Dubai
Dubai and the Emirates: the market, the rules, the brokers and how their deals get paid.
How a Broker's Commission Is Set, Earned and Paid in Dubai
Dubai's rules fix no commission percentage. They say when a broker's fee is earned, who owes it, how several brokers share it and when it is lost. The texts, read closely.
What Dubai's brokers earn: published totals and the sums per broker
Dubai publishes what its brokers earn in total, and the press reports what developers pay on off-plan sales. The figures by period, the arithmetic per broker, and the gaps.
What UAE data protection law asks of a Dubai brokerage using AI tools
A Dubai brokerage that puts client details into an AI tool is processing personal data. What the federal decree-law, the DIFC rules and the UAE AI charter each say.
Buyer representation in Dubai: how RERA Contracts A, B and F work
Dubai brokers record a resale on three electronic contracts. What A, B and F each are, where the buyer's broker fits, and what the brokers by-law says about loyalty and pay.
Buying Dubai property from abroad: what a broker can do remotely
What an overseas buyer's broker handles in Dubai, which steps still need a person or a power of attorney at the counter, how the money moves, and what official figures say.
Stalled or cancelled off-plan project in Dubai: what protects buyers
How Dubai's regulator cancels an off-plan project, which tribunal liquidates it, the order in which buyers are refunded, and the official checks that show a project's status.
Dubai CommerCity adds 91,000 sq m in an AED 1.8 billion second phase
The digital commerce free zone will build six office buildings, a vertical logistics facility and new retail between early 2027 and late 2028, with occupancy near 96%.
How to read the consultancies' Dubai market reports, firm by firm
What Knight Frank, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield Core, Savills and ValuStrat each published on Dubai homes in 2026, how their figures are built, and why they do not match.
The developer's NOC in a Dubai resale: fees, validity and disputes
What a developer's no-objection certificate confirms in a Dubai resale, who applies and when, what developers and the press say it costs, how long it lasts and where the law sets limits.
Tokenised property in the DIFC: how the DFSA's Investment Token rules work
Inside the Dubai International Financial Centre, the DFSA treats a token carrying the rights of a security as an Investment Token. What that means, and how its sandbox works.
Housing support for Emiratis in Dubai: what the official texts say
The federal housing programme and bank mortgage limits for UAE nationals, from the official texts, with the Dubai housing body's figures as one newspaper reported them in June 2025.
Dubai's First-Time Home Buyer Programme: Who Qualifies and How It Works
Dubai's programme for first-time buyers has four eligibility tests, a QR code and a single use. What the Dubai Land Department says it offers, what it costs and what it leaves open.
Who buys Dubai property from abroad: what the published figures show
Official nationality rankings for 2015 and January 2016 to June 2017, investor counts for 2025, women and new investors in Dubai property, company rankings, and what is missing.
Developers look at land along Dubai's 80 km Fourth Corridor road
Less than three weeks after Dubai approved a new road linking Sharjah, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Reportage says it has bought a site near the route and Pantheon says it will keep evaluating opportunities.
Letting a Dubai home as a holiday home: permits, fees and fines
Dubai treats short guest stays as a licensed activity. The decree, the permit for each home, the fees, the Tourism Dirham per occupied room per night and the schedule of fines, read from the texts.
Becoming a registered broker in Dubai: course, exam, card, renewal
How one person gets a Dubai broker card: the Dubai Real Estate Institute course, the exam, the conditions, the published fees, yearly renewal and what a card does not allow.
How the Dubai Land Department uses artificial intelligence, by service
From developer registration to advert checks, rent benchmarks and valuations: what each AI service announced by the Dubai Land Department does, who it touches and what results are published.
Dubai Land Department's digital tools: who uses each and what it costs
Dubai REST, Trakheesi advertising permits, the Madmoun QR code, the Smart Rental Index and the broker e-card, read from the Dubai Land Department's own pages: uses, users and stated fees.
Dubai Land Department fees for gifts, heirs, mortgages and long leases
What Dubai's 2013 fee schedule charges when property moves without an ordinary sale: gifts, inheritance, mortgages, lease-to-own, usufruct and musataha, with worked examples in AED.
Dubai's listed property REITs: what they own, pay out and report
Three listed trusts hold Dubai property. This guide reads their 2026 figures on portfolios, net asset value, dividends and borrowing, and says what they leave unstated.