Dubai property law, the fees and limits it actually sets
Every fee, cap and notice period this site quotes is set by a resolution, a decree or a law, and each one is public, free and better written than the brokerage page that paraphrases it. This is the register of those instruments: what each one sets, in its own words, and the page on this site that does the arithmetic with it.
Sets every fee the Land Department charges to register a sale, a mortgage or a title, and says who is liable for the sale fee when the contract is silent.
The Land Department's own service page for registering a sale, which is where the trustee office fee, the title deed fee and the map fee are published.
In the instrument's own words, it sets:
2% of the sale value
AED 4,000 + VAT If the sale value is AED 500,000 or more
AED 2,000 + VAT If the sale value is less than AED 500,000
Federal law setting the standard rate of value added tax, which applies to agency commission and to the trustee's fee but not to the Land Department's own registration fee.
In the instrument's own words, it sets:
standard rate of the tax to be levied on any supply or importation shall be (5%)
The announcement that replaced the area-average rent index with one rated per building, which narrowed the comparable set without changing the decree's bands.
Sets the holiday home permit fee, the inspection fee and the fines for operating without a licence, for charging guests for utilities and for letting less than a whole unit.
In the instrument's own words, it sets:
AED 300 per bedroom
capped at AED 1,200 a year
AED 300 per unit
AED 2,000 fine for charging a guest for electricity or water
AED 5,000 fine for operating without a licence
AED 500 fine for letting rooms or beds rather than the whole unit
A register of the instruments this site's arithmetic depends on, not legal advice. Every line above is the instrument's own wording. If one has been amended and a page here has not caught up, say so and it will be fixed.