DLD Project Status: How to Check an Off-Plan Project in Dubai

DLD project status is checked through the Dubai Land Department's Project Status Enquiry service, also labelled Project Status (Mashrooi). It shows the completion percentage and details of a real estate project in Dubai. DLD lists three channels: the Land Department website, the Dubai REST app and WhatsApp on 8004488, and gives the completion time as immediate.

What is the DLD project status service?

It is a DLD information service that tells you how far a registered Dubai project has been built and who is behind it. According to the DLD Project Status Enquiry service page, the service "allows a customer to inquire about real estate project completion percentage and details in the Emirate of Dubai".

The same page lists the expected completion time as "Immediate", the residency status as "All", and three available channels: the Land Department website, the Dubai REST app and WhatsApp. The page lists no fee and no required documents, and when this guide was checked on 10 November 2026 the website tool returned results without signing in.

People search for this service under several names: project status DLD, Dubai Land Department project status, DLD property status enquiry, DLD construction update, Dubai project status, RERA project status and Mashrooi. They all lead to the same DLD record. "Project Status (Mashrooi)" is the label DLD uses for the service inside the Dubai REST app.

How do you check DLD project status on the website?

Open the DLD tool, type the project name or the DLD project number, and open the result. The steps below were followed on the live tool on 10 November 2026, in a browser session that was not signed in, and the screen labels quoted are the ones shown that day.

1. Open the DLD Project Status Enquiry tool.
2. In the box labelled "Search by Project Name / Project Number", type the name or number. The box asks for a minimum of 2 characters of the project name. The DLD service page says a customer can enter "the land number, project number, or project name".
3. Press Search. Each result card shows the project name, a project number beginning with #, the developer's name, a "% Completed" figure and a status label.
4. Open the card for the project you want. Check that the developer name matches your sale agreement.
5. Read the tabs in order: Full Fact Sheet, Inspection Details, Developer Details, Management Companies and Escrow Account. Two further tabs, Book a Visit and Contact Developer, open contact forms.

How do you check Dubai REST project status (Mashrooi)?

In the Dubai REST app, open Services, choose Project Status (Mashrooi) and search for the project by name. DLD publishes these steps in its Project Status (Mashrooi) guide:

1. Open the Dubai REST app and select "Services" from the bottom tab.
2. From the Services list, select "Project Status (Mashrooi)".
3. Search for the project by name, then select one project from the list to view its details.
4. Check the project details, status, developer details and escrow account details. DLD's guide says you can view the inspection details "by clicking on the arrow against the percentage in the Building Image".
5. To book a visit, enter your personal details so the developer can contact you.

DLD's Dubai REST page says the app gives off-plan buyers "the percentage of completion, the actual pictures of the project, the escrow account number" and payments due on projects they have invested in, and that it is available in Arabic and English on the Android and Apple stores. The App Store listing names Dubai Land Department as the provider, shows the app as free and showed version 7.3.1 on 10 November 2026. The wider app is covered in the Dubai REST app guide.

Can you check project status on WhatsApp?

Yes. The DLD service page lists WhatsApp as the third channel and sets out three steps: save the Land Department number 8004488 in your contacts, log in to WhatsApp, and chat with the Land Department, where the virtual assistant (Malik) helps you get the service.

What does a DLD project status result show?

A project page shows identity, dates, progress and the escrow account in one place. The fields below were read from the DLD tool on 10 November 2026.

Where	What is shown	Why a buyer reads it
Result card	Project name, project number, developer name, "% Completed", status label	Confirms you have the right project and gives the headline figure
Full Fact Sheet	Project Number, Sq.Mt, Units, Registered date, Started date, Completion date, Property Location with a map link, Remarks, Building Details by unit type	Shows when the project was registered, when work started and the completion date on record
Inspection Details	Inspection Date, Current Progress, Previous Inspection, a Download Report link and Inspection Photos	Shows how recent the percentage is and how much it moved since the last inspection
Developer Details	Developer Name, Developer Number, Status, phone, email and website fields	Ties the project to a registered developer
Management Companies	Company name and number, phone, email and address fields	Names the management company on record, where there is one
Escrow Account	Bank Name and a second field labelled "Escrow", which held a number on the project opened	The bank that holds the project's escrow account

Dates are shown as day/month/year. Always read the Inspection Date beside the percentage. As a single example, not a typical figure: on one active project opened on 10 November 2026, the tab showed an inspection date of 28/10/2026, with current progress of 18.33% against 13.55% at the previous inspection. The figure on that card was therefore 13 days old.

