Dubai Land Department

All property deals to use standard contract drawn up by the Dubai Land Department.

Revised law will see defaulting investors lose all their investment if 80% of project built.

First ruling ordered Mizin to pay back $2m to investor for failing to register transaction.

Chairman of Land Department predicts emirate will be one of fastest cities to emerge from crisis.

With repossessions looming large on the horizon, Alex Delmar-Morgan reports on what the banks need to do.

Latest rule will stop developers charging transfer fees, ensure all sales registered.

A step by step guide to your home.

Key property terms explained simply.

Implementation of Dubai's Strata Law now set for the first half of 2008.

Leading bank signs deal as approved bank for Dubai Land Department.

Amlak Finance has received approval to launch trust account services from the Dubai Land Department, signalling the beginning of Amlak's service expansion to major real estate developers.

NBD becomes first UAE bank to offer escrow accounts within both conventional and Islamic banking.

The Dubai Land Department has defended escrow accounts amid rumours of "grey areas" for developers registered as offshore.

Law will apply in all seven emirates as building boom continues.

The first residential apartment in Dubai has been registered under a new legal framework introduced by the Government of Dubai Land Department. Article 23 of the Real Estate Registration Law, issued in March last year covers registration of residential apartments, multi-storey buildings and complexes.

The Dubai Land Department is also studying a proposal to implement a centralised real estate exchange that would radically shake up the way property is bought and sold in the emirate.

Land transactions in Dubai reached US $17.75 billion (AED65.1 billion) in 2006, representing an increase of 325% over 2005, according to Land Department figures