Mortgage Pre-Approval in the UAE: What You Need to Know Before House-Hunting
Before you start touring apartments for sale in Dubai, get mortgage pre-approval first, not after you’ve found the unit you want. Pre-approval is a bank’s conditional confirmation of how much it will lend you, based on your income, credit history, and the UAE Central Bank’s lending limits, and it typically takes 2 to 5 business […]
Freehold vs Leasehold Areas in Dubai: A Neighborhood Guide
The area matters as much as the unit when you’re evaluating property in Dubai, because it determines whether you get full, permanent ownership or a long-term lease with an expiry date. Dubai splits into freehold zones, where foreigners can own outright, and non-designated zones, where they can’t. Getting this backwards is the single most common […]
