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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.
Buy
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.
Off-plan mortgage Dubai: LTV, approval and drawdown (2026)
Dubai off-plan mortgages: the 50% LTV ceiling, bank approval stages, construction drawdown and a symbolic cash ledger.
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.
Home insurance Dubai: buildings, contents and liability (2026)
Dubai home insurance explained through one insurer's wording: buildings, contents, portable valuables, tenant liability and claim evidence.
Select Group: Dubai projects and status labels (2026)
Select Group's Dubai portfolio, with exact completed and off-plan labels, separate Peninsula phases and Six Senses projects, plus DLD verification.
Oct 27, 2026
SAMANA Developers: Dubai projects and dated records (2026)
SAMANA Developers: Dubai projects, dated DLD records, facilities and Downtown One payment schedules, with company statements clearly attributed.
Oct 26, 2026
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, 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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