The Real Estate Regulatory Agency was established as a result of a law issued by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, in 2007. Supported by the Dubai Land Department, RERA plays a key and executive role in the regulation of Dubai’s real estate scene.

Despite being a young entity and with the help of qualified national employees, the RERA has managed to register all real estate development and brokerage companies in the emirate. An arm of the Dubai Land Department, RERA is responsible for regulating the real estate sector, helping in formulating sector’s strategies, regulating the activities of companies & etc. The Agency also issues the rules and regulations that qualify activities of brokerage, lease contract registration and certification, as well as issues license for real estate development entities. In order to do this, RERA has set a legislative framework that regulates the relation between the different contractual parties, guaranteeing their rights and establishing their duties and commitments through legislations in force. Precise mechanisms and regulations were put in place to regulate investment activities in the sector in the way that achieves highest returns.