What the job pays
Everyone publishes the ceiling. Almost nobody publishes the floor, the timing, or the costs that come out of the number before it reaches you. Those three are what decide whether a split is good.
The short answer
A Dubai agent's take home depends on four things, not one: the commission split, when it is paid relative to transfer, who covers portal and marketing costs, and whether there is a base salary underneath. A high split paid ninety days late with portal fees deducted can be worth less than a lower one paid on transfer.
Questions about this
The ones that come up most often, answered without a pitch.
A commission split is the share of a transaction's commission that a brokerage passes to an agent. Compare the percentage with the amount it applies to, any proposed deductions, the payment trigger and any salary or draw. Read these terms together when comparing offers.
Your first-year earnings cannot be predicted from a headline commission percentage. Compare the split, any proposed deductions, when payment is due and any salary or draw. Plan for a period with no commission, using your own living and work costs.
Neither, as a rule. Off plan commission is paid by the developer and often tied to construction or payment milestones, so it arrives later and can be clawed back if the buyer defaults. Secondary commission is agreed with the client and settles around transfer.
Three kinds: government licensing fees, which are published and fixed; firm costs such as portal credits and marketing, which vary and are often negotiable; and personal running costs such as transport and phone.
Written by House Of Orange, a licensed Dubai brokerage that also recruits agents
House Of Orange Real Estate is a licensed Dubai brokerage, ORN 49865. We publish this because we recruit, and we would rather you put the questions on these pages to us than take our word for anything. If a firm cannot answer them, that is the answer.