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 "id": "buying-costs",
 "name": "Cost to buy a home: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah, England and Singapore",
 "description": "Transfer taxes and mandatory registration fees for a foreign buyer at AED 1, 2 and 5 million, from official fee and stamp duty tables, converted at 2025 World Bank average exchange rates.",
 "status": "live",
 "url": "https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/data/buying-costs",
 "citation": "UAE Property Agents (2026). Cost to buy a home: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah, England and Singapore. Updated 12 November 2026. https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/data/buying-costs",
 "licence": {
  "name": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "terms": "Our aggregates and compilations are free to reuse, including commercially, with attribution and a link to the source page."
 },
 "publisher": "UAE Property Agents",
 "modified": "2026-11-12",
 "temporalCoverage": "2026-11-12",
 "spatialCoverage": "United Arab Emirates; England and Northern Ireland; Singapore",
 "sources": [
  {
   "publisher": "Dubai Land Department",
   "title": "Property sale registration (fees)",
   "url": "https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/property-sale-registration/",
   "licence": "Facts with attribution",
   "checked": "2026-11-12"
  },
  {
   "publisher": "Dubai Land Department",
   "title": "Register the initial sale, off-plan (fees)",
   "url": "https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/request-to-register-the-initial-sale/",
   "licence": "Facts with attribution",
   "checked": "2026-11-12"
  },
  {
   "publisher": "Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre",
   "title": "Rules and regulations, including fee resolutions",
   "url": "https://adrec.gov.ae/en/rules_and_regulations/regulations",
   "licence": "Facts with attribution",
   "checked": "2026-11-12"
  },
  {
   "publisher": "HM Revenue & Customs on GOV.UK",
   "title": "Stamp Duty Land Tax: residential property rates",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax/residential-property-rates",
   "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
   "checked": "2026-11-12"
  },
  {
   "publisher": "Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore",
   "title": "Buyer's Stamp Duty (BSD), page updated 9 October 2026",
   "url": "https://www.iras.gov.sg/taxes/stamp-duty/for-property/buying-or-acquiring-property/buyer's-stamp-duty-(bsd)",
   "licence": "IRAS website terms",
   "checked": "2026-11-12"
  },
  {
   "publisher": "Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore",
   "title": "Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty (ABSD), page updated 27 August 2026",
   "url": "https://www.iras.gov.sg/taxes/stamp-duty/for-property/buying-or-acquiring-property/additional-buyer's-stamp-duty-(absd)",
   "licence": "IRAS website terms",
   "checked": "2026-11-12"
  },
  {
   "publisher": "World Bank (World Development Indicators; underlying source IMF International Financial Statistics)",
   "title": "Official exchange rate, LCU per US$, period average (PA.NUS.FCRF)",
   "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF",
   "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
   "checked": "2026-11-12"
  }
 ],
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   "key": "price_point_aed",
   "label": "Price point (AED)",
   "description": "The reference price in dirhams.",
   "unit": "AED"
  },
  {
   "key": "market",
   "label": "Market",
   "description": "Where the home is bought."
  },
  {
   "key": "profile",
   "label": "Buyer and purchase",
   "description": "The buyer profile the rates apply to."
  },
  {
   "key": "currency",
   "label": "Currency",
   "description": "Local currency of the price and costs."
  },
  {
   "key": "price",
   "label": "Price (local)",
   "description": "The reference price in local currency (World Bank annual average rate, rounded to three significant figures)."
  },
  {
   "key": "costs",
   "label": "Taxes and fees (local)",
   "description": "Transfer taxes and mandatory registration fees."
  },
  {
   "key": "costs_pct",
   "label": "Share of price (%)",
   "description": "Taxes and fees as a share of the price.",
   "unit": "percent"
  },
  {
   "key": "confidence",
   "label": "Confidence",
   "description": "'published' where an official rate table was read; 'indicative' where official sources conflict."
  },
  {
   "key": "source_url",
   "label": "Source",
   "description": "Official rate page."
  }
 ],
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  },
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   "price_point_aed": 1000000,
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   "source_url": "https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/property-sale-registration/"
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   "source_url": "https://adrec.gov.ae/en/rules_and_regulations/regulations"
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   "price_point_aed": 1000000,
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   "price_point_aed": 2000000,
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   "source_url": "https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/property-sale-registration/"
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   "source_url": "https://www.iras.gov.sg/taxes/stamp-duty/for-property/buying-or-acquiring-property/buyer's-stamp-duty-(bsd)"
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   "source_url": "https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/property-sale-registration/"
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  {
   "price_point_aed": 5000000,
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}