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The listing price on a Dubai property is never the number you actually pay. Between the Dubai Land Department's transfer fee, trustee office charges, agency commission, mortgage registration, and a handful of admin fees that rarely make it into marketing brochures, buyers typically add 7% to 10% on top of the purchase price before they hold the keys. None of this is illegal or hidden in a...
Dubai's property market entered 2026 on the back of one of its most extraordinary growth cycles in history — and then, in the space of a few weeks, the picture changed dramatically. For the past four years, investors parking capital in Dubai could barely put a foot wrong. Prices rose. Yields held firm. Off-plan launches sold out in hours. The city attracted billions in international...