqft
Price per sqft is the most useful quick-compare metric Dubai buyers have, and the most misused one once they start crossing cluster boundaries.
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Post-Handover Payment Plan
Post-handover payment plans are the single strongest incentive Dubai developers offer, and the most likely to be priced into the sticker once you compar…
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Podium
Podium units in Dubai towers are either the best value buy in the building or the worst, depending entirely on what the podium sits on top of.
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POA
A Power of Attorney drafted in the wrong country, in the wrong language, or on the wrong template will stop a Dubai transfer at the trustee office door.
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Plot Area
For villa buyers in Dubai, plot area is the asset.
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Phases
A Dubai community built in phases is almost never finished in the phase-count the brochure promises.
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Permit Number
If a Dubai property listing does not display its Trakheesi permit number, the ad itself is illegal, and so is any conversation that starts from it.
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Penthouse
“Penthouse” in a Dubai listing means one of three very different things, and only one of them actually justifies the 30-50% per-sqft premium the label c…
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Payment Plan
A good developer payment plan is the closest thing Dubai real estate has to a free interest-only mortgage.