New batch of Qatari real estate brokers obtains licence

Anew batch of licensed Qatari real estate brokers took the legal oath before the Real Estate Brokers Affairs Committee at the Ministry of Justice, including 34 mediators between individuals and real estate brokerage companies, which raises the number of brokers licensed and registered with the Real Estate Brokerage Department since the new law came into force to 564.

The licensing of this new batch comes in the context of the Ministry of Justices activation of Law No 22 of 2017 on regulating real estate brokerage, in the framework of the executive procedures for the provisions of the law and in pushing real estate brokerage work towards an established and organised legal environment.

The assistant undersecretary for Real Estate Registration and Documentation Affairs and chairperson of the Real Estate Brokers Affairs Committee, Saeed Abdullah al-Suwaidi, welcomed the new batch of licensed brokers.

He stressed the ministry’s keenness to advance the real estate brokerage profession, citing HE the Minister of Justice Masoud bin Mohamed al-Ameri’s emphasis on the development of the legal profession in line with the objectives of the Qatar National Vision 2030.

Al-Suwaidi stressed the need to deal with licensed brokers to protect the rights of different parties, to avoid legal violations resulting from carrying out work without a licence.

The licensing of this batch came after the completion of the specific regulatory procedures under the provisions of the law, which include interviewing applicants for the profession’s work, inspecting their offices, ensuring their compliance with the requirements for practising the profession, and participating in specialised training courses at the Legal and Judicial Studies Centre (CLJS).

The Real Estate Brokerage Department receives and sorts the applications and organises the required training courses to ensure real estate brokers fulfil all the professional and legal requirements.