Is that asking price fair?
Portals show asking prices. We show registered DLD transactions - what buyers actually paid. Find the building to check an asking price against its recorded sales.
Check prices in a building
Type a building name. Every building with recorded DLD sales has a checker.
What you actually pay on top
The asking price is not the cost of buying. Dubai's transaction fees are a published schedule, and the largest of them - the Dubai Land Department transfer fee - is a flat 4% of the price. These are the three costs that apply to essentially every purchase.
| Cost | Amount |
|---|---|
| DLD transfer fee (4% of price) | AED 60,000 |
| Trustee office fee (incl. VAT) | AED 4,200 |
| Agency commission (2% + VAT) | AED 31,500 |
| Modelled total (6.4% of price) | AED 95,700 |
Worked on a purchase price of AED 1,500,000. The DLD fee and commission scale with the price; the trustee fee does not. Fee schedule verified 2026-09-04 against published Dubai sources; confirm current amounts with the Dubai Land Department before you rely on them.
What this table leaves out
Mortgage registration, the developer's NOC, conveyancing, Oqood registration on off-plan, and any service charge apportioned at handover. They are real, but their amounts depend on your lender, your developer and your deal, so a precise figure here would be invented rather than published. That gap is why guides tell you to budget roughly 7-10% overall: nearer 7-8% paying cash, 8-10% with a mortgage.
What the price check tells you, and what it does not
It compares an asking price against what units in the same building actually sold for, from registered Dubai Land Department transactions. That is a far better anchor than a portal listing, because a listing is what someone hopes to get and a registered sale is what someone paid.
It is not a valuation. It cannot see the floor, the view, the fit-out, or whether the seller is in a hurry - all of which move a real price. Treat the median as the middle of a range you should be able to justify moving within, not as a target.
Common questions
- How much are the fees when buying property in Dubai?
- The three that apply to nearly every purchase are the DLD transfer fee at 4% of the price, the trustee office fee (a flat AED 4,200 including VAT at or above AED 500,000, AED 2,100 below), and agency commission at 2% plus VAT. On a AED 1.5M purchase that is about AED 95,700. Published guides suggest budgeting 7-10% overall once mortgage and conveyancing costs are added.
- Who pays the DLD transfer fee, buyer or seller?
- In practice the buyer pays it in almost every Dubai transaction, though it is a matter of agreement rather than law and is occasionally split. Assume you are paying it unless your contract says otherwise in writing.
- Is the median price on this page a valuation?
- No. It is the middle of what comparable registered sales in that building achieved. A valuation accounts for the specific unit - floor, view, condition, layout - and a mortgage lender will commission its own. The median is the evidence you negotiate with, not the number the bank will use.
- Why does the asking price differ so much from registered sales?
- Listings are asking prices and can sit unchanged for months; registered transactions are what actually completed. A persistent gap between the two in a building usually means asking prices have not yet caught up with the market in either direction.
- Are off-plan purchases costed the same way?
- Not quite. Off-plan carries Oqood registration instead of a straight title transfer, developers often run fee waivers or staged payment plans, and the 4% may be structured differently. The comparison on this page is built from registered transactions, which skew toward completed sales.
General information about published Dubai transaction fees, not financial or legal advice. Confirm current figures with the Dubai Land Department before you budget.
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How the price check works
Every sale in Dubai is recorded by the Dubai Land Department. We aggregate those transactions per building and layout, and compare any asking price you type against the registered record. Your numbers never leave your browser.
A verdict speaks of negotiation room, never valuation: thin data gets no verdict, and every figure is labelled with the number of registered sales behind it.