A client buying a resale flat in Sharjah asks which government body records the transfer and keeps the property register. What do you tell them?

1. Dubai Land Department, which covers all northern emirates
2. Sharjah City Municipality, through its tenancy section
3. The Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department (SRERD)
4. The Sharjah Economic Development Department

Aljada, the large mixed-use community next to University City and about five minutes from Sharjah International Airport, is developed by which company?

1. Emaar
2. Arada
3. Alef Group
4. Eagle Hills

Maryam Island, the waterfront community on Sharjah's coast, is developed by which entity?

1. Arada, as a phase of Aljada
2. Ajmal Makan, as part of Sharjah Waterfront City
3. Sharjah Municipality directly
4. Eagle Hills Sharjah, a joint venture between Shurooq and Eagle Hills

Under Sharjah's leasing law of 2024, for how long after the start of a residential lease is the landlord barred from raising the rent, unless both parties agree?

1. 1 year
2. 2 years
3. 3 years
4. 5 years

Sharjah Law No. 2 of 2022 amended the emirate's real estate registration law. Which statement describes it correctly?

1. It made all of Sharjah freehold for every nationality
2. It kept ownership for UAE and GCC citizens but added exceptions, including ownership in development areas and projects set by the Executive Council
3. It abolished the Ruler's approval route and replaced it with a 99 year lease
4. It allowed foreigners to buy only through a company with 51% UAE ownership

Before 2022, foreigners in Sharjah mainly bought usufruct rights in approved projects under Executive Council Resolution No. 26 of 2014. What is the maximum usufruct term that resolution allows?

1. 30 years
2. 50 years
3. 99 years
4. 100 years

A tenant signs a residential lease in Sharjah at ⃃48,000 a year. The municipality attestation fee is 4% of the annual rent. How much is the fee, in dirhams?

Sharjah's standard property registration fee is 4%. During the Acres 2025 exhibition (22 to 25 January 2025) it was cut to 2%. On a ⃃1,250,000 apartment, how many dirhams did that discount save in registration fees?

What was the total value of real estate trading in Sharjah for the full year 2025, according to the emirate's registration data?

1. About ⃃27 billion, up 48%
2. About ⃃40 billion, flat on 2024
3. About ⃃65.6 billion, up about 64%
4. About ⃃118 billion, up 20%

In H1 2026 (January to June), which Sharjah area led all sales in both number of deals and value?

1. Muwaileh Commercial
2. Al Khan
3. Al Belaida
4. Al Nahda

A small developer wants to start marketing off-plan units in Sharjah next week while its paperwork is still pending. Under Executive Council Resolution No. 37 of 2024, what is the rule?

1. Marketing is allowed if buyers pay into the developer's operating account
2. Units may not be offered or marketed before the project is registered, and buyer payments must go to the project's escrow account
3. Only sales to UAE nationals are allowed before registration
4. Marketing is allowed for 90 days while registration is processed

A Sharjah tenant pays ⃃60,000 a year on a fixed one-year lease and has to leave for exceptional reasons with 8 months still to run. Under Law No. 5 of 2024, and with no other agreement, what is the minimum compensation owed to the landlord, in dirhams?

A Sharjah landlord wants his tenant out within the first 3 years so his adult son can live in the flat. Which set of conditions applies under the 2024 leasing law?

1. 12 months' notice through a notary, and no further conditions
2. The landlord must pay 2 months' rent as compensation, then may relet freely
3. At least 3 months' notice, no other suitable home owned in the area, the family member moves in within 2 months and lives there for 1 year
4. This is never allowed before the 3 years end

A British investor living in Dubai wants to buy a ready flat in an older Sharjah tower he saw online. What is the first thing you must check?

1. Whether the building is in a project approved for ownership by non-UAE and non-GCC nationals
2. Nothing: since 2022 any foreigner can buy anywhere in Sharjah
3. Whether he holds a Sharjah residency visa, which is the only condition
4. Whether the seller agrees to sell on a 99 year lease instead

Your landlord client loses a ⃃45,000 unpaid rent claim (not an eviction case) at first instance before Sharjah's Rental Disputes Centre. What are his options under Law No. 6 of 2024?

1. Appeal within 30 days to the appeal circuit
2. Appeal within 15 days, because every judgment can be appealed
3. Refile the same claim at the Dubai Rental Disputes Centre
4. Generally none: first instance judgments under ⃃100,000 are final, except listed cases such as eviction