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Sourced guidance for investors, buyers and sellers, with each process, cost and rule dated where it can change.
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Rental-yield arithmetic, service charges, off-plan and ready-property mechanics, and developer records.
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The purchase process: freehold ownership, current fees, mortgage routes, title checks and Golden Visa mechanics.
Sell
Valuation evidence, the sale process, commissions, settlement and net-proceeds calculations.
Listings show what is offered. These desks assemble the dated records, numbers and process evidence behind developers, areas and projects.
Developers
Sourced developer profiles covering company and project records, completed communities, current facts and reader-fit context.
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Dated community guides covering sale and rent evidence, housing clusters, transport, services and supply programmes.
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Projects
Project fact sheets covering launch evidence, payment plans, escrow, construction stage and area comparisons.
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Dubai rental yield: why valuation dates must match
A dated ENBD REIT record shows why reported rental yield cannot be moved to a purchase price or current valuation without matching the denominator period.
Electronic title deed versus electronic map: the two post-transfer output records
DLD names an electronic title deed and electronic map as separate outputs. Here is what each proves, and what the route leaves unstated.
Service-charge clearance in a Dubai resale: records from offer to transfer (2026)
Which record proves a Dubai resale service-charge balance at offer, e-NOC and transfer, with current DLD, Nakheel and wasl timing.
Service charge index Dubai: approved rates and annual cost (2026)
Find Dubai's approved service-charge record, read its components and calculate annual cost, with the official owner and tenant payer distinction.
Binghatti name layers: sukuk issuer, DLD developer and project record
Binghatti Sukuk 2 SPV Limited issued ISIN XS3289056395; DLD developer 1051 and project 2185 remain a separate joined record.
Oct 2, 2026
Sobha names in company and DLD records: a parallel check
A five-level check of Sobha brand, company, subsidiary, named project and DLD project fields, showing which links close and which stay unresolved.
Oct 1, 2026
Dubai South records: company, place and seven Hayat projects
A dated ledger separates Dubai South place, issuer wording, legal developer fields and seven DLD Hayat project records without inferring the gaps.
Sep 30, 2026
Dubai developer completion cohorts by community type: a six-record method (2026)
A six-record DLD ledger shows how to group Dubai developer completion fields by community type without implying performance or handover.
Sep 29, 2026withlida is published under Lida Moghaddam's RERA-licensed masthead. It reports and explains Dubai real estate through sourced, dated articles.
Her architecture background informs how the publication reads place, building form and daily use. The nine desks cover buying, selling, renting, investing, city life, entities and market data.
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