DUBAI PROPERTY RESEARCH

Dubai Property Buying Cost Calculator

See the cash you need, the fees on top of the price and the amount payable later. Choose a ready home or an off-plan payment plan.

Purchase typeProperty price · AEDYour agreed DLD share

Switching purchase type resets fee assumptions. This calculator covers residential apartments and villas, not land or commercial property.

Cash needed to complete

AED 1,065,720

Assumes all entered fees are paid from cash at the outset

Buying costs on top

AED 65,720

Your share of the fees and allowances below

Property price + buying costs

AED 1,065,720

Before mortgage interest, running costs and later disposal costs

Property price

AED 1,000,000

Paid in full from cash

Your estimated buying-cost breakdown · AED
Cost paid by you	Amount
Your share of DLD sale registration	40,000
Title, map & registration extras · allowance	520
Broker fee · including entered VAT	21,000
Sale trustee service · VAT included	4,200
Other buyer-paid costs · your allowance	0
Total buying costs	65,720

Edit fees and allowances

Buyer-paid broker fee · % of priceNegotiated example, not a government charge. Enter zero if you do not pay one.VAT on broker fee · %5% standard-rate example; use the supplier's invoice.Registration documents / extras · AEDDefault AED 520: title AED 250 + apartment/villa map AED 250 + knowledge/innovation AED 20. Confirm applicable documents.Sale trustee service · VAT-inclusive AEDBlank: AED 4,200 at a price of AED 500,000 or more; AED 2,100 below that. Enter your buyer-paid quote to override.Other buyer-paid costs · VAT-inclusive AEDAdd agreed NOC, legal, conveyancing, inspection or setup costs. Zero means excluded, not confirmed free.

Use the result in your property research

Put the buying-cost total into the Budget Finder’s cost allowance or the Deal Analyzer’s one-off purchase costs. They do not include it automatically.

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Who pays the DLD fee, and what is excluded?

DLD lists 2% for the seller and 2% for the buyer on sale registration. The opening scenario assigns the full 4% to the buyer; change it to match your agreement or a documented incentive. A zero buyer share is not an automatic exemption.

Mortgage registration uses 0.25% of the loan, not the property price. Service-channel and document charges need confirmation for your transaction. Mortgage interest, annual insurance, service charges, utilities and taxes outside the entered assumptions are excluded.

For off-plan, the initial-sale service lists a developer self-registration charge. Ask which items are passed to you; the model uses your quoted administration allowance instead of assuming that charge is always payable by the buyer.