Who you’d be working with

Someone on your side of the table.

Ben BarsoumFounder · buyer’s advocate · mortgage advisor

I have spent more than twenty years buying, developing and selling property, and fifteen years in finance in Australia. Put those together and you get a fairly specific education: what a property is actually worth once the marketing is stripped away, what a lender is really assessing when a file lands on their desk, and how to get a deal over the line when the two sides are a long way apart.

Olive Wealth brings those areas of experience together for Australians considering property in Dubai. The starting point is a clear understanding of your goals, followed by a written scope for the work.

What Olive Wealth is for

Most of what an Australian reads about buying in Dubai was written by someone with a unit to move. Olive Wealth exists so that you have someone on your side of the table instead.

As your buyer’s advocate I research and assess properties against your brief and available evidence, and support negotiation. Mortgage guidance helps you compare options and prepare an application for lender assessment. Purchase management coordinates the people, documents and milestones within your agreed scope.

How I work

I work in English and Arabic, with a focus on Australian clients considering property in Dubai and the wider UAE. Buyer’s advocacy fees depend on the transaction and work provided. Mortgage assistance costs 0.5% of the amount borrowed. We receive no commission from banks. The scope, payment stages and any applicable taxes are set out in your written quote.

Commerce degree. Straight answers. If the UAE is not the right market for what you are trying to do, I will say so on the first call.

What you get

Our fees

Buyer’s advocacy fees depend on the transaction and work provided. Mortgage assistance costs 0.5% of the amount borrowed. We receive no commission from banks. The scope, payment stages and any applicable taxes are set out in your written quote.

Experience
20+ years in property, as investor, developer and seller
Property deals
Found, assessed and negotiated for you, as your buyer’s advocate
Mortgage
Options compared and application preparation supported
Purchase
Milestones and providers coordinated within the agreed scope
Fees
Transaction and work based; agreed in writing
Languages
English · Arabic
First call
30 minutes, free

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