Can self-employed people get a mortgage in the UAE?
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Answer: Yes. Banks typically want a trade licence 2+ years old, audited financials or bank statements, and apply a 20–40% haircut to variable income. Several banks publish dedicated self-employed pricing.
Approval is mostly about file positioning — the same business can read as a yes at one bank and a no at another. Full guide: self-employed mortgages, plus per-bank pages like RAKBANK and Mashreq.
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