Glossary · Oqood

Oqood: meaning in Dubai property registration

Oqood is associated with Dubai’s provisional property-registration processes. When a transaction involves an off-plan unit, identify the relevant contract and registration evidence rather than describing every document as a title deed.

What to identify in your file

Record the property and project, purchaser details, underlying contract, registration reference and transaction status. Keep current payment information and the developer’s requirements alongside the registration record.

The official initial-sale service explains the applicable provisional-registration process.

Oqood and a title deed answer different questions

Do not substitute one label for the other. Check the property’s actual status and the output the relevant process should produce. Read the Oqood versus title-deed guide for a practical comparison.

If an existing off-plan interest is being resold

Identify the existing purchaser’s position, contract, registration evidence, payment obligations and the permitted developer/DLD process. The scope should be reviewed before a standard completed-property service or fee is assumed.

Our secondary off-plan resale guide explains the information to assemble when an existing purchaser wants to resell: the original contract, provisional-registration evidence, payment position and the developer’s requirements for that unit. Conveyance reviews the proposed resale before confirming its coordination scope and fee.

If evidence is missing

Ask the responsible developer or official channel which reference or output should exist and how it can be obtained. Keep the exact question and response in the file. An informal screenshot without context may not answer the registration question.

What DLD’s initial-sale registration page says

DLD’s initial-sale registration page (read 30 September 2026) describes Oqood from the developer’s side: the service “allows a real estate developer to register units sold off-plan or land plots whose value has not been fully paid at the provisional register”. The developer applies through the Oqood portal; the sale and purchase contract must be signed by the developer and the purchaser and registered in the provisional register within 90 days of signing; the output is a provisional registration e-certificate. The fees listed are 2% of the sale value from the seller and 2% from the purchaser, AED 10 knowledge and AED 10 innovation fees, and an AED 1,000 self-registration fee for the developer; payment is by Noqodi wallet or deduction from the escrow account. From an individual purchaser the page asks for a copy of the sale and purchase contract, a copy of a valid UAE ID and, for non-residents, a copy of a valid passport. For a purchaser, the practical points are the 90-day limit, the e-certificate as the evidence of registration, and the fact that the developer — not the buyer — is the applicant.