In JBR the service charge rose from AED 12/sqft to 18 in two years. What does that mean for an apartment each year, why does it happen and how is it put into a projection?

The Golden Visa is a long-term right of residence; it doesn’t give a passport. We set out side by side what it gives and what it doesn’t.

Most investors who come to us already have a project in mind. Our job is not to eliminate it, but to put a second column next to it.

If you live in Dubai, the rent you pay could be the instalment on your own property. We put both scenarios side by side, costs included.

A property’s cost is more than its list price. Which items apply depends on how you buy — we put the two side by side.

Hearing a yield figure is easy; seeing which items it survives is hard. We break down the calculation item by item using a 1-bed in JVC.

You’ve paid the down payment and there’s no building. Whose account is the money waiting in, when is it released, and which document do you hold?

It is possible to live abroad and run a property in Dubai. Who finds the tenant, how does the money arrive, who pays the service charge?

Even in the same area and the same price segment, service charges can differ by up to double. Using Property Finder’s building-by-building data, we look at where this comes from.