DUBAI GUIDES

Understand the Dubai market before you buy: price levels by district, realistic rental yields, off plan purchases, fees and taxes, and the most common mistakes.

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Dubai

Investing in Dubai property: the complete guide

Freehold areas, price per sqft, real yield after charges, acquisition costs and tax: the concrete benchmarks to buy in Dubai without getting it wrong.

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Method

Buying off-plan in Dubai: how it actually works

Payment plans, escrow, Oqood, selling your position before handover: the full mechanics of off-plan buying, with the points that actually matter.

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Yield

Dubai rental yield: what each area really returns

The advertised gross is not what lands in your account. Here is how to move from headline yield to net yield, area by area.

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Legal

Dubai golden visa through property: rules and process

The threshold, what actually qualifies, what the visa gives you and what it does not: a clear read on residency through investment.

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Financing

Dubai mortgages: how to borrow to buy in 2026

Real down payment, central bank caps, current rates, the fees buyers forget and the new off plan finance up to 50 %: how borrowing works in Dubai.

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Business

Business setup in Dubai in 2026: free zone or mainland, real costs and retail space

Free zone or mainland, the full first year budget, licence, visas, bank account, retail space and realistic timelines: how to open a company in Dubai without surprises.

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Business

Business setup in Dubai: free zone vs mainland, zones and malls compared

Premium mall, retail street, business district or free zone: a zone by zone comparison to choose where to locate your business in Dubai, with rent levels and customer profiles for each.

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Business

Setting up in DIFC: costs, licences and who it is for

A financial centre with its own courts and its own law, DIFC is not a free zone like the others: licences, real costs, office rents and the activities that belong there, in full.

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Business

Opening a restaurant or shop in Dubai: mall or retail street?

Captive footfall and turnover rent versus freedom and a negotiable lease: the numbers-based comparison between mall and retail street for opening a restaurant or shop in Dubai.

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Tax

Investing in Dubai property from Belgium: tax, reporting and process

Treaty relief, mandatory declaration of the foreign property, how rent and capital gains are actually treated, transferring funds from a Belgian bank and the net yield that remains.

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Tax

Investing in Dubai property from Switzerland: tax, reporting and process

Treaty relief, exemption with progression on both income and wealth tax, what to enter in the cantonal return, transferring funds from a Swiss bank and the net yield that remains.

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Tax

Investing in Dubai property from Canada: tax, T1135 and process

Canada taxes worldwide income and has no personal tax treaty in force with the UAE. Here is what that changes in practice, from the T1135 form to the net yield you actually keep.

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