Egypt Real Estate Blog
Practical guides for buying, selling, financing and investing in Egypt's compounds — plus sourced market news.
Disputes with Developers Over Transfer Approvals: Prevention and Escalation
Most transfer-approval problems are preventable, and the rest have an escalation path. How to keep a resale transfer fro...
Key Clauses to Check in a Resale Sale Contract (عقد البيع الابتدائي)
The preliminary sale contract carries the whole resale deal. The clauses that deserve your closest reading — parties, pr...
Why You Should Never Pay Outside a Documented Process
Every property payment should leave a trail that proves who paid, to whom, for what, and when. The habits that keep your...
Selling an Inherited Unit: Getting the Heirs Aligned First
An inherited unit cannot be sold cleanly until the heirs are identified, documented, and genuinely agreed. The general s...
The Role of الشهر العقاري: Why Property Registration Matters
Registration at الشهر العقاري is what turns a stack of contracts into legally recognized ownership. Understand why it ma...
Handover Day (استلام الوحدة): The Legal and Practical Checklists
Handover day converts promises on paper into a unit in your hands. What to inspect, what to sign, and what to refuse to...
Can Foreigners Buy Property in Egypt? A General Overview
Foreign ownership of Egyptian property is possible within a regulated framework that has its own conditions and exceptio...
Power of Attorney (التوكيل) in Property Deals: Uses and Precautions
A power of attorney can make a distant deal possible — or become the weakest link in it. When a توكيل helps, when it is...
Property Taxes in Egypt: What Resale Buyers and Sellers Should Ask About
Taxes touch a property deal at more than one point, and rates and exemptions change. The right questions to ask — and wh...
Reading the Developer Contract Before a Contract Transfer
In a resale takeover you inherit the original developer contract word for word. Here is how to read it before the transf...