Palm Jumeirah is Dubai's iconic man-made island — a palm-shaped archipelago of beachfront villas, luxury apartments and resort hotels reaching into the Gulf.
An internationally recognised trophy address with genuine scarcity — a finite island of beachfront homes — underpinning prestige and resilient demand from holiday-let and end-user buyers alike.
Private beaches, resort living and Gulf views on one of the world's most famous addresses.
Trophy-home and premium holiday-let buyers drawn to beachfront scarcity and brand.
The rule is the same across Phuket, and it is the first thing to get straight before you look at anything in Palm Jumeirah. A foreigner can own a condominium outright, freehold, with the title deed in their own name — not a lease, not a company, not a nominee arrangement.
Land is different. Foreigners cannot own it, which is why villas here involve long leases or company structures that need proper legal advice. Each building may sell up to 49% of its floor area freehold to non-Thais; past that, units go leasehold. So the freehold stock in any given Palm Jumeirah building is finite, and worth checking which you are being offered before anything else.
Your own lawyer — not the developer's — should verify the title and the remaining foreign quota before money moves. How foreign ownership works →
The asking price in Palm Jumeirah is not the number to budget against. On completion you will meet a transfer fee, and depending on how long the seller has held the property, either specific business tax or stamp duty, plus withholding tax. These are usually split between buyer and seller by negotiation, so who pays what is worth settling in writing early.
Then there are the running costs that decide whether the numbers work: a service charge billed per square metre each year, a one-off sinking fund contribution for major works, utilities, and insurance. On a hotel-managed home the operator also takes a share of rental income.
Our Thailand transfer fee calculator works out the purchase taxes on a specific figure, and the rental yield calculator takes a gross rent down to the net figure once those costs are in. Both are free and need no sign-up.
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See if you qualify →Yes — the Palm is a freehold area, so foreign buyers can own villas and apartments freehold, outright.
It's a globally recognised beachfront address with genuine scarcity — a finite island of homes — which supports prestige and demand.
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