What is 代理关系?
一方（代理人）被授权代表另一方（委托人）行事的法律关系。在迪拜房产市场，持牌经纪人须遵守RERA规定，签署Form A（独家委托）或Form B（买家代理）等标准合同。
Description
Agency is the fiduciary relationship between a real estate professional (the agent) and their client (the principal, either a buyer or seller). The agent is legally authorized to represent the principal's interests in property transactions. This relationship creates specific duties including loyalty, disclosure, confidentiality, obedience, and accountability.
Seller's agency: The agent represents the seller's interests and owes fiduciary duties to the seller.
Buyer's agency: The agent represents the buyer and advocates for the buyer's interests.
Dual agency: One agent represents both buyer and seller, which creates potential conflicts of interest.
In Dubai, real estate agents must be registered with RERA and hold a valid broker's license (BRN, Broker Registration Number). Agency relationships are regulated under RERA's Code of Conduct. Dual agency is common in Dubai's market, where a single agent often facilitates both sides of a transaction. RERA's regulations require agents to disclose any conflicts of interest. The standard commission is 2% of the sale price, typically paid by the seller but sometimes shared or paid by the buyer by agreement.
How to interpret
The key investor protection in an agency relationship is understanding who the agent actually represents. In Dubai's common practice of dual agency, the same agent may be working with both you and the other party. This is legal but creates potential conflicts of interest. An agent representing both buyer and seller cannot fully advocate for the price and terms most favorable to either party.
When hiring an agent to find you a property, confirm in writing whether they will be acting exclusively as your buyer's agent or whether they also represent sellers. If they are working with both sides, they have a financial incentive to close the deal at whatever terms get both parties to sign, rather than achieving the best possible terms for you specifically.
迪拜市场背景
RERA regulates agency relationships through the Agent Code of Conduct and requires all agents to hold a valid broker registration number (BRN). You can verify any agent's license through the Dubai REST app or the DLD website. An unlicensed agent cannot legally collect commissions or represent you in a DLD transaction.
Dubai's agency market has consolidated around large brokerages (Betterhomes, Haus & Haus, Allsopp & Allsopp, fäm Properties), alongside thousands of smaller operations. Larger agencies typically have more internal compliance controls, more consistent service standards, and clearer agency relationship documentation. The RERA-mandated Form A (seller listing agreement) and Form B (buyer agency agreement) provide standard frameworks for documenting the relationship.
Frequently asked questions
A legal relationship in which one party (the agent) is authorized to act on behalf of another party (the principal) in real estate transactions, creating fiduciary duties of loyalty and care.
Agency is the fiduciary relationship between a real estate professional (the agent) and their client (the principal, either a buyer or seller). The agent is legally authorized to represent the principal's interests in property transactions.
The key investor protection in an agency relationship is understanding who the agent actually represents. In Dubai's common practice of dual agency, the same agent may be working with both you and the other party.
RERA regulates agency relationships through the Agent Code of Conduct and requires all agents to hold a valid broker registration number (BRN). You can verify any agent's license through the Dubai REST app or the DLD website.
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RERA's regulations require agents to disclose any conflicts of interest. The standard commission is 2% of the sale price, typically paid by the seller but sometimes shared or paid by the buyer by agreement.
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