- What is Trakheesi
- Real Estate Permits for Advertisements
- Generating Trakheesi Permit Number to Advertise on Bayut/Dubizzle
- Real Estate Licence For Agencies
- Applying For Real Estate Licence Via Trakheesi
- Broker E-Cards
- Frequently Asked Questions
Trakheesi is an online portal managed by the Dubai Land Department (DLD) that offers a number of important services to real estate brokers and other Dubai professionals. Let’s go through the Trakheesi system in detail.
What is The Trakheesi System
The Trakheesi system in Dubai is a smart system that allows all real estate brokers working in the city to complete their transactions through the official Department’s (DLD’s) website, without the need to visit the Land Department offices. To put it simply, all real estate agents must know about Trakheesi and know how to generate a Trakheesi permit in case they wish to list their properties advertisements.
Trakheesi Services in Dubai
DLD launched the Trakheesi system in Dubai to provide real estate services including:
- Real estate permits for advertising
- Real estate licences for agencies
- Ecards to realtors and brokers
DLD aims to regulate and streamline the real estate procedures and transactions for professionals in the industry. The Trakheesi system offers the following services to real estate professionals in Dubai.
Real Estate Permits in Dubai
It is mandatory to procure permits for real estate advertisements in the Emirate. The Trakheesi system allows brokers and other real estate professionals to obtain permits also known as the Trakheesi permit.
This permit is necessary to advertise on different sources such as SMS, newspaper, billboards, outdoor platforms and classified advertisements including Bayut and Dubizzle.
The permit ensures all properties advertised are sold or leased with the owner’s legal permission.
The Trakheesi permit is necessary to advertise on the following mediums:
- Newspaper Advertisement – The fee for this permit is AED 1020 per year.
- Printed Advertisement – The fee for this permit is AED 1020 per year.
- Real Estate Promotional Stand – The fee for this permit is AED 1020 per year.
- Vehicle Advertisement – The fee for this permit is AED 1020 per year,
- Advertisements by SMS – The fee for this permit is AED 1020 per year.
- Promotional Campaign – The fee for this permit is AED 1020 per year.
- Promotional Stand – The fee for this permit is AED 1020 per year.
- Launching Real Estate Projects – The fee for this permit is AED 5020.
- Open Day – The fee for open day advertisement is AED 1020 per year.
- Real Estate Seminar Permit – The fee for this permit is AED 1020 per year.
- Advertising Boards – The fee for this permit is AED 84 per month or AED 1020 per year.
- Electronic Advertisement – The fee for this permit is AED 84 per month or AED 1020 per year.
- Classified Advertisement – The fee for this permit is AED 84 per month or AED 1020 per year. (A Trakheesi permit is necessary to advertise on Dubizzle and Bayut)
The Trakheesi permit helps restrict duplicate, scam or false real estate advertisements in Dubai.
How to apply for a Real Estate Advertisement Permit via Trakheesi System in Dubai
Realtors can apply for advertisement permits of various kinds via Trakheesi Dubai. These include both newspaper and electronic classifieds. You can also procure property advertisements on different property portals via Trakheesi Dubai.
Here are the steps to obtain legal permits for real estate advertising in Dubai:
- Login to your Trakheesi account
- Choose ‘apply to permit’ under the ‘licence’ tab
- Fill in the required information and upload the necessary documents
- You will receive the permit within two working days if all the requirements are complete
The documents required for real estate advertisement permits usually include RERA form A, the title deed and a copy of the advertising form in Arabic. However, depending on the permit type, additional documents may be required. You can find the list of documents when applying for the permit on the website.
How to Generate Trakheesi Permit Number to Advertise on Bayut and Dubizzle
A Trakheesi permit number is necessary to list properties on the Bayut or dubizzle property portal. The permit number is the number obtained from the permit.
Let’s go through the process of generating a Trakheesi permit:
Step One: You need to apply for a Trakheesi permit via an advertising format. Go to the listing management systems for Bayut Profolio™ or Brokerpad CMS system to generate the format. Then, make a new listing draft and add relevant information pertaining to the property. To put it simply, you need to create a title, add in a description and add in photographs. Once done, you will be able to view the advertising form.
Moreover, another necessary requirement is a marketing contract from the owner. This is an NOC from the legal owner or a Form A from the Dubai Land Department.
Step Two: Go to your Trakheesi log in and register. Real estate professionals usually register as ‘Business Owner’.
Step Three: Click on the ‘Trakheesi’ icon to view the Trakheesi dashboard.
Step Four: There are four options on the Trakheesi website. Let’s go through them in detail:
- Licence: Evident from its name, this is to view the real estate agency’s DLD licence.
