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Enhanced Ejari in DubaiNow: a tenancy handover checklist
Dubai Land Department has launched an enhanced Ejari journey through DubaiNow. Here is what tenants and landlords should still verify before treating the digital flow as complete.
THE NEWSROOM / TOPICS
Off-Plan vs Ready Property
Compare off-plan and ready property through Astra Terra News coverage of handover risk, asset selection and practical due-diligence questions.
A starting point for your research
Read the publication date and the sources behind each story. Market reports give context; an individual property still needs its own checks.
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Policy / Analysis
DLD Initial Registration: what buyers should still verify
Dubai Land Department’s connected developer platform improves registration and oversight workflows. Buyers still need to verify the specific project, escrow and contract evidence behind a purchase decision.
Investing / Analysis
WGES 2026: how buyers can test a green-building claim
As the World Green Economy Summit runs in Dubai, buyers and occupiers need a practical way to separate design language from certification, measured operation and decision-ready evidence.
Markets / Analysis
Dubai residential Q3 2026: a more selective market, a sharper buying brief
A slower quarter calls for closer comparisons. How to assess a ready home or off-plan purchase using property evidence, cash commitments and an achievable exit.
Investing / Analysis
Dubai REST project checks: what off-plan buyers should verify
Dubai Land Department says Dubai REST exposes project progress, actual images and escrow details. Here is how buyers can turn those fields into a practical verification checklist.
Markets / Analysis
The commercial brief: evidence before an offer
This week’s reading brings together project delivery, leasing and registration. Each signal answers a different question about a commercial property.
Policy / Analysis
Off-plan mortgages and the escrow-account test
A reported court dispute puts developer financing and escrow in focus. Read the verified DLD service context and the questions for a transaction-specific legal review.
Investing / Analysis
A better sequence for property research
Property research is more effective when each source answers a defined question. An area guide, a project catalogue and an individual offer serve different purposes.
Investing / Analysis
Assessing a commercial project before it is built
An unbuilt commercial unit requires a view of both the future premises and the obligations incurred before delivery. A convenient payment schedule is only one part of that assessment.
Markets / Analysis
New developers, completed projects and your shortlist
A developer entering the market and a project reaching completion are different events. Neither, alone, establishes the availability or suitability of a specific commercial unit.
Investing / Analysis
Before reserving off-plan, test price and delivery
An off-plan reservation is a commitment to specified obligations and an expected future product. Investigate both before allowing a marketing deadline to drive the decision.
Investing / Analysis
Turn area research into a project brief
Area research becomes useful when it produces a specific project brief. Broad preferences need to be translated into features that can be checked.
Investing / Analysis
Area selection is part of off-plan due diligence
Area selection is part of off-plan due diligence because the future premises will operate within a wider location. It should be assessed alongside the project and unit, not instead of them.
Investing / Analysis
International interest does not validate an off-plan price
International interest in a city does not establish the value of an individual off-plan unit. A buyer needs evidence about the product, obligations and likely use.
Opinion / Analysis
Opening a business: decide when the premises are ready
The right time to open a business depends on more than a favourable market headline. The premises, permissions, funding and operational readiness need to align.
Investing / Analysis
Check who carries a development’s cost risk
Development cost pressure matters to a purchaser through the obligations and risks attached to the project. A general statement about a developer's resilience needs supporting evidence.
Markets / Analysis
Handovers and transactions measure different things
Handovers and transactions describe different events. Combining them without clear definitions can produce an inaccurate picture of supply and demand.
Investing / Analysis
Handover supply: check the dates and definitions
Handover supply should be read with attention to dates and definitions. A reported completion figure may not answer how much competing space is usable at the moment.