HFO Luxury
Dubai's prime homes, handled privately.
Villas, penthouses, branded and waterfront residences from AED 10 million. Many of the best homes in Dubai never reach a portal. We work with what is for sale, listed or not.
Four ways into prime Dubai
The prime market is small, personal and mostly private. Prices start at AED 10 million and run well past 100 million. Choose where to start, or go straight to a private enquiry.
Villas
Palm Jumeirah, Emirates Hills, Dubai Hills, Al Barari
Signature and custom villas on the Palm, in Emirates Hills and in the golf and lagoon communities. Plot, view and build quality decide the price.
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Penthouses
Downtown, Marina, Palm, Bluewaters, Jumeirah
Full-floor and duplex penthouses with the views the city is known for. Scarce, slow to trade and bought by people who know exactly what they want.
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Branded residences
Bulgari, Armani, Four Seasons, Six Senses, One&Only
Homes run by a hotel or fashion house. You pay a premium for the brand, the service and the resale pool it brings.
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Waterfront
Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah Bay, Bluewaters, Dubai Harbour, Palm Jebel Ali
Beach, bay and marina. Water frontage is the one thing Dubai cannot build more of in the places that matter.
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Where prime Dubai lives
Eleven communities account for most sales above AED 10 million. Guides with photos are linked; the rest open on request.
Beachfront
Palm Jumeirah
Championship golf
Jumeirah Golf Estates
Island, low density
Bluewaters Island
Marina and yacht club
Dubai Harbour
Landmark living
Downtown Dubai
HFO Luxury covers homes from AED 10 million. Figures on these pages are indicative and based on Dubai Land Department data and HFO transactions. Every listed home carries its Trakheesi permit; homes without a permit are shown on request only.
Current homes
Homes with a valid Trakheesi permit are shown here. Private and off-market homes are discussed in person.
Our current prime homes are shared privately. Tell us what you are looking for and we will send what fits, with permit numbers, within one working day.
Private enquiryPrivate sales
Off-market, by introduction.
A large share of prime homes in Dubai change hands without ever being advertised. Owners want discretion, buyers want first sight. HFO Luxury sits in between: we know what is quietly for sale, and we show it only to buyers we have met.
- Buying: tell us the brief once. We shortlist from listed and unlisted homes, arrange private viewings and negotiate with the owner directly.
- Selling: your home is shown to qualified buyers only, with no portal listing, no public photos and no drive-by viewings.
- Structuring: company versus personal ownership, Golden Visa on the purchase, inheritance and tax questions, handled with our partner firms before you sign.
- After the keys: handover inspection, property care and owner reporting through the partner companies in the HFO group.
Every private enquiry is handled by Arnd personally. One call to understand the brief, then a shortlist, then viewings.
How a private purchase runs
Six steps, one adviser, no handover between departments.
- BriefOne conversation about what the home must do: own use, family, investment, visa. We confirm budget, timing and the communities that fit.
- ShortlistListed and unlisted homes that match, with register prices of comparable sales, not asking prices.
- ViewingsPrivate appointments, grouped into one or two days if you fly in. We check the plot, the build and the paperwork while you look at the view.
- Offer and structureNegotiated with the owner or the developer directly. Ownership structure, Golden Visa and financing settled before the memorandum is signed.
- TransferForm F, NOC, DLD transfer and payment, coordinated end to end. You attend once, or give power of attorney.
- After the keysSnagging, handover report, property care and annual owner reporting through the partner companies in the HFO group.
Questions buyers ask first
What counts as luxury property in Dubai?
HFO Luxury covers homes from AED 10 million, which is where the prime market starts in Dubai Land Department statistics. Most sales in this bracket are villas on Palm Jumeirah and in the gated estates, penthouses in Downtown and the Marina, and branded or waterfront residences.
Can a foreigner buy a luxury villa in Dubai?
Yes. All the communities on these pages are freehold. The title deed is issued in the buyer's name by the Dubai Land Department, with no local partner and no residency requirement. A purchase of AED 2 million or more also qualifies for the 10-year Golden Visa.
Why are so many prime homes not on the portals?
Owners of expensive homes rarely want photos of their house online or strangers at the door. They tell a few brokers they would sell at a price. We are one of those brokers, and we show those homes only to buyers we have met and qualified.
How do you price a home that has no listed comparables?
From the Dubai Land Department transaction register, which records every sale with price, size and date. We pull the register for the building or the frond and show you what actually sold, not what was asked.
What are the buying costs at this level?
The DLD transfer fee of 4 percent, the agency fee, trustee and registration fees, and for a mortgage the bank's valuation and registration fees. We set them out in one sheet before you offer. There is no annual property tax in Dubai.
Can you manage the home when I am not in Dubai?
Yes, through the partner companies in the HFO group: handover inspection and owner reporting by STRATIQ Property Observer, day-to-day property care by AJ Property Care Service. Your HFO adviser stays the single point of contact.
Tell us the brief once.
One call with Arnd, then a shortlist of listed and unlisted homes within a week.