About KRG Property
An independent advisory, on the buyer’s side
Project intelligence and buyer representation across Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Duhok, built on published data, a stated method and disclosed fees.
- Developments benchmarked
- 26
- Data last reviewed
- November 2026
- Cities
- 3
- Erbil · Sulaymaniyah · Duhok
- Government affiliation
- None
- Private firm
KRG Property is a private real estate advisory for people buying, leasing or selling property in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Duhok. We work on the buyer’s side of the table: the questions we answer are what a unit really costs, what title you will hold, and what it will earn after the compound takes its share.
Who we work for
- Kurdish and Iraqi diaspora buyers in the UK, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, the US and Canada, buying a family home or a USD-yielding apartment without flying in blind.
- International and regional USD investors from Baghdad, Basra, the Gulf, Turkey and Jordan comparing delivered compounds, towers and off-plan masterplans.
- Foreign nationals buying residential units of $50,000 or more to support a KRG residency permit.
- Corporate, diplomatic, NGO and energy-sector teams relocating staff into vetted gated villas or leasing Grade-A offices in Erbil.
Independence
KRG Property is an independent private real estate advisory and brokerage referral firm. We are not affiliated with any ministry, municipality, or Real Estate Registration (Tapu) Directorate of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
We do not sell any development as its developer’s agent of record, and no developer can buy a better position in our directory or a softer line in our analysis. Every dossier carries a “who should look elsewhere” column, because a buyer who walks away from the wrong project is worth more to us than a commission on it.
Research methodology
The benchmark behind the directory, the dossiers and the calculators covers 26 master-planned developments: 20 in Erbil, 4 in Sulaymaniyah and 2 in Duhok. It was last reviewed in November 2026. Each figure has one source and one treatment:
| Figure | Source | How we treat it |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price band (USD) | Developer price lists, partner brokerage listings, recorded resale transactions | Shown as a range across current stock; a trailing + marks an open top end. Never reduced to a single midpoint. |
| Monthly rent band | Partner leasing records and live listings | Gross asking-to-achieved range for the typical unit mix; corporate leases noted separately. |
| Gross yield | Published bands for 10 projects; derived for the rest | Derived yields divide the annual rent band by the price band and are labelled “est.”. Always gross: before fees, vacancy and tax. |
| Reference $ / m² | One KRG Property reference unit per project, inside the published price band | Price ÷ gross area. Used to compare projects on one basis and as the calculator preset; indicative, not a quote. |
| Service fee | Developer and compound management schedules, owner statements | Monthly USD range; IQD shown as a secondary caption where billed in dinars. |
| Title status | Developer documentation and transaction records | Mapped to three badges (Independent Tapu Developer Contract Off-Plan Installments). Where the record is unclear (12 projects) we show no badge and verify per unit. |
| Statutory figures | Tapu Directorate practice, Investment Law No. 4 of 2006, residency directorate requirements | ~3% Tapu benchmark, $50,000 residency threshold and 10% rental tax are stated as benchmarks with a note on how they vary in practice. |
Three rules run through everything we publish. Ranges stay ranges. A projection is labelled as a projection, and we never print a capital growth figure. And when the record does not settle a question, such as the title track of a delivered tower, we say “verify per unit” rather than guess.
How referrals and co-broking work
Kurdistan property runs on USD cash and developer installment plans rather than mortgages, and fees follow the deal type. We publish how we are paid so you can judge our advice against it:
| Deal type | Market fee | Who pays | Our share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New developer (off-plan) sale | 2% – 5% of price | Developer, from its marketing allocation; 0% to the buyer | A disclosed split of the agency commission |
| Secondary resale | 1% – 3% of price | Customarily 1% – 2% from the buyer and/or seller | A disclosed co-broking split with the partner agency |
| Corporate, NGO & expat lease | 1 month’s rent | Usually the tenant or employer | A disclosed split with the leasing partner |
| Property management | 1 month’s rent per year | Landlord | A handover fee from the management partner |
| Conveyancing, NOC & Embassy POA work | $500 – $2,500 fixed retainer | Client, to the law firm | An introduction fee from the law firm |
Partner agencies and law firms we refer to agree to five standards: a valid licence to operate in the Kurdistan Region; every fee in writing before a viewing or engagement; no undisclosed dual representation of buyer and seller; title and NOC checks before any deposit is requested; and client money handled only through developer treasuries, banks or the client’s own representative.
