Personal transfers · Dubai
One person. One fixed rate. Your Dubai transfer, sorted.
Dubai off-plan purchases are often paid in stages linked to construction milestones. One relationship manager tracks the schedule and fixes your rate up to 12 months ahead, so the price you agreed stays the price you pay.
The dirham is pegged to the US dollar, so for a UK buyer it’s sterling against the dollar that matters. Several instalments make that exposure easy to lose track of. CurrencyTransfer gives you one person across the whole schedule, your rate shown against the mid-market rate before you commit, and, where suitable, a forward contract to fix it for up to 12 months.
FCA-regulated payment partners execute every transfer.
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Why buyers use CurrencyTransfer for a Dubai purchase
Buying off-plan, buying ready, or investing toward the Golden Visa threshold, one relationship manager plans the payments either way.
One named person
From the first call you deal with one relationship manager who knows your purchase, your payment stages, and the people on the Dubai side.
A price you fixed
Fix the rate for an instalment or completion, up to 12 months ahead, so the price you agreed is the price you pay. We’ll show you plainly what a forward costs and what it gives up, the decision stays yours.
Money that lands when the lawyer needs it
We track your payment schedule against the build, warn you if a date’s about to move, and confirm funds have cleared into the escrow or trustee account before they’re due.
Your rate next to the mid-market rate
You see your rate against the mid-market rate every time you quote. No hidden fees. Regulated payment partners execute the transfers.
CurrencyTransfer provides the platform and the people; regulated payment partners execute the transfers and hold the funds throughout.
How it works
Open
Free, in minutes. You’re assigned a relationship manager who knows your purchase and your payment dates.
Add
Your relationship manager adds the developer’s escrow account, or the Trustee Office account for a resale, as a payee, ready for when a stage payment is due.
Book
When a payment’s due, log in, get a live quote against the mid-market rate, and book it.
Arrive
Funds go out the same day if cleared before 2pm, straight to the UAE. CurrencyTransfer never touches your money at any point.
What’s available?
Timing matters, and we make sure your dirhams land exactly when they’re needed. The reason clients come back for a second property, and send their friends, is that someone answered the phone and sorted it.
Spot transfers
Pay today at today’s rate
Get a live quote, see it next to the mid-market rate, and book. Quotes refresh every 15 seconds. Funds go out the same day if cleared before 2pm. No hidden fees.
Forward contracts
Fix the rate for your completion date
Lock in today’s rate for a payment up to 12 months ahead, useful for a construction-linked instalment as much as for handover. Your payment partner takes a 10% deposit at booking and you pay the balance on the agreed date.
Rate alerts
Wait for your rate, not at your screen
Set the GBP/AED level you want and we’ll email you when it’s available. Free, no obligation. You still log in and decide whether to book.
Before you buy
- Yes, in the designated freehold areas, Downtown Dubai, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Marina and Jumeirah Lakes Towers among them. Outside those zones, foreign buyers generally can’t hold freehold title.
- Expect a Dubai Land Department transfer fee (usually paid by the buyer), an agency fee plus VAT, and registration and NOC fees. Fees change over time, so check the current amounts with your agent before you commit.
- Off-plan payments are legally required to sit in a project-specific escrow account until the developer hits verified construction milestones, and a resale completes through a DLD-registered Trustee Office. Use a RERA-licensed agent, and confirm any account details by phone, on a number you already know, before every payment.
“The added value was the personal accounts manager being assigned to me who helped me through the first transaction...”
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Tell us about your Dubai purchase
Give us your expected payment dates, whether that’s a deposit, an instalment, or completion, and a rough dirham amount. A relationship manager calls you back with a payment plan and what fixing the rate would look like.
Stevan Litobac
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