Dubai to raise real estate fee to fight speculation


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“It will affect the quick selling of property. This will have a positive impact on the market as it will limit the flipping of property and protect the market,” Sultan Butti Bin Mejren, Director General of the government’s Land Department, told reporters.

On the issue of whether the higher fee could hurt the market, he said: “We don’t see a negative impact affecting the transactions.”


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