Owner guides
Written for owners, not for listings.
Most Dubai property content is written to sell you something. These guides are written for the years after the purchase, with real numbers from DLD records where it counts.
Quick answer
Ten owner-side guides to Dubai property: valuing a unit off DLD sales, the rent increase the law allows at renewal, the true annual cost of owning, what buying and selling really cost, and the Golden Visa your property may already earn. Every figure is drawn from the Dubai Land Department record or the governing law, not a brochure.
The guides
- Rental yield in Dubai: the owner's guideWhat's normal area by area, computed from 8.7M Ejari records, and the costs that decide your real net.
- How to value your Dubai propertyValue from what actually sold on DLD records, not the asking prices around you.
- Service charges, the quiet yield killerHow charges are set, how to check yours on Mollak, and when to push back.
- Rent increases, and what the law allowsThe five Decree 43 brackets, the 90-day notice rule, and why a big gap takes years to close.
- What it costs to buy in DubaiThe full one-off fee ledger, the deposit each residency needs, and the cash to transact.
- What it costs to sell in DubaiWhy selling is cheaper than buying, the NOC and mortgage steps, and your real net.
- The real cost of owning in DubaiThe full annual ledger (maintenance, cooling, vacancy, insurance) in honest ranges.
- The underperformer's playbookDiagnose a weak unit, fix what's fixable, exit what isn't.
- The Golden Visa through Dubai propertyHow AED 2M of property earns a 10-year residency, and the rule most people miss.
- Ejari, the registration nothing works withoutWhat it costs in 2026, how to register on your phone, and the renewal landlords forget.
The numbers behind these guides, live for your portfolio.
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