What we are not
We are not a law firm, a bank, a government office or a developer. Nothing on this site is legal, tax or financial advice. Figures are benchmarks for comparison and change with the market; confirm every price, fee and title status in writing for the specific unit before you commit. See our privacy policy and terms.
Photography credits
City and corridor photographs show the real Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Duhok. Any image of a villa, tower or interior inside a development dossier is a typology reference and is captioned as such; we never present a stock image as a named project.
| Image | Photographer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Erbil skyline above a city park with cable cars and residential towers at sunset | Dextar Studio ™ | Pexels |
| Erbil park and low-rise skyline under cable cars at dusk | Dextar Studio ™ | Pexels |
| Modern residential towers in Erbil seen from street level | Mohammed Barzinjee | Pexels |
| Contemporary high-rise residential complex beside a ring road in Erbil | Mohammed Barzinjee | Pexels |
| Residential towers under construction with cranes in Erbil | Dextar Studio ™ | Pexels |
| Sulaymaniyah apartment communities seen from the Goizha foothills | Ahmed Yusuf | Pexels |
| Mountain ridge wrapped in low cloud near Sulaymaniyah | Ahmed Yusuf | Pexels |
| Town at the foot of a snow-capped mountain in Duhok Governorate | Diyar Shahbaz | Pexels |
| Stone-clad contemporary villa with lit pool at dusk | Ahmet ÇÖTÜR | Pexels |
| Stone and timber-pergola villa with garden path and pool on a hillside | Realtor Türkiye | Pexels |
| Single-storey stone villa with glass doors and lawn terrace below green hills | Ahmet ÇÖTÜR | Pexels |
| Top-down aerial of a gated villa compound bordered by golf fairways | Ahmed Bahaa | Pexels |
| Two stone-coloured residential tower facades with sunlight between them | Shuaizhi Tian | Pexels |
| Curved balcony facade detail of a modern residential tower | Jennifer Latham | Pexels |
| Bright apartment living room with marble floor and floor-to-ceiling glass | Zak Chapman | Pexels |
| Furnished apartment sofa detail beside a tower window | AJ Ahamad | Pexels |
| Double-height villa lounge with marble floor and stacked-stone feature wall | Max Vakhtbovych | Pexels |
| Villa kitchen with white island, marble floor and garden-facing glass | Aleksandar Petrov | Pexels |
| Office building facade with one lit open-plan floor at dusk | Egor Komarov | Pexels |
| Fitted Grade-A office floor with glass partitions and concrete columns | Mike van Schoonderwalt | Pexels |
| Aerial of a lakeside villa community in Dubai | Ayrat | Pexels |
| Apartment armchairs facing Dubai canal-side towers | KAILAS PRASAD | Pexels |
| Keys handed across a table at a property closing | Pavel Danilyuk | Pexels |
| Video: Aerial drift past the Divan Erbil tower with the Sami Abdulrahman Park tree canopy behind, Erbil Golden Zone | Ram Sherwani | Pexels |
| Video: Aerial of a dense Kurdistan Region city and urban highway in a mountain-ringed valley | Haron Mziri | Pexels |
Frequently asked questions
Is KRG Property part of the Kurdistan Regional Government?
No. KRG Property is an independent private real estate advisory and brokerage referral firm. We are not affiliated with any ministry, municipality, or Real Estate Registration (Tapu) Directorate of the Kurdistan Regional Government. “KRG” in our name refers to the region, the way buyers search for it, not to the government.
How does KRG Property make money?
Through disclosed referral fees: a share of the commission a developer or partner brokerage earns when a client we introduce buys or leases, and introduction fees from licensed law firms for conveyancing work. We tell you, in writing, who pays whom before you commit.
How often is the benchmark data updated?
The dataset carries the month it was last reviewed, currently November 2026. We revise a project when developer price lists, resale evidence or service charges move materially, and the month on every methodology note changes only when we actually review the data.
Do you give legal advice?
No. Our guides explain how title, transfer and residency procedures generally work. For a specific purchase we introduce you to licensed Kurdistan Region lawyers, and you should rely on their written advice.
Private consultation
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Ask about a project, a title, a residency purchase or a corporate lease. We reply within one working day.
