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A new Tenant Inquiry service was launched by the Al Etihad Credit Bureau (“AECB”), and it is an important development in the UAE real estate sector. This service allows landlords to check a tenant’s financial credibility and reliability before signing the tenancy contract. In the past, landlords usually had to depend on post-dated cheques, salary […]

A jointly owned property is a property in which there are individual owners who own their private units and common areas like the lobbies, elevators, parking areas pools are shared by all the owners. The Law No. 6 of 2019 Regulating Jointly Owned Property in Dubai governs the jointly owned property in UAE. Three Types […]

A Prescribed Company is a type of Small Private Company under the Dubai International Financial Centre Companies Law. The companies include DFSA-regulated firms and funds, family offices, FinTech entities, foundations, government entities, holding companies, private trust companies, proprietary investment companies etc. The DIFC announced a proposal on 30th April 2026 to make major changes to […]

A new Wage Protection System has been introduced through Ministerial Resolution No. 340 of 2026. This updated framework helps to strengthen wage compliance and monitoring. It supplements the Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 Regulating Labour Relations. The objective of this Resolution is enhancing worker protection against delayed payment of wages, increasing payroll transparency, and […]

Domestic workers help with the smooth functioning of households by assisting with daily childcare and other responsibilities within a household. They are especially important in households where both parents are working, enabling them to focus on their professions without compromising childcare or the smooth functioning of the home. Domestic workers also contribute indirectly to the […]

The Dubai Land Department has launched a regulatory sandbox for real estate tokenisation (2025) under its broader Real Estate Evolution Space (REES) initiative. The project allows the testing the block chain based fractional ownership in the real estate. The property rights here are converted to digital tokens recorded on a block chain. There are similar […]