Three status labels appeared in search results that day: Active, Finished and Cancelled. The tool's status list also contains "Under Cancellation". The DLD pages read for this guide do not define these labels, so ask the DLD if a label is unclear for your project.

Why does the completion percentage matter to a buyer?

Because Dubai law attaches consequences to it. Article 11 of Law No. 13 of 2008 was last replaced by Law No. 19 of 2020, issued on 24 November 2020. It says that when a buyer fails to meet an off-plan sale agreement and a 30 day DLD notice runs out, the DLD issues an official document confirming "the percentage of completion of the Real Property project", calculated under standards adopted by RERA. What the developer may do next depends on that figure:

• Above 80%. The developer may keep the agreement and claim the balance, ask the DLD to sell the unit at public auction, or terminate and retain up to 40% of the unit value stated in the agreement.
• Between 60% and 80%. The developer may terminate and retain up to 40% of that value.
• Work started, below 60%. The developer may terminate and retain up to 25% of that value.

Older summaries may quote different figures, because Law No. 9 of 2009 and Law No. 19 of 2017 each replaced the article before the 2020 text did. The escrow account guide sets out the full procedure, the refund deadlines and what applies when work has not started.

Completion also matters at the end. Under Article 14 of Law No. 8 of 2007, the escrow agent retains 5% of the total value of the escrow account once the developer obtains the completion certificate, and releases it one year after units are registered in buyers' names. The same guide explains that account in full.

If your instalments are tied to construction milestones, compare each demand with the inspection history, and model the schedule in the payment plan calculator.

What is the difference between DLD and RERA?

The DLD is the Land Department that keeps Dubai's property registers. RERA, the Real Estate Regulatory Agency, is a public corporation affiliated to the DLD that regulates the people and projects in the market. That structure is set out in Law No. 4 of 2019 Concerning the Real Estate Regulatory Agency, issued on 4 September 2019, which superseded Law No. 16 of 2007.

	DLD	RERA
What it is	The Land Department	A public corporation "affiliated to the DLD" (Article 2, Law No. 4 of 2019)
Registers	Maintains the Property Register and the Interim Property Register (Law No. 13 of 2008)	Registers persons conducting real property activities (Article 5)
Projects	Records off-plan sales and publishes the project status service	Approves development projects and monitors "their percentages of completion" (Article 5)
Escrow	Receives developers' requests to open an escrow account (Article 6, Law No. 8 of 2007)	Regulates, audits and monitors escrow accounts (Article 5)
Tenancy	Took over lease registration functions from RERA (Article 10, Law No. 4 of 2019)	No longer handles lease contract registration

So "RERA project status" and "DLD project status" describe one record.

What must be in place before a developer sells off-plan?

The project must be approved, and the developer and the sale must be registered. Three rules in the law texts on the Dubai Legislation Portal explain what the status page is evidence of:

• Registered developer. Article 4 of Law No. 8 of 2007 says no developer may engage in the business unless recorded in the Register of Real Estate Developers and licensed.
• Approved project. Article 4 of Law No. 13 of 2008 bars a developer from starting a project or selling its units off-plan before taking possession of the land and obtaining the required approvals. Article 10 makes a contract entered into before that approval null and void.
• Registered sale. Article 3 says any sale of a unit sold off-plan is void unless entered in the Interim Property Register.

Law No. 8 of 2007 adds that each project must have a separate escrow account opened in the project's name (Article 9), and that a developer who fails without acceptable reason to start construction within six months of being permitted to sell off-plan is struck off the register (Article 17).

For the full purchase sequence, see how to buy off-plan in Dubai and the guide to investing in off-plan projects in Dubai. To find projects to check, browse off-plan projects in Dubai.

Common mistakes

• Reading the percentage without its date. The figure is only as current as the Inspection Date in the Inspection Details tab.
• Matching on the name alone. Search results for a common word return many projects. Confirm the project number and the developer name.
• Paying into an account that is not the one shown. The Escrow Account tab names the bank and shows a number under the label "Escrow". If a payment request names a different bank or account, ask the developer and the DLD before paying.
• Ignoring a Cancelled or Under Cancellation label. Executive Council Resolution No. 6 of 2010, published in the DLD legislation booklet, lets RERA cancel a project on a reasoned technical report in listed circumstances, including a developer failing without valid reason to start construction. Take legal advice at once if you have paid into such a project.

What this does not cover

This guide covers the DLD service for projects in the Emirate of Dubai only. It does not cover what a buyer is owed when a project is delayed or cancelled: that turns on the sale agreement and the current law, and is a question for a licensed property lawyer. UAE Realtys publishes information only and does not give legal or financial advice.