Buying in the UAE while living somewhere else
I have been in Dubai for eleven years and the questions I get most from friends abroad are the boring ones: can you buy without living here, what does the service charge actually cover, how long does the transfer take.
Short answers: yes, more than you expect, and about a month if the paperwork is clean.
Where I point people for the listings themselves is https://global-property.investments/ because it covers several countries at once and most of my friends are comparing Dubai against Portugal or Thailand rather than against another Dubai tower.
One line worth asking about early: the annual charges on a building with a pool and a gym shape the yield as much as the purchase price does.
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