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What is Manager's Cheque?
A manager's cheque is a bank-issued, bank-guaranteed cheque used for Dubai property transfers. The trustee office requires the purchase price and the DLD fee in manager's cheques because they cannot bounce.
Description
In a Dubai resale transfer, personal cheques are not accepted for the price: the buyer brings manager's cheques, drawn by their bank against cleared funds, made out to the seller (and to the seller's bank for any mortgage settlement).
Banks issue them same-day against funds in the account for a small fee, commonly AED 30 to 100 per cheque. Getting the payee names exactly right matters: a misnamed cheque postpones the transfer appointment.
A typical transfer set is one cheque to the seller for the equity, one to the seller's bank per the liability letter if a mortgage is being settled, and the DLD fee arranged per the trustee office's instructions.
How to interpret
Order cheques a day or two before the trustee appointment, after the final settlement statement is fixed, and reconfirm payee spellings against the liability letter and the MOU.
Non-resident buyers should plan the funds path early: the money must be cleared in a UAE account to cut a manager's cheque, and international transfers plus compliance checks can take days.
迪拜市场背景
Dubai transfers happen at DLD-approved registration trustee offices, and the manager's-cheque requirement is what makes completion same-day: the seller leaves with guaranteed funds, the buyer leaves with the title deed.
Some banks and exchange houses now support DLD-linked digital payment alternatives for parts of the flow, but the manager's cheque remains the default instrument buyers should expect to use.
Frequently asked questions
It is the guaranteed payment instrument for the transfer: the purchase price to the seller, mortgage settlement to the seller's bank, and fees as directed by the trustee office. Personal cheques are not accepted for the price.
Banks typically charge AED 30 to 100 per cheque and issue same-day against cleared funds. The real planning constraint is having the funds cleared in a UAE account in time.
Exactly what the settlement documents say: the seller for the equity portion and the seller's bank for any mortgage payoff per the liability letter. A wrong payee name delays the transfer appointment.
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