{"id":5534,"date":"2025-12-19T13:32:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/faq-items\/what-legal-requirements-apply-when-purchasing-an-apartment-in-dubai\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T07:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T07:00:05","slug":"what-legal-requirements-apply-when-purchasing-an-apartment-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/faq-items\/what-legal-requirements-apply-when-purchasing-an-apartment-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"What legal requirements apply when purchasing an apartment in Dubai?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The buyer only needs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a valid passport,<\/li>\n<li>a Dubai address (e.g., a hotel address for the process),<\/li>\n<li>the payment required under the contracts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Residency in Dubai is not required.<\/p>\n<p>All contracts must be registered via the Dubai Land Department (DLD) or its digital services. Dubai regulates the real estate market very strictly, which is why the purchase is transparent and well protected.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[39],"class_list":["post-5534","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq_category-dubai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/5534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/5534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5535,"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/5534\/revisions\/5535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=5534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}