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Dubai's Dubai Land Department (DLD) has introduced an AI-powered platform to expedite real estate registration for developers. The "Initial Registration" platform consolidates project registration, real estate transaction registration, and escrow account management into one digital process. With artificial intelligence capable of reading documents like Emirates IDs, passports, and sales contracts, the platform can automatically extract relevant information and populate application fields, reducing the need for repeated data entry and document submissions.

The AI system can also approve transactions that meet DLD's business rules, potentially shortening processing times. DLD chief executive Abdullah Ahmed Al Shehi emphasized the platform's role in enhancing a digital ecosystem that benefits developers by enabling more effective project management and transaction completion. This launch is part of Dubai's broader government AI agenda, as announced by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who plans to run half of the UAE's government sectors, services, and operations through autonomous, self-executing AI models within two years.

The "Initial Registration" platform incorporates features like "Project 360," providing developers with a consolidated view of their projects, including unit status, escrow accounts, financial data, and project records. It also offers early-warning indicators to help identify potential problems and support earlier intervention. By allowing developers to manage multiple companies under a single account and assign different permissions, the platform aims to improve workflow management and internal oversight.

The department's phased implementation and user training before the full rollout, combined with extensive testing, aim to minimize follow-up enquiries and manual data entry, thereby speeding up transaction completion.