Guides / A2A agreements explained
An agent-to-agent agreement is the contract between two brokerages that are co-broking a deal. It records who is cooperating and how the commission is split. It is the single best protection against being cut out.
When two brokerages work the same deal, one with the property and one with the client, they need something in writing between them. That document is the agent-to-agent agreement, usually shortened to A2A. In Dubai it is the standard RERA form known as Form I, submitted through the Trakheesi system.
It is separate from the agreements each broker has with their own client. Form A ties the owner to the listing broker. Form B ties the buyer to their broker. Form I ties the two brokers to each other.
A typical A2A records the two brokerages involved, the property in question, the agreed commission split between them, and the terms of the cooperation. In short, it answers the question that causes most fallings-out: who gets what when this closes.
Before the introduction. This is the whole point. The moment of risk is when one broker hands over a client or the details of a property on trust. If the split is only agreed verbally, the broker who introduced can find themselves squeezed out once the deal is real. Signing Form I first removes the argument before it can start.
The A2A is the paperwork that makes a co-broke safe, and it is where the commission split is actually recorded. If you are new to this, read how co-broking works end to end, then how splits are usually structured, and the A2A is the form that ties the two together.
The Broker Feed is where brokers find the stock and the partners to co-broke with in the first place. You connect with brokers you trust, share your listings, and agree your terms before you introduce anyone, with the A2A doing the formal work on the Dubai side.
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