Oqood calculator
Selling an off-plan contract before handover is registered as an oqood transfer. Work out the fees on both sides and what the seller takes out.
Oqood transfer costs
Work out what an off-plan resale costs to register and what the seller walks away with.
Charged on the sale price, plus the oqood title deed fee. Adjust it if your transaction differs from the standard rate.
Published figure for this price: AED 5,250. Negotiated in practice, so adjust as needed.
Set by the developer's sale agreement, typically AED 500–5,000 + VAT. Excluded from the totals until you enter it.
Seller net
AED 774,800
After the costs marked “Seller” below. Adjust who pays each one to match your contract.
- Seller receives (gross)
- AED 800,000
- Premium
- AED 200,000
- Deposit paid
- AED 600,000
- Still owed to developer
- AED 400,000
- Seller pays
- AED 25,200
- Buyer pays
- AED 53,290
Cost breakdown
Set who pays each cost — these are contract terms, not fixed rules.
- Land department fee
- AED 48,040
- Agency commission + VAT
- AED 24,000 + AED 1,200 VAT = AED 25,200
- Trustee fee
- AED 5,250
- Developer NOC fee
- Not included
- Total transaction costs
- AED 78,490
Estimates only, for guidance. Confirm all figures with the developer, the land department and your agent before committing.
Common questions
What does the seller actually receive on an off-plan assignment?
The instalments already paid to the developer, plus the premium between the original price and the sale price. Having paid 60% of a AED 1 million contract and selling at AED 1.2 million returns AED 600,000 plus a AED 200,000 premium. It is shown before the transfer costs, because who pays those is a term of the deal.
Which fees apply to an oqood transfer?
The land department fee is charged on the SALE price, not the original price, plus the oqood title deed fee. Then the agency commission with VAT on top, and the registration trustee fee, which steps up above AED 500,000. The land department rate defaults to 4% and can be changed.