Dubai RERA Broker Licensing & the Brokers Register question: Palm Jumeirah owner separately signs non-exclusive agreements

Dubai RERABroker Licensing & the Brokers Register

A Palm Jumeirah owner separately signs non-exclusive agreements with three brokerages to sell her villa. The agreements say nothing about expenses. Only Brokerage C introduces the buyer who completes. How is remuneration dealt with?

A Brokerage C alone is entitled to the whole remuneration; the other two receive nothing
B Brokerage C is paid its fee and the other two recover their documented marketing costs
C Each of the three brokerages is entitled to its own full fee under its own agreement
D The agreed remuneration is divided equally between the three brokerages that listed

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Answer: A. Brokerage C alone is entitled to the whole remuneration; the other two receive nothing

Article 32 of Bylaw No. 85 of 2006 provides that where one party engages several brokers severally on one matter and only one succeeds, that broker is exclusively entitled to the whole remuneration. The unsuccessful brokerages cannot recover expenses either, because Article 30 denies compensation and costs where their efforts did not lead to a contract, unless the agreement provides otherwise, and these agreements are silent. Equal division is the Article 31 rule for brokers acting together, not for brokers engaged separately. Source: Bylaw No. (85) of 2006, Arts. 30-32 (in force 12 Oct 2026).

Common mistake

Applying the Article 31 sharing rule to brokers who were engaged separately rather than together.

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