Contract transfer تنازل / نقل تعاقد
The owner of an instalment contract with a developer hands it to a new buyer, who takes over what is left to pay. It needs the developer's consent and usually a fee.
Example: You signed for 5,000,000 EGP and paid 1,500,000. A buyer pays you for what you paid and continues the remaining instalments in your place.
How the word is used in the market and on AqarTrust; no fact is claimed.
Transfer guides by developer · Transfer fee calculator
See also: Transfer fee · Overprice · Clearance letter
Transfer fee رسوم التنازل
What the developer charges to move a contract to a new buyer. It differs by developer: a share of the original contract price, a share of today's price, or a fixed amount.
Example: A developer that charges 5% of the original price takes 250,000 EGP on a 5,000,000 EGP contract.
Source: Developers' transfer terms held by AqarTrust, each with its source and date (see the transfer guide of each developer) · checked October 2026
Transfer fee calculator · Transfer guides by developer
See also: Contract transfer · Down payment
Overprice أوفر برايس
What a seller asks above what they have paid the developer. On AqarTrust a contract-transfer listing cannot ask more than the seller has paid, so the overprice is zero.
Example: Paid 1,500,000 EGP: the listing may ask up to 1,500,000 EGP, never 1,800,000.
Source: AqarTrust's listing rule for contract transfers (How AqarTrust works) · checked October 2026
How AqarTrust works
See also: Contract transfer · Remaining
Down payment مقدم
The first payment on a plan, paid at signing. Its size is each developer's choice; the rest follows in instalments.
Example: A 5,000,000 EGP unit with 10% down: 500,000 EGP at signing, then the plan.
How the word is used in the market and on AqarTrust; no fact is claimed.
See also: Instalments · Reservation
Instalments تقسيط / أقساط
Paying the price in parts over years: monthly, every three months, every six months or yearly. The amounts are fixed in the contract in pounds.
Example: 3,500,000 EGP left over 5 years, paid every 3 months, is 20 instalments of 175,000 EGP.
How the word is used in the market and on AqarTrust; no fact is claimed.
Cash-equivalent price
See also: Down payment · Cash · Remaining
Cash كاش
Paying the whole price at once. A developer may quote a lower cash price than the sum of an instalment plan, because later instalments are worth less than money today.
Example: A unit at 5,000,000 EGP on a 7-year plan offered at 4,000,000 EGP cash.
How the word is used in the market and on AqarTrust; no fact is claimed.
Cash-equivalent price
See also: Instalments · Early settlement
Early settlement سداد مبكر
Paying the remaining instalments before they are due. Whether it is worth it depends on the discount the developer gives against the return your money could earn meanwhile.
Example: With 3,500,000 EGP left, a 10% discount for paying now is worth taking only if keeping the plan costs more than 3,150,000 EGP in today's money.
How the word is used in the market and on AqarTrust; no fact is claimed.
Early settlement calculator
See also: Cash · Instalments
Handover استلام / تسليم
The developer delivers the unit and the buyer receives it (the developer "delivers", تسليم; the buyer "receives", استلام). A promised delivery date and the date it actually happens can differ, and a unit may be handed over before it is finished.
Example: Delivery promised for June 2027; the buyer receives the keys in 2028.
How the word is used in the market and on AqarTrust; no fact is claimed.
Guides to the places
See also: Off-plan · Finishing
Preliminary contract عقد ابتدائي
The contract signed with the developer or seller before the sale is registered. It binds the parties but does not make the buyer the registered owner.
Example: You hold a preliminary contract from the developer; the title deed comes after registration.
How the word is used in the market and on AqarTrust; no fact is claimed.
Buying a contract, step by step
See also: Registration · Contract transfer
Registration تسجيل / شهر عقاري
Recording the sale at the Real Estate Registry (الشهر العقاري). In Egypt ownership of real estate passes to the buyer by registration.
Example: The buyer registers the contract with the Registry once the developer allows it.
Source: Law No. 114 of 1946 on real-estate registration (قانون تنظيم الشهر العقاري), Egypt · checked October 2026
How we verify
See also: Preliminary contract · Handover
Clearance letter مخالصة
A letter from the developer confirming what the contract has paid so far and that nothing is overdue. A developer may ask for it before it consents to a transfer.
Example: The seller asks the developer for a clearance showing 1,500,000 EGP paid and no late instalments.
How the word is used in the market and on AqarTrust; no fact is claimed.
Buying a contract, step by step
See also: Contract transfer · Remaining
Off-plan على الخارطة
Buying a unit that is not built yet, from the developer's launch, on its price list and plan.
Example: A phase launched in 2026 for delivery in 2030.
How the word is used in the market and on AqarTrust; no fact is claimed.
See also: Handover · Resale
Resale ريسيل
Buying a unit from an owner rather than from the developer. It may be a finished unit, or a unit still in instalments.
Example: A delivered apartment sold by its first owner.
How the word is used in the market and on AqarTrust; no fact is claimed.
See also: Off-plan · Contract transfer
Finishing تشطيب
How complete the unit is on delivery: core and shell (walls and services only), semi-finished, fully finished, or furnished.
Example: Core and shell means you pay for floors, paint, kitchen and bathrooms yourself.
How the word is used in the market and on AqarTrust; no fact is claimed.
See also: Handover
Maintenance deposit وديعة الصيانة
A deposit a developer may ask for at handover to run the compound's shared services. The amount and the terms are the developer's and are written in the contract.
Example: Check in your contract whether it is due before or at handover, and whether it is refundable.
How the word is used in the market and on AqarTrust; no fact is claimed.
See also: Handover
Reservation حجز / جدية الحجز
A small first payment that holds a unit while the contract is prepared. Ask in writing whether it is refundable and until when.
Example: 50,000 EGP to hold the unit for 14 days.
How the word is used in the market and on AqarTrust; no fact is claimed.
See also: Down payment
Price per m² سعر المتر
The price of a unit divided by its area. On AqarTrust the figure counts what the seller asks plus the instalments still owed to the developer, so contracts at different stages compare fairly.
Example: Asking 1,500,000 EGP plus 3,500,000 EGP still owed, on 100 m²: 50,000 EGP per m².
Source: How AqarTrust works out the price per m² (area pages and guides show the n behind each median) · checked October 2026
Guides to the places
See also: Remaining
Remaining المتبقي
What is still owed to the developer under the contract. A buyer of a contract transfer pays the seller and then continues paying this.
Example: 3,500,000 EGP left to pay on a 5,000,000 EGP contract.
How the word is used in the market and on AqarTrust; no fact is claimed.
Buyer's total cost
See also: Instalments · Overprice · Price per m²
Definitions are general, not legal advice. Your contract and the developer's own terms decide.