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Last updated 15 August 2026 Next review Q4 2026

PROPERTY

Property

Dubai

Dubai property at unit level: transaction data, service charges, rental performance and the buildings we would and would not own. Published with dates.

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Al Furjan

Independent Al Furjan area file: prices per sq ft, achieved rents, yields, service charges, metro access and the 2026-2028 supply pipeline.

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Prime Residency 3

Independent file on Prime Residency 3, delivered 2023: real studio sale prices, service charges, rental yields and an honest verdict.

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Abu Dhabi

Verified ADREC transaction data, prices, yields by island with stated methodology, the 50 investment zones, and the rules that differ from Dubai.

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Abu Dhabi vs Dubai

Registration fees, ownership rules, liquidity, developer concentration, yields and Golden Visa treatment, compared line by line.

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Ras Al Khaimah

Ras Al Khaimah property on the transaction data: AED 15bn+ registered in 2024, 7-9% reported yields, the Wynn opening in September 2027, and the honest risks.

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Off-Plan

Off-plan in the UAE: payment plans, escrow, handover risk and which launches are worth the wait. Published when we have checked figures, not before.

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Service Charges

What each building bills per square foot, by community, from Mollak filings. Dated figures, superseded numbers kept so you can see the trend.

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Rental Yields

Net rental yields after service charge and vacancy, at unit level rather than portal level, across Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah. Every figure carries a date.

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RESIDENCY

Residency

Golden Visa

The AED 2M property route, every other category, the real costs, and the rules that differ between Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Ras Al Khaimah.

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Property Route

The property route to a ten-year UAE residency: the AED 2 million threshold, off-plan, mortgages, joint ownership, the GDRFA lien, and what happens if you sell.

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Cost

The AED 9,884.75 figure is real and about a third of what a family pays. An itemised cost table with worked examples for one applicant and four.

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Requirements

Documents and process for the property route in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Ras Al Khaimah, separated, because the paperwork is not the same.

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Categories

Investors, entrepreneurs, specialised talent, students and the recently added categories, each with criteria and the nomination mechanism.

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Myths

The AED 100,000 lifetime visa hoax, visa-free travel claims, tax myths and the phantom AED 5 million tier, corrected with sources.

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Eligibility Check

Answer six questions and see which residency tier you appear to fit, the emirate test that applies, and an indicative cost range.

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2-Year Investor Visa

The two-year investor visa, known in Dubai as Taskeen, and how it differs from the Golden Visa on threshold, duration, absence rules, sponsorship and renewal.

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Retirement Visa

The five-year UAE retirement visa for applicants aged 55 and over: AED 1 million in property, an AED 1 million deposit, or AED 180,000 a year of income.

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Residency and Tax

A UAE residence visa is not tax residency. The 183 and 90 day tests, the Tax Residency Certificate, corporate tax, VAT, and what it means for Turkish clients.

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Residency and Travel

What a UAE residence visa genuinely unlocks for travel: nine destinations with every condition stated, plus the padding audit of claims that do not hold.

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COMPANY

Company

Business Setup

How to choose between a UAE free zone and mainland company: clients, banking, visa quota and exit. Honest costs including the renewals nobody quotes.

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Cost

You will see licences advertised from AED 4,888. Here is the all-in year one number once a visa is attached, zone by zone, with a cost estimator.

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Three-Year Cost

The cost of ownership nobody publishes: licence, establishment card, office, visas, insurance and tax filing across three years.

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Free Zone vs Mainland

Market access, banking perception, visa quota, office requirement, tax position, ownership and exit, compared line by line with scenarios.

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Free Zones

Which UAE free zone fits which business, what the licence costs across the first three years, and where free zone structures stop being suitable.

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Mainland

When a UAE mainland licence is the right structure: local clients, government contracts, office requirements, visa quota and the real cost of renewals.

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Documents

The documents a UAE company formation requires, in what order, with attestation and translation notes, so nothing stalls your licence application.

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Corporate Tax

A free zone company is inside the corporate tax net and must register. The seven QFZP conditions, Small Business Relief and how companies fail.

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Holding Structures

ADGM SPV at USD 1,900 confirmed, DIFC Prescribed Companies, RAK ICC and foundations, plus how corporate ownership affects Golden Visa eligibility.

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Closing a Company

Liquidator, shareholder resolution, the 45-day notice, clearances and deregistration, plus the fines and bans if you stop renewing.

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BANKING AND TAX

Banking and tax

Banking

Banking is where UAE plans fail. Onboarding timelines, rejection reality, which structures banks like, and what they will ask you for.

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Corporate Account

Which banks onboard which profiles, minimum balances, the structures banks favour, what substance means in practice, and realistic timelines.

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Personal Account

What a resident can open against a non-resident, loan to value caps under the Central Bank rulebook, and a worked example.

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Requirements

Full corporate and personal document checklists, with the substance, ultimate beneficial owner and source of funds evidence banks expect.

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Why Applications Fail

The leading rejection reasons and what to do instead, plus where EMIs such as Wise, Payoneer and Wio help and where they stop being enough.

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Banks Compared

Emirates NBD, ADCB, FAB, Mashreq, RAKBank, HSBC and Wio compared on minimum balance, onboarding speed, favoured profiles and digital quality.

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UAE Companies and Turkish Tax

Turkish CFC rules under Article 7 of Law No. 5520, the four conditions, and why the 1994 double taxation treaty does not solve it.

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THE DESK

The desk

Methodology

Where our UAE figures come from, how often we update them, how we treat outliers and unverified numbers, and what we disclose about our own positions.

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About

We buy, sell, lease and let in the buildings we write about. Who we are, how we work, and why our numbers exist at unit level instead of portal level.

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