Sell Property
in Dubai

A valuation starts with what comparable homes in your building or community have actually completed at recently — not what they were asked for, which is a different number and usually a higher one. We then adjust for the things that separate your property from those: floor, aspect, layout, plot position, condition and how much similar stock is available at the same time. You will get a range and the evidence behind it, not a single figure with nothing under it.

Our commission is agreed in writing before anything is marketed, and there is nothing else to pay us — no listing fee, no photography charge, no marketing levy. Separately from our fee you should budget for the transfer and registration costs, and for a no-objection certificate from your developer. We will set all of that out as a single figure before you commit, so there is no arithmetic waiting for you at the end.

A well-priced property in a liquid community typically goes under offer within four to eight weeks, and the transfer follows around thirty days after that. Distinctive homes take longer and should: the buyer has to be found rather than selected from a queue. The single largest factor is the asking price in the first three weeks, which is when a listing gets most of the attention it will ever get.

The title deed, your passport and Emirates ID, and — for a mortgaged property — a liability letter from your bank. If the property is tenanted we will need the tenancy contract and its registration. We handle the Trakheesi permit that lets the property be advertised, and we will tell you exactly what is outstanding before anything goes live.

Yes, and it is common. What changes is the buyer: a tenanted property is mostly bought by investors, because an owner-occupier cannot move in until the tenancy ends. If your natural buyer is a family, the timing of the sale against the tenancy is worth thinking about carefully — we will talk you through both options and what each is likely to mean for the price.

No. We will tell you plainly when we think one is in your interest — a single accountable agent with a real budget behind the property usually produces a better result than the same home advertised by six people at six prices. But it is your decision, and we will represent you either way.

Some properties are better sold quietly, and we run genuinely private processes: a defined list of buyers, controlled material, no portal listing and no signboard. It suits a home with a small, identifiable buyer pool. It is the wrong choice for a property whose price is set by comparison with many others, and we will say so rather than take the instruction.

Rarely a renovation; often a tidy. The gap between a well-presented home and a tired one has widened, and the discount a buyer demands for work usually exceeds what the work would have cost. Decoration, a deep clean, fixing what does not work and removing half the furniture routinely return more than they cost. We will tell you the few things worth doing and, just as importantly, the things that are not.

Professional photography and video first, because every buyer sees those before they see anything else. Then the portals and our own site, our database of active buyers, targeted digital campaigns, and — where it suits the property — open houses, print and press. The mix is chosen for your home rather than applied to everything, and you will know what we are doing and what it is producing.

Yes. You can either travel for the transfer or appoint someone to sign on your behalf through a power of attorney. The power of attorney is the part that takes time — it has to be executed, legalised and translated — so it is worth starting before you have a buyer rather than after. We will tell you what is needed and when.