How the tools are calculated.

What each part of an answer can rest on

A part’s weight is its share of the number’s size, not its share of the line count. Getting Dubai’s 4% transfer fee right matters far more than the AED 10 knowledge fee, and the score reflects that.

• Official sourcecounts 100%

  Read off the authority's own published page. It can't move without a rule change.

• Your arithmeticcounts 100%

  Arithmetic on the numbers you entered. Correct by construction — a loan formula can't go out of date.

• Market conventioncounts 75%

  Real and near-universal, but unregulated and negotiable on the day.

• Varies by dealcounts 55%

  Genuinely differs per transaction. Shown as a range rather than a false precision.

• Your assumptioncounts 35%

  A forecast or a default you should replace with your own figure.

• Unresolvedcounts 0%

  Reputable sources disagree and it isn't settled. The tool says so instead of picking one.

What the reliability figure means

• High95–100%

  Use this figure with confidence. Confirm the final amount on the day.

• Good85–94%

  Solid for budgeting. One or two lines vary by deal — they are marked.

• Indicative70–84%

  Good enough to plan around, not to commit on. Check the marked lines.

• DirectionalBelow 70%

  Shows you the shape of the answer, not the answer. Talk to Vimal.

What gets better next

Every unfinished part of every tool, ranked by how many points of reliability fixing it would add. This is the working order, published rather than filed.

1. +100
   Service chargescurrently 0%

   Check whether the service charge index is in Dubai Pulse, or approach DLD for access.

2. +100
   Ad permit checkcurrently 0%

   Make an official integration request to DLD. Failing that, ship it as a guided manual check, which is still useful.

3. +50
   Rent increasecurrently 0%

   Read Decree 43 of 2013 and confirm the current slabs on the DLD rental index.

4. +50
   Rent increasecurrently 0%

   Find whether the rental index is queryable, or derive a benchmark from the rents dataset.

5. +30
   Repatriation plannercurrently 52%

   Get a written position from an authorised dealer bank's NRI desk. Worth 30 points and it is the largest single gap in the whole set.

6. +30
   Market trendscurrently 70%

   Register at dubaipulse.gov.ae and request the DLD datasets. Nothing else unblocks this.

7. +23
   Investment returnscurrently 66%

   Nothing makes a forecast reliable. Show historical ranges by area from DLD transactions so the visitor picks an informed number.

8. +23
   Rent vs buycurrently 62%

   Nothing. This is why the tool outputs a break-even rate with a conditional recommendation.

9. +13
   Rental yieldcurrently 80%

   Pre-fill from the DLD rents dataset so the visitor starts from registered rents, not asking prices.

10. +13
    Payment plancurrently 83%

    Offer a few reference rates the visitor can pick from.

11. +13
    Kerala project checkcurrently 87%

    Request API or bulk data access from K-RERA at info.rera@kerala.gov.in. That turns a guided manual check into a real one-click verification.

12. +11
    Investment returnscurrently 66%

    Pre-fill from registered Ejari rents.

13. +11
    Registration costscurrently 89%

    Integrate the Kerala fair value portal so the visitor enters a survey number instead of a rupee figure. Worth 11 points and it is the single biggest upgrade to this tool.

14. +11
    Capital gains taxcurrently 84%

    Add a document checklist so the visitor knows what evidence they need before they compute.

15. +11
    Repatriation plannercurrently 52%

    Add a funding-source questionnaire with the document each answer requires.

16. +9
    Mortgage budgetcurrently 91%

    Partner with two or three lenders and publish their actual criteria alongside the regulatory ceiling.

17. +9
    Rent vs buycurrently 62%

    Pre-fill service charges by building.

18. +9
    Agent & agency checkcurrently 91%

    Run the point lookup live against the gateway rather than the local mirror, so an expiry is never stale.

19. +8
    Loan eligibilitycurrently 88%

    Publish actual FOIR bands from two or three Kerala lenders.

20. +7
    Golden Visa checkercurrently 91%

    Cross-check the title deed against the DLD registry before the visitor applies.

21. +7
    Rental yieldcurrently 80%

    Derive a typical void by area from the rents dataset.

22. +7
    Rent vs buycurrently 62%

    Let the visitor set it to zero if they would not invest it.

23. +7
    NRI seller TDScurrently 89%

    Add a residential-status questionnaire based on the day-count test.

24. +7
    Repatriation plannercurrently 52%

    Document one bank's actual process end to end.

25. +7
    Project & escrow checkcurrently 93%

    Track announced versus actual handover dates per developer and publish the slippage.

26. +5
    Purchase costscurrently 91%

    Enter Vimal's actual fee instead of the market default.

27. +5
    Purchase costscurrently 91%

    Build a lookup table of NOC fees by developer from closed deals.

28. +5
    Golden Visa costscurrently 96%

    Add an insurer quote range by age band.

29. +5
    Payment plancurrently 83%

    Pull the project's construction percentage from the DLD projects dataset.

30. +5
    NRI seller TDScurrently 89%

    Model the India–UAE treaty positions explicitly — highly relevant to Vimal's exact client base.

31. +5
    Capital gains taxcurrently 84%

    Have a Kerala CA review and sign off the exemption logic.

32. +5
    Loan eligibilitycurrently 88%

    Add NRI-specific loan criteria, which differ materially on tenure and rate.

33. +5
    Area pricescurrently 96%

    Match on building rather than area and size band, once enough per-building volume exists.

34. +3
    Golden Visa checkercurrently 91%

    Get the combination limit in writing from the DLD Golden Visa desk.