Dubai buying cost calculator
The whole number, not the sticker price.
The short answer
Budget for roughly six to seven per cent above the purchase price on a cash purchase of a ready property. The Dubai Land Department transfer fee is four per cent and fixed; agency commission is conventionally two per cent and negotiable; and the trustee office, developer No Objection Certificate and title deed charges are smaller fixed amounts. Every figure here comes from the dated fee schedule, and the ones that vary you can change.
Ask Noor to explain this simplyAdjust the fees
Fixed at 4%. The Dubai Land Department's fee for registering the transfer into your name. Conventionally split between buyer and seller, but in practice the buyer usually pays it, assume you are paying it unless your contract says otherwise.
Set by the Dubai Land Department, not negotiable.
The brokerage fee, conventionally 2% plus VAT. It is negotiable, and what you are paying should be agreed in writing before you commit to anything.
Paid to the registration trustee office that processes the transfer. Typically tiered by price band, so treat this as an estimate and confirm the exact figure with your trustee office.
The developer's charge for the No Objection Certificate confirming service charges are settled. It varies substantially between developers, ask yours for the exact figure early, because it is a common late surprise.
The administrative charge for issuing the new title deed.
Optional. A conveyancer handles the paperwork and protects your position through the transfer. Worth it on a first purchase or a remote one; fees vary by firm.
The price plus 6.7% in fees. This is the number to budget against, not the asking price.
Purchase price
DLD transfer fee
The Dubai Land Department's fee for registering the transfer into your name. Conventionally split between buyer and seller, but in practice the buyer usually pays it, assume you are paying it unless your contract says otherwise.
Agency commission
The brokerage fee, conventionally 2% plus VAT. It is negotiable, and what you are paying should be agreed in writing before you commit to anything.
Registration trustee fee
Paid to the registration trustee office that processes the transfer. Typically tiered by price band, so treat this as an estimate and confirm the exact figure with your trustee office.
Developer NOC fee
The developer's charge for the No Objection Certificate confirming service charges are settled. It varies substantially between developers, ask yours for the exact figure early, because it is a common late surprise.
Title deed issuance
The administrative charge for issuing the new title deed.
Conveyancing
Optional. A conveyancer handles the paperwork and protects your position through the transfer. Worth it on a first purchase or a remote one; fees vary by firm.
Fees and costs
Everything on top of the price.
Not included: mortgage arrangement and valuation fees if you are borrowing, service charges from the transfer date, and any furnishing or fit-out. A cash purchase of a ready property is the simplest case, and this is it.
Fees and thresholds accurate as of August 2026 · verify current figures with the relevant authority before you rely on them.
Put a real property behind it.
A calculator works with the numbers you give it. We work with the building, the seller and the service charge schedule, which is where the answer usually changes.
Questions
Asked and answered
What is the DLD fee?
The Dubai Land Department's 4% transfer fee for registering the property into your name. It is conventionally split between buyer and seller, but in practice the buyer usually pays it, assume you are unless your contract says otherwise.
Are these figures fixed?
The DLD transfer fee is. Most of the rest are not: agency commission is negotiated, trustee fees are tiered by price, and developer NOC fees vary by developer. That is why every one of them is editable here, put your own figures in and the total follows.