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29/10/2026

Someone is funding that deferral, and it isnโ€™t the developer.

The test takes one question. Ask for the price on a short payment plan, then ask for the same unit on the long one. Whatever separates those two numbers is what the flexibility is costing you. It is rarely shown as a rate. It usually sits inside the headline price, which is exactly why it is easy to miss.

Often it is still worth paying. If the cost of waiting beats what a mortgage would cost you, or you simply do not want that much capital locked up for three years, a long plan can be the right call. But that is a decision you make with both numbers in front of you, not a gift you accept because the monthly figure sounded small.

Three things people get caught by:

The instalments do not pause. They run whether or not the unit is tenanted, and whether or not the market softened that year.

The DLD fee is due up front. It is not deferred with the rest.

Service charges begin at handover and run alongside whatever you still owe.

Send us any payment plan you are weighing up and we will show you what it actually costs against paying earlier. No obligation, and we will tell you when the long plan is the better one.

CONTACT: +971 50 940 1777 | +971 56 708 4819
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We sell off-plan. Here is when you should buy ready instead.Buy ready when:You need somewhere to live now. Paying rent a...
28/10/2026

We sell off-plan. Here is when you should buy ready instead.

Buy ready when:

You need somewhere to live now. Paying rent and construction instalments at the same time, for three years, is the most expensive mistake we watch people make.

You want income from day one. An off-plan unit earns nothing until handover, however good the eventual yield looks on a slide.

You want to see what you are actually buying. The real light at four in the afternoon, the real view, the real noise from the road behind the building, the real state of the lobby. No render has ever shown you any of that.

You want the buildingโ€™s actual service charge history rather than an estimate that has never been tested.

You are financing. Lending terms on ready property are generally better than on off-plan.

Buy off-plan when:

Your constraint is cash flow rather than time. Instalments spread across construction instead of one large sum now.

You are buying into a location that is still forming, and you want the current product rather than the resale stock.

You have the patience to wait, and the budget to wait without it hurting.

The honest comparison:

Off-plan usually enters lower and gives you flexibility. You carry delivery risk, you wait, and you earn nothing while you wait.

Ready costs more upfront and in cash, including the full purchase costs at transfer. You get certainty, income immediately, and the ability to inspect what you are buying.

Neither is better in the abstract. They are different products solving different problems, and the right one depends on whether your real constraint is cash or time.

The one thing that should never decide it is which of the two the agent in front of you happens to be selling.

Tell us your timeline and your cash position and we will tell you which side of that line you sit on, including when the answer is not off-plan.

CONTACT: +971 50 940 1777 | +971 56 708 4819
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26/10/2026

The future is landing in Dubai. Live near it. With coligo Real Estate

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Two apartments. Same price. Same quoted square footage. One of them has noticeably more room to actually live in.The num...
21/10/2026

Two apartments. Same price. Same quoted square footage. One of them has noticeably more room to actually live in.

The number in the listing is not the whole story, and it is not always measured the same way twice.

The two terms that matter:

BUA, built-up area. The internal floor area of the unit, and the figure listings usually quote.

GFA, gross floor area. Measured from the outside of the exterior walls, used mainly by developers and planning authorities. For the same unit it is a bigger number than BUA.

Balconies are where comparisons quietly break. A covered balcony is sometimes counted inside the quoted area and sometimes not. Open terraces usually are not. If one listing folds in a 90 sq ft balcony and the next one does not, your price per square foot comparison is measuring two different things and telling you nothing.

Ask, in writing: which measure is this figure, and does it include the balcony.

Then stop looking at the number and look at the plan.

How much of it is corridor. A long entrance hallway is floor area you pay for and only walk through.

Where the structural columns sit. A column pushing into a living room corner takes usable space that still shows up in the total.

Whether the rooms are square. Narrow proportions and odd angles are hard to furnish regardless of what the area says.

Which way the glazing faces. West-facing glass in a Dubai summer decides how often you use that room at all.

Where the doors swing and where a bed or sofa can physically go. Plenty of compact layouts live larger than bigger ones that waste their width.

Price per square foot is a useful tool and a terrible shortcut. The same figure can describe a generous apartment or a cramped one.

Send us two floor plans you are deciding between and we will tell you which one gives you more.

CONTACT: +971 50 940 1777 | +971 56 708 4819
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Under cancellation does not mean cancelled. There is a real difference, and most buyers do not know there is one.Here is...
20/10/2026

Under cancellation does not mean cancelled. There is a real difference, and most buyers do not know there is one.

Here is what actually happens when an off-plan project stops moving.

RERA reviews it. Construction progress, the developerโ€™s financial position, regulatory compliance. While that review runs, the project sits under cancellation, which is a status rather than an outcome. It can end with the developer being allowed to continue.

A project is only cancelled once RERA issues a final, reasoned decision to terminate it.

If that decision comes, the escrow account is what protects you. Under Law No. 8 of 2007 the developer must return the amounts received from buyers, and refunds are paid out of the projectโ€™s own guarantee account, managed by a DLD-authorised trustee with the DLD supervising and approving.

If you need to push, buyers file a grievance with the judicial committee for unfinished and cancelled projects, restructured as a Special Tribunal under Decree No. 33 of 2020. It can order funds returned, whether they are still sitting in escrow or have already been released to the developer. Its decisions are enforced through Dubai Courts and are not open to ordinary appeal.

The honest part: the mechanism works, but it is not quick. Recovery takes time, and money tied up in a tribunal is money earning you nothing.

Which is why the real protection sits earlier. Before you buy, check the DLD project registration and the escrow account, look at the developerโ€™s delivery record on what they have already completed rather than what they have launched, and read what your own contract says about the completion date and what happens if it slips.

Delay is not cancellation, and most delayed projects do deliver. But the time to understand the mechanism is before you need it.

General information, not legal advice. For a live dispute, speak to a qualified UAE property lawyer.

CONTACT: +971 50 940 1777 | +971 56 708 4819
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19/10/2026

You found a home for AED 2,000,000. Hereโ€™s what you actually pay. ๐Ÿงพ

Ready apartment, cash purchase:
โ–ช๏ธ DLD transfer fee (4%): AED 80,000
โ–ช๏ธ DLD admin fee: AED 580
โ–ช๏ธ Trustee office fee: AED 4,200 + VAT
โ–ช๏ธ Agency fee (2%): AED 40,000 + VAT

Extra costs: AED 126,990 (about 6.35% on top)
Financing? Add about 1% for bank and mortgage registration fees.

๐Ÿ’ก Buying off-plan from the developer? The agency fee is usually paid by the developer, so you could save around AED 42,000, and you pay in instalments while itโ€™s built.

Save this before your next viewing. ๐Ÿ“Œ
Example only. Fees vary by deal.

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16/10/2026

A car just did a backflip in mid-air. ๐Ÿš—๐Ÿ’จ
Dubaiโ€™s answer? Air taxis, with stations planned at DXB, Downtown, Marina and the Palm. โœˆ๏ธ

The future is landing in Dubai. Live near it.

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15/10/2026

How offplan works

14/10/2026

Off-plan, explained ๐Ÿ—๏ธ

10% at booking + 4% DLD fee
50% during construction
40% at handover

Your money stays protected in escrow until the building rises.

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13/10/2026

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