DLD Broker Exam Study Guide: 8 guides

A study guide for the DLD broker exam: exam format, maths, Forms A/B/F and Trakheesi, rental law, off-plan and escrow, valuation, ethics and DLD fees. The open version of the guides Continental Club brokers prepare with.

• DLD Broker Exam: Format and PreparationThe state exam for the RERA Broker Card is taken online in the DLD system: 30 questions in 60 minutes, 4 points each, maximum 120. The passing score is 76 out of 120, i.e. 19 correct answers. The result is visible immedi…
• Broker Mathematics: formulas, worked examples, pitfallsMathematics in the DLD exam and in practice consists of two dozen recurring types of problems. Almost all mistakes occur not because of arithmetic, but because of the condition: the wrong percentage base (sale or listing…
• Contracts A/B/F, Dubai REST, Trakheesi and advertising rules: what DLD requiresDLD requires a broker to work through electronic “smart” contracts: A (seller — broker, the advertising permit is based on it), B (buyer — broker, “agreement of desire to purchase”), F (seller — buyer, created by the sel…
• Rentals under Dubai law: renewal, eviction, increases, disputesRentals in Dubai are governed by Law No. 26/2007 (as amended by Law No. 33/2008), Decree No. 43/2013 (the cap on rent increases according to the index) and Decree No. 26/2013 (Rent Disputes Centre, RDC). The key figures…
• Off-plan, escrow and jointly owned property: what the law saysSales of under-construction housing in Dubai are governed by four laws. Law No. 13/2008 (as amended by Laws No. 9/2009 and 19/2020) requires off-plan transactions to be entered in the Interim Register (Oqood) — without a…
• Valuation and market concepts for the exam: approaches, CMA, definitionsIn the Property Valuation and Real Estate Concepts and Systems sections, the DLD exam tests not market intuition but academic definitions and the choice of the “correct” approach: sales comparison / CMA for ordinary prop…
• Broker Ethics and Duties: Official RERA Code, Bylaw 85/2006 and the ExamThe main source on ethics is the official Dubai Brokers Code of Ethics (RERA / Land Department): 11 principles that a broker signs as an undertaking, and the DLD “Ethics in Real Estate” page with 10 examples of violation…
• DLD, trustee and other fees: tableThe basis is Executive Council Resolution 30/2013 (ECR 30/2013, DLD fee schedule) and DLD e-services pages, checked on 13.10.2026: sale 4% (under ECR 30/2013 the parties share it equally, 2% + 2%, unless agreed otherwise…
• Dubai real estate glossary