- Permit: This is to apply for a Trakheesi permit for the purpose of real estate advertising.
- Warning: This is to see all the warnings that have been issued
- Fines: This is to view all the fines issued to the real estate agency
Step Five: The Permit page has a table with details of all the previously approved Trakheesi permits.
Click on the ‘Add Property’ button– this opens a dialogue box displaying five types of properties including Land, Project, Building, Villa and Unit.
Choose the type of property you want to advertise, and fill in the necessary information including the area, the building name, the land number, the unit number and municipality number.
Note: All this information can be found in the property’s title deed
After typing in the building’s name, you will see a drop-down menu displaying a list of properties with similar names. Choose your building, and click on search.
Now, you will see another section asking for more information. Fill in the necessary information, including the Purpose – rent or sale, the Price from and Price To, amenities (this is optional) and Project number (this is only needed when applying for a Trakheesi permit).
Once done, click on the ‘save’ button appearing at the bottom of the dialogue box.
Generally, there is no ‘auto approval’ enabled option for the Trakheesi permit applications. You can see the property’s name right on top of the table on the Permits page instantly. Moreover, you can find the Trakheesi number under the ‘Permit #’ column of the property you added.
Step 6: Go to the draft of your property listing on Profolio™ or Brokerpad. Add the Trakheesi number. Once done, you are closer to having your listing live on dubizzle or Bayut.
Real Estate Licence in Dubai
The Dubai government has made it mandatory for real estate companies to obtain a real estate licence to operate in the city. If you wish to start consultancy or set up a brokerage, you need to procure a licence for legal operation in Dubai. The Trakheesi system issues and renews different types of real estate licence including Developer, Deed and Free Zone licence, to name a few.
Trakheesi Dubai offers real estate licences to the following entities in the Emirate:
- Mortgage Brokers
- Mortgage Consultancies
- Developers
- Property consultancies
- Leasing and Selling Brokerages
- Real Estate Registration Trustee
- Real Estate Services Trustee
- Exhibition Organisers
- Real Estate Management Supervision
- Owner’s Association Management
- Valuation Services
- Self-owned Leasing and Management
- Other Leasing and Management
- Property Inspection
- Real Estate Representatives
Dubai Economic Development (DED) also integrated the online Trakheesi system to ensure a smooth user experience. In case of any alteration in the licensing information, the system syncs the data automatically between different databases.
How to Apply for a Real Estate Licence Via Trakheesi System in Dubai
Let’s go through the necessary steps to apply for a real-estate licence via the Trakheesi system in Dubai:
- Submit your request to DED or a Free Zone authority
- After receiving an approval, go to the Trakheesi website
- Select the ‘register’ option
- Fill in the forms and submit the required documents
- Print the resulting approval form
- Visit any of the Free Zone authorities or the DED office with your approval form to complete the remaining process
- Log in to the official Trakheesi website and update your trade licence number
The required documents and the amount of the fees depend on the licence type. You can get this information from Trakheesi’s official website.
E-Cards for Brokers
The Trakheesi system also offers online broker cards to real estate brokers. These cards allow a licenced broker in Dubai to conduct different transactions without visiting the DLD.
How to Apply for the Broker eCards via Trakheesi Dubai
You can also apply for broker cards via the Trakheesi system. Once you log in to your Trakheesi account, you can choose the service and provide the necessary details. Documents required to attain the broker card registration are:
- A Personal Photograph
- Real Estate Practitioner Course Certificate
- Valid passport copy or Emirates ID (this should be under the same licence)
- Good conduct certificate from Dubai Police addressed to RERA or Dubai Land Department
- Once you pay the fee, you will receive the permit within two working days.
FAQs
How to contact Trakheesi Dubai?
You can get in touch with the authorities at Trakheesi by calling 800-4488 or visit the DLD office located on Baniyas Road in Deira.
Why should you use Trakheesi Dubai?
Apart from offering seamless real-estate services, one of the biggest benefits of Trakheesi Dubai Land Department is that it is integrated in the government database. When you update your realtor licence on the DLD portal, it will be modified automatically across all the other databases as well.
What are the benefits of using the Trakheesi system?
The Trakheesi system reduces transaction processing time from two days to only 5 minutes. Furthermore, you can check your real estate information and broker card data online. The system is in line with the government’s vision to transfer all public services to smart technology.
This is all about the Trakheesi system in Dubai. If you already have the Trakheesi licence and permit to advertise, you can start listing your properties on Dubizzle or Bayut. To get an idea about the quality of our listings, check out these properties for sale on dubizzle and properties for sale on Bayut.
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