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Payment Milestone
Every payment milestone on a Dubai off-plan plan is either a construction check or a calendar check.
From Our Desk
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Park View
Park-view pricing in Dubai is the most defensible view premium in the market — unlike sea or skyline views, parks don’t get blocked by the next tower go…
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Oqood
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.
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Opportunity Cost
Opportunity cost is the question no Dubai broker wants you to ask: what would the same money have earned if it weren’t parked in this apartment?
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Offer Letter / Sales Offer
On a serious Dubai resale, the offer letter is the first legally weighted communication between buyer and seller, and the language in it shapes the nego…
PROCESS · MAY 02 · 18 MIN
Off-Plan
Off-plan is the single best risk-adjusted entry into Dubai property, and it is also the category where the most expensive mistakes get made.
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Objection
An objection from a Dubai buyer is almost never what they said out loud.
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NOC
The developer NOC is the choke point that has delayed more Dubai resale transfers than mortgage paperwork and DLD queues combined.
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Net Yield
Net yield is what a Dubai unit actually earns once the building stops bleeding you.
PROCESS · MAY 01 · 3 MIN
Net Cash Flow
Net cash flow is the only income number that matters on a Dubai rental property.
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Net Area
Net area is what you actually live in.
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MOU
In most of the world an MOU is non-binding.
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Mortgage
Getting a Dubai mortgage is easier than most buyers expect and harder than brokers advertise.
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Monthly Installment
The monthly instalment your UAE mortgage calculator shows is the easy part.
PROCESS · MAY 01 · 3 MIN
Master Developer
The master developer decides things you did not realise were decisions, and those decisions will shape your property’s resale value for 30 years.
PROCESS · MAY 01 · 3 MIN
Margin
Margin in Dubai property comes from two places: entering at the right phase price and exiting with a realistic estimate of what buyers will pay.
PROCESS · MAY 01 · 3 MIN
Maintenance Fee
Dubai landlords routinely confuse maintenance fee with service charge.
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LTV (Loan-to-Value)
LTV is the number the UAE Central Bank cares about most, and the number that quietly defines what kind of buyer you are.
PROCESS · MAY 01 · 3 MIN
Limited Release
“Limited release” means the developer is controlling inventory drip to protect pricing.
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Leverage
Leverage amplifies the winners and the losers in Dubai real estate with the same force.
PROCESS · MAY 01 · 3 MIN
Leasehold
Leasehold in Dubai is the ownership structure people accept when they do not read the small print on an otherwise attractive listing.
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Lead
Most Dubai agents I meet count leads.
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Lead Conversion
The Dubai real estate industry average for lead-to-close conversion sits somewhere between 1% and 3%.
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Layout
Layout is the difference between a 1,000 sqft unit that feels spacious and a 1,000 sqft unit where you can’t fit a sofa without blocking the kitchen door.