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Escrow Dubai and Legal Notice Dubai: A Buyer’s Guide

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Escrow Dubai and Legal Notice Dubai: A Buyer's Guide You have agreed a price on a Dubai property, and now comes the part that makes most people nervous: handing over a large sum of money. Who holds it? When does the seller get paid? What happens if one side stops responding? These are fair questions, and a well managed escrow arrangement answers them before they become problems. What Is Escrow in Dubai? Escrow means a neutral party holds funds until agreed conditions are met. In Dubai, escrow Dubai arrangements are most visible in off plan sales, where developers must pay buyer instalments into a regulated project escrow account. The Dubai Land Department and RERA oversee these accounts, and the framework comes from Law No. 8 of 2007. Escrow also works for resale deals and private agreements. An escrow agent holds the buyer’s money, checks the paperwork, and releases payment only when the transfer conditions are satisfied. What Proble...
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Gifting Real Estate in Dubai: What Happens When Rental Dispute Cases Get Involved

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A father wants to put an apartment in his daughter's name. A brother wants to hand over a villa to his sibling without any money changing hands. These situations happen all the time in Dubai, and on the surface, gifting real estate looks like paperwork you can wrap up in an afternoon. It rarely works out that clean, especially when a tenant is already living in the property. Why Does a Simple Gift Turn Into a Legal Headache? People assume a gift deed is just about changing a name on the title. That's only part of it. The Dubai Land Department has its own rules on who can receive a property as a gift, and if there's a tenant in place, that lease doesn't just vanish because ownership changed hands. We've had clients walk into our office at Compton Conveyancing months after receiving a gifted property, confused about why a tenant is still paying rent into the old owner's account, or worse, refusing to acknowledge them as the landlord at all. That confusion is usu...
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