Dubai REST: the DLD app for owners, tenants and buyers

Dubai REST is the smart real estate platform of the Dubai Land Department (DLD). It is available in Arabic and English on Android and Apple stores. This guide lists what DLD says you can do with it.

• A real estate wallet showing information on your properties, including current prices, rental return and service charges.
• Requests for a map, a "To Whom It May Concern" letter, a mortgage bid and a property evaluation.
• Payment of service charges.
• Services to sell, lease and mortgage.

• Registration, renewal and cancellation of the lease.
• Submitting and following rental dispute cases.
• The rental index, to compare a rent with the average.

• Off-plan projects: real-time information including percentage of completion, actual pictures of the project, the escrow account number and payments due, with a favourites feature to follow projects.
• Market data: the rental index and the sale index for different periods.
• Who you deal with: details of brokers and their performance levels, real estate offices, valuation companies, management companies and certified developers.
• Sale registration: in freehold areas, the developer's e-NOC is obtained through the app.

Electronic payments run through the Noqodi payment portal. Browse off-plan launches or ready homes in Dubai, or ask an iRealtor advisor how to check a project in the app.

This article is general guidance, not tax, legal or financial advice.