{"id":179,"count":0,"description":"","link":"https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/de\/property-location\/difc\/","name":"DIFC","slug":"difc","taxonomy":"property-location","parent":29,"meta":[],"acf":{"c4_area":"DIFC","c4_from":"area-difc","c4_top":"<section class=\"rwh-ap-hero\" aria-labelledby=\"rwh-ap-h1\"><img class=\"rwh-ap-hero__img\" src=\"https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-article-18-difc-sheikh-zayed-road-aerial-1536x1023.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-article-18-difc-sheikh-zayed-road-aerial-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-article-18-difc-sheikh-zayed-road-aerial-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-article-18-difc-sheikh-zayed-road-aerial-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-article-18-difc-sheikh-zayed-road-aerial-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-article-18-difc-sheikh-zayed-road-aerial.jpg 2400w\" sizes=\"100vw\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1599\" alt=\"Aerial view of DIFC and Sheikh Zayed Road\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"><span class=\"rwh-ap-hero__shade\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><div class=\"rwh-ap-wrap rwh-ap-hero__inner\"><nav class=\"rwh-ap-crumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><a href=\"\/\">Home<\/a><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\/<\/span><span>Neighbourhoods<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\/<\/span><span aria-current=\"page\">DIFC<\/span><\/nav><p class=\"rwh-ap-eyebrow rwh-ap-eyebrow--light\">Neighbourhood guide<\/p><h1 class=\"rwh-ap-hero__title\" id=\"rwh-ap-h1\">DIFC<\/h1><p class=\"rwh-ap-hero__sub\">Dubai\u2019s financial centre, with its own courts, laws and property register.<\/p><\/div><p class=\"rwh-ap-credit rwh-ap-credit--hero\">Photograph: tampatra, Envato<\/p><\/section><section class=\"rwh-ap-intro\"><div class=\"rwh-ap-wrap rwh-ap-intro__grid\"><p class=\"rwh-ap-lead\">The Dubai International Financial Centre is a financial free zone with its own English-language common law courts and its own property register, the DIFC Registrar of Real Property. In 2025 it counted 8,844 active companies and a workforce of 50,200.<\/p><dl class=\"rwh-ap-facts\"><div><dt>Property register<\/dt><dd>DIFC Registrar of Real Property<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Courts<\/dt><dd>English-language common law, Dubai Law No. 12 of 2004<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Companies<\/dt><dd>8,844 active (2025)<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Workforce<\/dt><dd>50,200 (2025)<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/section><section class=\"rwh-ap-life\" aria-labelledby=\"rwh-ap-life-h\"><div class=\"rwh-ap-wrap\"><header class=\"rwh-ap-head\"><p class=\"rwh-ap-eyebrow\">Landmarks and lifestyle<\/p><h2 class=\"rwh-ap-h2\" id=\"rwh-ap-life-h\">Around DIFC<\/h2><p class=\"rwh-ap-head__lede\">One landmark inside the centre and two beside it.<\/p><\/header><div class=\"rwh-ap-life__grid\"><figure class=\"rwh-ap-lm rwh-ap-lm--1\"><div class=\"rwh-ap-lm__media\"><img class=\"rwh-ap-lm__img\" src=\"https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-article-14-difc-gate-building-1536x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-article-14-difc-gate-building-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-article-14-difc-gate-building-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-article-14-difc-gate-building-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-article-14-difc-gate-building-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-article-14-difc-gate-building.jpg 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 58vw\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" alt=\"The Gate building at the Dubai International Financial Centre\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"rwh-ap-lm__where\">Inside the centre<\/span><h3 class=\"rwh-ap-lm__name\">The Gate and Gate Avenue<\/h3><p>The centre\u2019s emblem building, where Gate Avenue begins: a covered walkway of 230 retail units linking DIFC\u2019s districts.<\/p><span class=\"rwh-ap-credit\">Photograph: collab_media, Envato<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"rwh-ap-lm rwh-ap-lm--2\"><div class=\"rwh-ap-lm__media\"><img class=\"rwh-ap-lm__img\" src=\"https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwhlm-difc-emirates-towers-1536x1152.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwhlm-difc-emirates-towers-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwhlm-difc-emirates-towers-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwhlm-difc-emirates-towers-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwhlm-difc-emirates-towers-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwhlm-difc-emirates-towers-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 58vw\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"The Gate building of DIFC with Emirates Towers at dawn, Dubai\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"rwh-ap-lm__where\">Beside the centre<\/span><h3 class=\"rwh-ap-lm__name\">Emirates Towers<\/h3><p>The twin towers stand beside the Gate building on Sheikh Zayed Road.<\/p><span class=\"rwh-ap-credit\">Photograph: Jackardsiffant, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"rwh-ap-lm rwh-ap-lm--3\"><div class=\"rwh-ap-lm__media\"><img class=\"rwh-ap-lm__img\" src=\"https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-area-downtown-hero-1536x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-area-downtown-hero-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-area-downtown-hero-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-area-downtown-hero-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rwh-area-downtown-hero.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 58vw\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Downtown Dubai skyline with the Burj Khalifa\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"rwh-ap-lm__where\">Beside the centre<\/span><h3 class=\"rwh-ap-lm__name\">Downtown Dubai<\/h3><p>The Burj Khalifa and Downtown Dubai, close by along Sheikh Zayed Road.<\/p><span class=\"rwh-ap-credit\">Photograph: David Rodrigo, Unsplash<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/section>","c4_bottom":"<section class=\"rwh-ap-view rwh-ap-view--plain\" aria-labelledby=\"rwh-ap-view-h\"><div class=\"rwh-ap-view__grid\"><div class=\"rwh-ap-view__body\"><p class=\"rwh-ap-eyebrow\">The Redwood perspective<\/p><h2 class=\"rwh-ap-h2\" id=\"rwh-ap-view-h\">City apartments under DIFC law<\/h2><div class=\"rwh-ap-pt\"><h3>Character<\/h3><p>Residential towers within a working financial district, close to offices, galleries, restaurants and the courts.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"rwh-ap-pt\"><h3>Who it may suit<\/h3><p>Professionals who work in the centre, and buyers who want a city apartment under DIFC\u2019s own property law.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"rwh-ap-pt\"><h3>Ownership<\/h3><p>DIFC property is registered with the DIFC Registrar of Real Property under DIFC Real Property Law No. 10 of 2018, not with the Dubai Land Department, so title checks and transfers follow DIFC procedures.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"rwh-ap-pt\"><h3>Trade-offs<\/h3><p>Established towers such as Index Tower, Burj Daman and Liberty House do not appear in Dubai Land Department sales records, which show 123 sales under DIFC in the last 12 months, all off-plan at Akala Residences. Ask for DIFC Registrar records before relying on any price comparison. Service charges vary by building and are published in the RERA Service Charge Index on the Dubai Land Department website.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/property-location\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/property-location"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/property-location"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/property-location\/29"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/re.redwoodheritage.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/property?property-location=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}