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Dubai's property registration law: Law No. 7 of 2006, article by article
Dubai's Law No. (7) of 2006 makes the Land Department's register the proof of who owns what. What its 29 articles say, how Article 9 changed in 2019 and what later laws added.
Dubai's REES initiative and PropTech Hub: targets, entry routes, delivery
What the Dubai Land Department, the Dubai Media Office and the DIFC have announced for property technology firms since May 2024: targets, named partners, entry routes and delivery.
Dubai rent settlements reach 2,350 in nine months, worth AED 401 million
Dubai's Rental Disputes Center says 2,350 landlord and tenant disputes ended in an agreed settlement between January and September 2026, in six days each on average.
How a rent dispute is heard at Dubai's Rental Disputes Center
Dubai sends landlord and tenant disputes to one specialised body. What it hears, the documents and the 3.5% fee, conciliation, the AED 100,000 appeal threshold and how a judgment is enforced.
Dubai property fraud: official checks, Ejari and where to complain
What a press report of a Dubai Police warning says about fake rental adverts, what the Land Department's registers let a tenant or buyer confirm before paying, and which body hears which complaint.
Selling a mortgaged home in Dubai: the release, the fees, the cheques
A Dubai home with a loan on it can be sold, but the lender's mortgage has to come off the register first. The letters, the capped bank fees, the three cheques and the steps.
Dubai sale with a tenant in place: lease, 12-month notice, Ejari
What Dubai's tenancy law says when a let home is sold: the lease binds the buyer, vacant possession needs twelve months' notice, and what official pages say on Ejari, deposits and viewings.
How tokenised property ownership works in Dubai and who may offer it
Dubai's land registry has run a tokenised title pilot since March 2025. What the official pages say about how it works, who can buy, and which licence a firm needs to offer it.
Issuing a property token in Dubai: VARA's rulebook for issuers
What Dubai's virtual asset regulator asks of a firm that issues or distributes an asset-referenced token: licence, whitepaper, capital, fees, marketing rules and exclusions.
Florida commission law: escrow disputes, referral fees and lien acts
How chapter 475 of the Florida Statutes decides who may be paid a real estate commission, what a broker does with a disputed deposit, and how the commercial lien works.
Florida foreclosure sales: how the clerk's auction works for bidders
Florida's judicial sale statute sets a 5% deposit, a 10-day objection window and a one-year surplus rule. A bidder's path from notice to certificate of title, step by step.
Becoming a Florida real estate sales associate, and staying licensed
How Florida licenses a sales associate: the 63-hour course, fingerprints, the state exam, work under a broker, 45 hours before the first renewal, then 14 hours each cycle.
Florida and Texas limits on foreign buyers: who is covered and how
Florida since 2023 and Texas since 2025 bar some foreign buyers from property. Who is covered, the one-home exceptions, the closing affidavit, penalties and the court rulings.
Florida: who a real estate licensee works for, and what they owe
Florida law presumes every licensee is a transaction broker. What that means, how a single agent differs, which notices a buyer or seller receives, and why dual agency is barred.
Illinois buyer representation: clients, customers and dual agency
What the Illinois Real Estate License Act says about written brokerage agreements, designated agents, the duties owed to clients and customers, and consent to dual agency.
Illinois: Serhant opens in Chicago as The Agency adds a Vail office
Serhant entered Chicago and the North Shore on 6 October with more than 40 agents, and The Agency announced a seventh Colorado office in Vail the same day.
Minneapolis apartment permits fell to 300 units as rents hit a high
A Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis review published on 7 October finds multifamily permitting in the city down 91.6% from 2022, while median rent reached US$1,469.
New South Wales agency trust accounts: rules, records and the audit
How a New South Wales real estate agency must open, run, record and audit its trust accounts, who may sign off a withdrawal, and what happens to money nobody claims.
New South Wales agents' rules of conduct: duties, disclosure, penalties
What Schedule 1 of the New South Wales regulation asks of every agent, the extra rules for sales, the material facts a buyer must be told and what a breach can cost.
Buying a home at auction in New South Wales: the bidder's rules
How a New South Wales auction works from the buyer's side: registering to bid, what the auctioneer may do, the deposit at the fall of the hammer and why there is no cooling-off.