Guides to buying property in the UAE.
What a purchase costs, what it returns and what can go against it. Each figure in a guide is worked by the calculator or names its source and the day we read it.
What it costs to buy
Every fee on a UAE property purchase, line by line: the transfer fee, the trustee, the agent and the bank. And the cash you need on the day.
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Gross yield, net yield and cash flow
What gross yield, net yield, cash flow and cash-on-cash return each measure, how each is worked out, and what each one leaves out.
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Service charges
What a service charge pays for, why it differs from one building to the next, what it does to net yield, and how to check it before you buy.
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Mortgages: the deposit, the rate and the term
How much a UAE bank may lend to each kind of buyer, what sets the rate, how the monthly payment is made up, and what the bank charges.
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Off-plan and payment plans
What buying off-plan means: the payment plan, Oqood registration, the limit on borrowing, and why the yield sums start at handover.
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Tax on rent in the UAE
An individual pays no tax on ordinary rent in the UAE. Holiday lets and companies are treated differently. The position, with its sources.
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How to read a YieldPulse report
A report’s sections in order, from the answer it opens with to the working behind it: what each figure means, where it comes from and what it leaves out.
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Shorter answers.
For one term or one question, these are quicker than a guide.
Each term in a sentence or two, with its formula and what it leaves out.
Short answers about the report, what it costs and buying in the UAE.
Where each figure comes from and the checks it must pass.