Guides for owners, written for after the purchase.

Most Dubai property guides are written to help someone buy. These are for the years afterwards, when you already own the unit and want to know what a rule, a fee or a figure does to it. Where a number matters, it comes from DLD records.

Rental yield in Dubai: the owner's guideWhat is normal, area by area, computed from 8.7M Ejari records, and the costs that decide what you keep.AI property valuation in DubaiHow the models work, why the DLD record suits them, and where they quietly break.Tax on rental income in DubaiWhy individuals pay nothing, and the company structure that quietly creates a 9% bill.Gifting property to familyThe 0.125% transfer between close relatives, and who actually qualifies for it.What happens to your property if you dieJoint ownership does not pass to the survivor here. What a DIFC will changes.Ending a tenancy, and getting the property backThe twelve-month notice, the grounds that count, and the ones that do not.When a tenant stops payingThe thirty-day notice, the RDC filing, and why changing the locks costs you the case.Tracking a Dubai portfolioDubai REST, landlord apps, agency software and spreadsheets, and what each is built for.Snagging, and the two warranties you holdWhat an inspection costs, and how long the developer stays on the hook.Who pays for maintenanceWhat the law puts on the owner, and what a minor maintenance clause cannot move.Mollak, and how your charge is approvedThe approval that has to happen before anyone can invoice you, and where the money is held.Challenging a service chargeWhere the grounds are, what RERA costs, and why you cannot withhold payment.Refinancing a Dubai mortgageThe exit fee is capped at AED 10,000, which makes large loans cheap to move.Taking handover of an off-plan unitSnag before you sign, and what the first year of defect cover actually covers.Power of attorney for your propertySigning from abroad, what the attestation chain costs, and why general is risky.How to value your Dubai propertyValue from what sold on the DLD record rather than the asking prices around you.Service charges, the cost that eats the yieldHow the rate is set, how to check yours on Mollak, and when it is worth challenging.Rent increases, and what the law allowsThe five Decree 43 brackets, the 90-day notice rule, and why a wide gap takes years to close.What it costs to buy in DubaiEvery one-off fee, the deposit each residency needs, and the cash you have to bring to transfer.What it costs to sell in DubaiWhy selling costs less than buying, the NOC and mortgage steps, and what you walk away with.What owning in Dubai costs each yearThe full annual ledger, from maintenance and cooling to vacancy and insurance, given as ranges.Selling an underperforming unitHow to tell a weak unit from an under-rented one, and what to do in each case.The Golden Visa through Dubai propertyHow AED 2 million of property earns a 10-year residency, and why the no-minimum-stay condition matters if you live abroad.Ejari, the registration nothing works withoutWhat it costs in 2026, how to register from your phone, and the renewal step that gets missed.

How these are written

Almost every guide to Dubai property is written for the purchase, because that is where the commission is. These start after it. Each one asks the same question: you already own the unit, so what does this rule, this cost or this number do to it?

Figures come from the Dubai Land Department transaction record and the Ejari lease register rather than portal listings. Our methodology sets out which records we use and what we strip out first. Where a law applies we name it, Law 6 of 2019 for service charges and Decree 43 of 2013 for rent increases at renewal, so you can check it yourself. Where a number is a range rather than a rule, we write it as a range.

Each guide ends where the arithmetic starts. The calculators take your own figures and run the same sums, and sell or hold is the decision most of these questions lead to eventually. If you would rather start from what you own than from a topic, the owner pages are grouped that way, and the help centre covers the app itself.

The numbers behind these guides, computed for your own portfolio.

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