Dubai REST
Dubai REST is the Dubai Land Department's official app for checking ownership records, brokers and projects and for completing property services online.
What Dubai REST means for a buyer
Dubai REST (Real Estate Self Transaction) is the Dubai Land Department's app for owners, buyers, tenants and brokers. Its value to an overseas buyer is that it lets you check claims against the official register yourself.
The most useful functions:
- Verification. Validate a title deed or Oqood certificate, and confirm a broker's licence and card.
- Project information. Look up a registered off-plan project, its developer, escrow account details and reported construction progress.
- Owner services. View the properties registered in your name, obtain the developer's e-NOC for a sale, and request valuation and ownership certificates.
- Service charges. See and pay Mollak invoices, and consult the service charge index.
- Tenancy. Register or renew an Ejari contract and check the rental index.
Full access is tied to your identity. Residents log in with UAE PASS, the national digital ID linked to an Emirates ID, and the properties they own appear automatically. Non-resident owners have more limited access, and some services still need a visit, an agent or an attorney.
A sensible habit is to verify three things in the app before paying any deposit: the document proving ownership, the broker's licence, and, for off-plan, the project registration. The Abu Dhabi counterpart is DARI.
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Where Dubai REST comes up in practice, with the costs, rules and steps around it.
Questions about the buying process?
An adviser can explain how this applies to the property you're considering.
- Current price list and availability, direct from the developer
- No fee to you on off-plan purchases: the developer pays us
- One salaried adviser, not on commission, from first call to handover
