Dubai RERA Real Estate Broker Exam (DREI)

The RERA exam in Dubai: what it is and how to prepare

The RERA exam is the Dubai Land Department (DLD) broker exam. Unless one of DLD’s three listed exemptions applies, you must pass it before DLD issues your broker card, and DLD’s card renewal service also requires a passed annual test, unless an exemption it lists applies. The card is applied for through your agency’s Trakheesi account, under the agency’s real estate licence.

Fee and pass mark. DLD lists the broker exam fee as AED 700 plus a AED 10 knowledge fee and a AED 10 innovation fee: AED 720 in all. The only official pass mark we found is in RERA Circular 31/2014, which set a minimum score of 85% for the initial licensing and annual renewal exams. We found no official question count or exam length.

What the questions cover. DLD publishes no exam syllabus that we found. RERA’s 2024 Brokerage Practice Guide covers the Brokers Register (Bylaw No. (85) of 2006), the ten ethics, contracts A, B and F, Trakheesi permits and off-plan marketing, and prints sample questions under “Real Estate Mathematics” and “Laws and Legislation”. Our practice groups the laws into eight areas: land registration, escrow, rent and the rental index, the Brokers Register, ethics and conduct, DLD contracts, Ejari and Oqood, and commission and anti-money laundering.

How to prepare. Start with 4 free questions in our practice player; each answer is explained with the law behind it. Then take one law area a day and finish with timed full mocks: our 14-day plan does that in about 75 minutes a day on average. The questions are our own, written from the current laws; none is a recalled or official exam question.

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Who has to sit the RERA exam?

Anyone applying for a Dubai broker card, unless DLD lists them as exempt: people over 55, brokers with 5 consecutive years in the same real estate office, and start-up licence holders. More in the RERA exam format and fee guide.

How much is the RERA exam fee?

DLD lists AED 700 plus a AED 10 knowledge fee and a AED 10 innovation fee: AED 720. The broker card is a separate AED 500 plus the same two fees, and DLD also lists an ERES fee of AED 50 plus VAT. The full fee table is in the format, fee and pass mark guide.

What is the pass mark?

RERA Circular 31/2014, listed on DLD’s rules and regulations page, set a minimum score of 85% for the initial licensing and annual renewal exams from 1 April 2015. DLD’s e-service pages state no pass mark. See what the sources say about the pass mark.

What topics does the RERA exam cover?

We found no published DLD syllabus. Our practice covers eight areas from the laws and RERA’s 2024 Brokerage Practice Guide: land registration, escrow, rent and the rental index, the Brokers Register, ethics and conduct, DLD contracts, Ejari and Oqood, and commission and anti-money laundering. See RERA exam questions and answers by topic.

How do I book the RERA exam?

The broker card application goes through your agency’s Trakheesi account, under its real estate licence. The DLD sources we read do not explain how sittings are booked or when they are held, so ask your agency’s Trakheesi administrator. The steps we could confirm are in the registration section of the format guide.

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