How to check a Dubai off-plan project is registered
In Dubai, a developer may sell off-plan units only through a project registered with the Dubai Land Department (DLD), with an escrow account in the project's name. You can check both yourself, for free, in the DLD's Dubai REST app.
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Download the Dubai REST app from the App Store or Google Play, open Project Status (Mashrooi) from the Home screen or the Services menu, and search for the project by name. DLD says it shows the project's status and completion percentage, the inspection details, the developer's details and the escrow account details.
The escrow account
Dubai Law No. 8 of 2007 says a developer who wants to sell units off-plan must ask the DLD to open an escrow account, and that buyers' payments are paid into that account, opened in the name of the project.
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