Guides / Commission splits between agents
When two brokers share a deal, they share the fee. The split is a matter of agreement, not a fixed rule, so the only real mistake is leaving it vague. Here is how it usually works in the UAE.
On a sale, commission is typically paid on completion and calculated as a percentage of the sale price. Two per cent per side is the common reference point in Dubai, but it is negotiable and some deals settle lower or higher. On a rental, the fee is usually a percentage of the annual rent.
The important point for co-broking is not the headline rate. It is how the total fee is divided between the two brokers who made the deal happen.
Fifty-fifty of the total. The most common co-broke split. The whole commission is pooled and divided equally between the listing side and the side that brought the buyer. Simple and easy to defend.
Each side bills its own client. The listing broker charges the seller, the buyer's broker charges the buyer, and each keeps their own fee. This works where both sides have a signed fee agreement with their own client.
A negotiated split. Any other division the two brokers agree, for example where one side did far more of the work. Whatever you agree, write it down.
Disputes almost always come from the same place: nothing was agreed in writing before the client was shared. One broker introduces a buyer on trust, the deal closes, and then the numbers are argued over. By then everyone feels hard done by.
The fix is dull but reliable. Agree the split, in writing, before the introduction. In Dubai that is the agent-to-agent agreement, Form I.
On The Broker Feed you co-broke with brokers you have chosen to connect with, and you agree the split up front as part of sharing the stock. The network keeps the cooperation open, so you are not relying on a verbal promise made in a hurry.
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