There’s nothing we love more than keeping you in the loop! The Jebel Ali Free Zone authority recently issued some new and amended regulations for Offshore Companies and we want you to know exactly how this may impact you. Residence Visas: An Offshore Company that owns property in one of the designated freehold areas is [...]
Lost Your Title Deed? Here Is What To Do! As you already should be aware (and if not, you should be), the Title Deed is the most important document of all when it comes to your Dubai property. Unlike other jurisdictions (the UK being a good example), in Dubai, the Title Deed is your sole [...]
Protecting Dubai Property Investors We have put together some key points you should be aware of in Dubai as a property investor. The rules and regulations are ever evolving in the UAE and it can be hard to keep up. We will update this blog periodically with new information on what to watch out for. [...]
Taxation Comes to the UAE Excise Tax Commences with Registration for VAT also opens from 1st October 2017 After many months of discussion and an almost daily circulation of rumors on this somewhat controversial topic, taxation has officially been introduced in the United Arab Emirates. This is, of course, groundbreaking news for a region that [...]
Introduction To The Expo 2020 On 27th November 2013, Dubai became the first Arab country to be chosen to host the world’s biggest exposition, winning a resounding 116 out of a total 167 votes at the 154th Bureau International des Expositions’ (BIE) General Assembly in Paris. Almost immediately after the announcement was aired, car horns [...]
How to Sell Your Property in Dubai! So you have decided to sell your property in Dubai but are unsure where to start with this? Well, in our latest blog, we have laid out some simple guidelines on all of the steps involved as well some useful advice and tips to help you along the [...]
What Is A Power Of Attorney? Simply put, a Power of Attorney is a written, legal authorisation to represent someone or act on someone else’s behalf in private affairs, business and other financial matters. A Power of Attorney can handle a broad scope of matters depending on the particular person’s requirements. In real estate, a [...]
Dubai Property Investment Visa - so you have heard stories about the possibility of obtaining a residency visa with the purchase of a property in Dubai but have no idea if this is true or what this entails? Well, you are not alone. There is still much confusion around this topic (especially given that the rules [...]
Getting Documents Legalised in Dubai ADDITIONAL UPDATE (* AUGUST 2018) - There has been a rather important procedural change with regards to the Power of Attorneys for property sales and specifically when the property has a mortgage levied against it. In such instances, you might be aware that the original Title Deed is always held [...]
There has been a lot written about opening an offshore company formation for the purpose of purchasing a property in Dubai. This is not a new phenomenon but more and more property investors seem to be enquiring about this with its increased popularity perhaps coming about as a result of added fears over complex inheritance [...]
Update. Including details of the procedure. Recently we have been receiving an increased number of requests for a Dubai Investor Visa. To us, that indicates two things. The first being, that more and more people are wanting to be able to call Dubai their home, and the second being that people have no idea how to [...]
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We have had a number of enquiries over the last few months with regards to Gifts transfers and specifically in relation to whether such transfers can take place between siblings and whether it is possible to carry out multiple Gift transfers on the same property. There is still a great deal of uncertainty on this point. Even after [...]
Purchasing A Property But Don't Know What To Do? So you have decided to purchase a property in Dubai but you now face that well-documented conundrum of whether it is better to invest your hard-earned money in an off plan project or a ready made property? It’s a tricky question in itself. There has been [...]
Where Do We Begin? Congratulations! At long last, your property in Dubai is ready to be handed over from the developer and you can soon start to see some return on your investment after many years of waiting. But what now? Unfortunately, what should be a happy and momentous occasion for property investors often becomes a major [...]
Dubai Wills Explained I was having lunch with a friend the other day and he mentioned that he was looking into the issue of preparing a Will in Dubai. Now, my friend is not old by any means (late 20s) but has recently purchased his first home with his wife so the subject of Wills [...]
We have put together a quick guide on choosing a Power of Attorney in Dubai... Reasons For Using A Power of Attorney? There are many good reasons to provide a trusted individual with Power of Attorney in Dubai. Traditionally Power of Attorneys were used to ensure that any legal, proprietary or other such interests [...]
UAE Potential Tax Introduction Click here for the latest article on the UAE and Dubai Tax Introduction 2018 Some of you may have read my article back in September 2015 (for those that didn’t, shame on you!) regarding the possibility of taxes being introduced in the UAE – https://www.yourpoadubai.com/will-taxes-be-introduced-in-dubai/. In this article, I outlined the [...]
There is an old proverb that says that “taxes grow without rain”. Perhaps this will be true even in the desert?! Earlier this year, it was announced by the Ministry of Finance that the UAE were drafting proposals for the implementation of corporate and value-added taxes and that this was to be concluded “very soon, within [...]
The Ups & Downs Of The Dubai Property Market It has been a turbulent time for the Dubai property market over the last few years. When I arrived in Dubai in late 2012, the market was booming. Buyers were putting down deposits without even setting their eyes on units. Prices were increasing on an almost daily [...]
