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How a listing goes live

16 steps for a sale listing in Abu Dhabi, two lanes, and one that cannot be skipped

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List a sale
16steps for a sale in Abu Dhabi — counted from the same flow your listing runs
2are yours to do — the rest are on somebody else’s clock
14end in a record we can check, so the step can be shown as done rather than assumed
0confirmed for Abu Dhabi, step by step
  1. 1Finding it5 steps
  2. 2Checks4 steps
  3. 3Agreeing4 steps
  4. 4Transferring2 steps
  5. 5After1 step

Yours · 2 of 16

Everything on this side you can do today. Nothing here waits on a regulator, a bank or the other side.

  • Owner's approval of the broker — The owner's written authority for the brokerage to act and to advertise. Filed with ADREC · Madhmoun. Without it the listing has no basis.Yours · DMT · ADREC
  • Offer accepted — Acceptance starts every clock behind it — the NOC, the KYC and the transfer date.Yours

Somebody else’s clock · 14 of 16

These move when the person or office named beside them moves. They are on the page so you can see what is happening, not so you can chase them.

  • Madhmoun permit issued — Advertising without it is the fine, and it falls on whoever placed the advert. Filed through the ADREC Madhmoun system. In Abu Dhabi it is issued to a licensed brokerage, so an owner listing directly cannot hold one - this is the step where an agent is required.Your agent · DMT · ADREC
  • Listing live — Photographs, the permit number displayed, and a price the seller has agreed to.Your agent
  • Viewings — Recorded against the listing so the interest is evidence, not memory.The buyer
  • Mortgage pre-approval — Only where there is finance. The bank confirms what it will lend before any offer goes in, within the CBUAE ceilings — 80% of value for an expatriate, 85% for a national, and a debt burden no greater than half of income. An offer without it is a wish.The buyer · CBUAE
  • Offer made — A price, a payment method, and a validity period after which it lapses on its own.The buyer
  • Sale MOU — The sale contract between buyer and seller, with the deposit held against it. Filed with ADREC · Madhmoun.Your agent · DMT · ADREC
  • Deposit paid — Ten per cent on signature, held against the contract rather than paid to the seller. Until it moves, either side can still walk; after it, walking costs money.The buyer
  • Buyer identity and AML check — Emirates ID or passport, source of funds, and screening. Federal, so it is the same in every emirate — and it is what stops a transfer on the day if it is left late.The buyer
  • Developer NOC — The developer confirms no outstanding service charges and consents to the transfer. Typically ten to fourteen days — start it before a transfer date is agreed, not after.The developer · Developer
  • Bank valuation — Only where there is finance. The bank values the property itself, and a figure under the agreed price means the buyer funds the difference or the price is renegotiated — either way the transfer date moves.The buyer · CBUAE
  • Mortgage or liability settled — If either side has finance, the bank's letter and any existing mortgage discharge have to be in hand before a transfer date holds.The buyer · CBUAE
  • Register the transfer with ADREC — Filed through the Abu Dhabi system rather than a trustee office. Fees and the exact counter are set by ADREC.The buyer · ADREC
  • Title deed issued — DMT · ADREC issues the deed in the buyer's name. That document, not the contract, is what proves ownership.The authority · DMT · ADREC
  • Handover and utilities — Keys, meters transferred, and the community handover completed.The buyer
The permit is the one that cannot be skipped

Madhmoun permit issued — Advertising without it is the fine, and it falls on whoever placed the advert. Filed through the ADREC Madhmoun system. In Abu Dhabi it is issued to a licensed brokerage, so an owner listing directly cannot hold one - this is the step where an agent is required. Marketing can be finished, approved and beautiful; nothing publishes until the number is on file, and it is DMT · ADREC who issues it. A submitted application is not an issued permit, and PropDirect will not show a listing on one.

Steps by listing kind, in Abu Dhabi

KindStepsYoursNot confirmedStart
Sale162—List a sale
Rent1331List a rent
Off-plan1601List a off-plan
Hotel1181List a hotel
Short-term1181List a short-term

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