Property for Sale in the UAE and the United Kingdom

Everything we currently sell sits on this page, unfiltered: homes in the United Arab Emirates and homes in the United Kingdom. The two markets behind those listings work nothing alike, and the decision most people are actually making is not which apartment. It is which of the two systems they want to be inside.

If you are looking to buy property abroad for the first time, the useful question is not where prices are rising. It is what you commit to on the day you sign, and when you get the keys. In the Emirates most of what sits here is off-plan, with handovers falling between 2028 and 2030. In the UK there is completed stock you could move into this year. Those are two different decisions wearing the same word.

Property for sale in the United Arab Emirates

Foreign buyers can own freehold in designated areas of the UAE, and those areas cover most of what people ask about. The stock on this page reflects where development is actually happening: Dubai Creek Harbour, Jebel Ali and Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, plus Abu Dhabi and the Downtown Umm Al Quwain project.

Almost all of it is off-plan. That changes what you are buying. You are not buying a finished flat, you are buying a payment schedule, a developer's delivery record and a handover date several years out. The price is the easy part to compare. The payment plan and the developer's history of hitting handover dates are the parts that decide whether the purchase worked.

Browse the full property for sale in the United Arab Emirates, or go straight to homes for sale in Dubai if that is the market you have already settled on.

Property for sale in the United Kingdom

The UK places no nationality restriction on owning property. What changes for a non-resident buyer is the stamp duty surcharge and the way a lender assesses a mortgage application, not the right to buy.

The UK side of this page is smaller and more scattered than the Emirates side: London, where Hornsey and West Ham both appear, then High Wycombe and Guildford in the commuter belt. It is also where the ready-to-move stock is. If your timeline is months rather than years, this is the half of the page to read first.

The questions that matter here are different too. Freehold or leasehold, and if leasehold, how many years are left. What the service charge is. What a survey turns up. See property for sale in the United Kingdom or narrow to homes for sale in London.

Can foreigners buy in Dubai and London?

Yes, and the conditions differ. The UAE allows freehold ownership for foreign buyers in designated areas, which is most of the areas people ask about. The UK places no nationality restriction on ownership at all; what differs for a non-resident is the stamp duty surcharge and how a mortgage is assessed.

What does the purchase actually cost beyond the price?

Budget for transfer fees, registration, legal representation and, where it applies, agency commission. These vary by market and are the single most common source of surprise. We set them out in writing before you commit to anything.

How long does the process take?

For completed property, four to eight weeks from offer to transfer is typical across our markets. Off-plan is different: you commit early and complete on handover, which can be several years away. The payment plan matters more than the timeline in that case.