Investing
Dubai holiday homes: the licence, the costs and the 35% yield claim
One widely repeated licence fee is wrong, and the headline yield premium compares a gross short-let number against a net long-let one.
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Editorial team
Off-plan guides
Selling an off-plan unit before handover: how assignment works
The 30-40% paid-in threshold is a developer term, not a RERA rule. What the NOC requires, what an exit costs and what can block it.
Investing
Non-resident mortgages in the UAE: why every bank quotes a different LTV
The Central Bank Rulebook keys loan-to-value to nationality and property price, never to residency. Banks invented the category to fill the silence.
Laws and regulations
Dubai rent increase rules: the Smart Rental Index did not change the caps
Five bands from 0% to 20%, set by Decree No. (43) of 2013. What the January 2025 index changed, and the citation DLD still has wrong.
Off-plan guides
Dubai service charges: nothing is payable until RERA approves the budget
Article 27 of Law No. 6 of 2019 bars collection before RERA signs off the budget. And why no honest AED-per-square-foot table exists.
Off-plan guides
Off-plan vs ready property in Dubai: what the data actually supports
Off-plan was 56.9% of Q2 2025 transactions by volume and 37.3% by value. Both figures are right, and most commentary quotes only the first.