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RERA licensed brokerage
Most Dubai brokers compete on charm. We compete on transparency. RERA-licensed (BRN 1573501), DLD broker card 92025, scoring methodology open-published, no paid placements. We handle off-plan, resale, mortgage referral, KYC, and DLD transfer end-to-end, with one named broker on every transaction.
RERA BRN 1573501. DLD broker card 92025. Named broker, Javier Sanz Alvarez.
RERA, the Real Estate Regulatory Agency, is the regulator inside the Dubai Land Department. A brokerage is licensed when it holds an Office Registration Number (ORN) and each agent holds a Broker Number (BRN). Oliva operates under BRN 1573501. Every property we advertise is covered by a Trakheesi permit issued for that listing, which is the Dubai equivalent of a marketing license. If a broker cannot show a Trakheesi permit, the listing is not legal to advertise.
Read the full license breakdown on our trust page.
The team behind Oliva is based primarily in Madrid. We disclose this because it affects how we work. Most of our deals close without a single in-person meeting: video calls for project walk-throughs, WhatsApp for daily updates, and signed Power of Attorney for the closing visit. Our partner network in Dubai handles handover and key collection.
For buyers who prefer face-to-face, our Dubai office at Ontario Tower receives walk-ins by appointment.
Every project on Oliva is scored across 6 dimensions and 97 metrics. We use DLD transaction history, developer delivery records, and community-level supply data. No paid placements, no preferred-developer ranking.
Read the methodologyWe cover all freehold zones inside the Dubai municipality boundary, a 50 km radius from Downtown.
The standard Dubai broker commission is 2 percent of the purchase price. On a resale property the buyer pays this commission to the licensed broker that represented them. On off-plan, the developer pays the broker commission, so the buyer pays no broker fee at all. That is the framework every RERA broker works inside.
What broker fees do not include: the DLD 4 percent transfer fee, the Oqood off-plan registration fee, the NOC fee charged by the developer on resale, and the trustee office fee at handover. A transparent broker itemises these separately before you sign the Form F.
For off-plan transactions, your payments flow into a developer escrow account approved by RERA. Funds are only released to the developer when construction milestones are verified by the Dubai Land Department. The escrow account is the buyer-protection mechanism behind every off-plan project we advertise.
Before you sign a Form A or Form F with any property agent in Dubai, run through this checklist.
A licensed broker is the start of the relationship, not the end. After handover, owners typically need Dubai property management for short-term or long-term let, plus Ejari registration, service-charge handling, and tenant placement. We refer clients to vetted Dubai property management partners and stay involved through the first letting cycle.
For resale planning we keep your file warm: the same named broker that closed your purchase handles the resale years later, with full transaction history on hand.
Yes. Oliva holds RERA Broker Number 1573501, issued by the Real Estate Regulatory Agency of the Dubai Land Department. Every project we list is covered by a Trakheesi advertising permit.
Oliva operates a registered Dubai brokerage from Ontario Tower, C1801, Business Bay. The founding team works between Madrid and Dubai. We disclose this openly because it affects how international buyers reach us, by video call, WhatsApp, and email rather than walk-ins.
We earn the standard developer commission paid by the seller at handover. There are no paid placements on the platform. Project rankings come from data, not commission rates.
All freehold areas open to foreign ownership inside the Dubai municipality boundary, roughly a 50 km radius from Downtown. That covers the Marina, Palm Jumeirah, Downtown, Business Bay, JVC, JVT, Dubai Hills, Creek Harbour, Meydan, and the wider master-planned communities.
Most Dubai brokers earn higher commissions on certain projects and rank listings accordingly. Oliva ranks projects with a published methodology, 6 dimensions and 97 metrics, scored against DLD transaction data. The methodology is public and version-controlled.
Trakheesi is the Dubai Land Department permit system that authorises a licensed broker to advertise a specific property or off-plan project. Every listing on Oliva references a Trakheesi advertising permit. If a property agent in Dubai cannot show one, the listing is not legally advertised.
On resale, the standard Dubai broker commission is 2 percent of the purchase price, paid by the buyer at transfer. On off-plan, the developer typically pays the broker commission, so the buyer pays no broker fee. Dubai broker fees do not include the DLD 4 percent transfer fee, Oqood registration, or NOC charges.
For off-plan property, RERA requires each project to be funded through a developer escrow account held at an approved bank. Buyer instalments are released to the developer only against construction milestones verified by the DLD. The escrow account is the buyer-protection mechanism behind every Trakheesi permitted off-plan launch.
On off-plan, the developer pays the broker commission, so you pay only the developer payment plan and DLD fees. On resale, the buyer pays the 2 percent commission to the brokerage that represented them. Either way, Oliva discloses who pays whom before you sign.
Same RERA 2 percent commission as everyone else. The difference is what we do for it. First viewing within 48 hours of an intro call.