Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Dubai Developer invoke “SEIZE Property” clause
A new trend is emerging in Dubai, which has many developers invoking a default clause in the sale agreements, which state that if a purchaser defaults on payment of installments, the developer can keep the earlier payments as well as the property.This is causing speculators a lot of grief, since many had paid the first deposit as a means of booking the property and had hoped to exit before the next installment.However, Dubai lawyer Kavita Panicker, says she receives "two or three calls each day" from US-based investors regarding property purchased in Dubai. Most cannot pay the installments and are facing problems paying installments. She said these investors are happy to exit at a loss.However, developers are reluctant to take the properties back and are invoking the seize property clause in the sale agreements.