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You can sell your unit before getting the keys, but there are conditions. This is what to check in your contract.

You sign a multi-year contract with the developer. These are the questions worth asking.

Buying property can open the door to long-term residency. Conditions change, so check the current ones.

Two simple formulas and one warning: the figure you are usually shown is the gross one.

Yes, in freehold areas. What it means, what you need and what does not change because you are a foreigner.

The list price is not the only thing you pay. DLD fee, Oqood registration, admin costs and commission.

Reservation, construction milestone payments, handover and, in some projects, payments after you get the keys. This is how it is built.

Buying off-plan means buying something that does not exist yet. What matters is not the brochure but the contract, the schedule and the handover.