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Guides for buying a home abroad

Yields, payment plans, escrow, tax and two markets, written by the agents who handle the files. Every figure carries its source and its date.

Letting · 14 Sept 2026

Renting out your Dubai apartment: long-term or short-let

Two routes, two cost structures, two amounts of your attention. Choose before handover, not after.

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Costs · 14 Sept 2026

The annual building charge has no exact Israeli equivalent — and it is the line that moves a quoted yield most.

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Markets · 12 Sept 2026

Yield, distance, currency, jurisdiction, use. A side-by-side way to decide which market is actually yours.

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Off-plan · 10 Sept 2026

50/50, 60/40, post-handover. What the schedule actually commits you to, and which clauses to read twice.

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Tax · 8 Sept 2026

The treaty has applied since January 2022. What you report on foreign rent, the 15% track, and what happens on sale.

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Cyprus · 6 Sept 2026

A short flight, EU jurisdiction, entry prices below central Israel. What Larnaca is good for — and what to check first.

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Process · 4 Sept 2026

Documents, escrow, the 4% Land Department fee, the payment schedule and handover — the whole sequence, in order.

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Yields · 2 Sept 2026

Dubai gross yields ran 5.53% against 3.15% in Israel. Here is where that gap comes from — and the costs that sit under both numbers.

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Tell a Manzely agent what you are weighing up. You get one person, in your language, from the first question to the key.