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Selling Residential Buildings in Dubai as Income-Generating Investments
The UAE has become a striking example of a country that has developed at extraordinary speed. In just fifty years, it has gone from scattered desert villages to one of the world’s major economic and tourism centres. This momentum draws investors from all over the world, and the environment for foreign investment is highly attractive.
Investment is open to foreigners across the country, but Dubai has the largest number of free zones. The city also allows freehold ownership of real estate together with the land beneath it. In Dubai, investors most often choose the following sectors: manufacturing, services, and residential and commercial property.
Putting money into Dubai real estate is a simple, fast way to grow your savings. Many prefer to buy a residential building as a business asset, which is ideal for investment with a guaranteed return on investment. Such property can be resold or leased, yielding about 5–10% per year depending on its type, location, and size.
The high profitability of investing in Dubai’s residential property is driven by steady growth in prices. Strong demand for rentals—among UAE nationals, expatriates who live in the country, and tourists—also plays a major role.
What residential assets can be purchased in Dubai
For most people, Dubai is associated with luxury and wealth, which is why prime housing is especially popular.
By opening a catalogue of residential buildings and entire blocks for sale in the UAE, you can choose the type of property to invest in. In Dubai, you can acquire, for business purposes, individual apartments in a residential building or hotel, entire apartment buildings, multi-owner townhouses, or stand-alone villas. Ownership can be registered to one person or to several co-owners.
Property prices in Dubai are continually rising. In 2022, villa prices ranged from about half a million dollars for modest options in outlying areas to tens of millions for truly outstanding properties. A ready, multi-apartment building can cost from $15 million and upwards.
An important feature of buying property in Dubai is the possibility of obtaining a mortgage from local banks, as well as financing for investment. Not everyone will qualify for a loan. The usual criteria include:
- being a UAE resident;
- being at least 21 and no older than 70 at the time of full repayment;
- the ability to document your solvency;
- a loan term not exceeding 15–20 years;
- expatriate residents may finance up to 90% of the property value; non-residents, no more than 70%.
Banks may also set additional requirements and decline a loan if their criteria are not met.
How to buy a residential building for business in Dubai
When purchasing an income-generating property, it is especially important to pay attention to every detail. The asset should be promising and deliver the highest possible yield.
As a rule, large investors can purchase an already built property (new or previously operated) and follow one of two scenarios.
- The first is to lease out the apartments. If the units are unfurnished, design the common areas, furnish the apartments, and rent them out either as holiday homes or on long-term leases.
- Alternatively, an investor can buy an entire residential building and begin selling the apartments to individual end buyers.
The transaction is registered through the Land Department. To make an informed decision about investing in residential buildings in Dubai, speak with our real estate specialists at Al Hayat Almushreqa Real Estate. If you decide to proceed, our brokers will not only help you select a property that meets all your criteria, but will also prepare the necessary documents and support the transaction from start to finish
