How much are the total costs of buying a property in Dubai?

Budget roughly 6-8% of the purchase price on top of the price itself. A cash resale runs about 6-7% (4% DLD fee, ~2% agency commission plus VAT, and a few thousand dirhams in trustee, title-deed and NOC fees). Add a mortgage and it rises to about 7-8% once bank and registration charges are included. Off-plan works out lighter: on off-plan and direct-from-developer purchases the developer covers our fee, so you pay us nothing - the extras are the 4% DLD fee plus a developer admin fee of roughly AED 1,000-6,000 depending on which developer you buy from.