Best real estate agents
Finding the best real estate agents in Dubai is important to both property buyers and sellers. As it involves hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, you can’t afford to work with a bad realtor.
So, who are the top 10 real estate agents in Dubai? Unfortunately, there is no equivalent to Zillow’s real estate agents reviews, which shows reviews and sales per agent. So we have to find another way.
Top 10 real estate agencies
According to Bayut, the top real estate agencies in Dubai are:
Top 3 = Betterhomes, fäm Properties, and Allsopp & Allsopp
Source: dynamic ranking by Bayut (Ads count)
Indeed, as of September 2019, Betterhomes has 2.500 properties in its portfolio, and counts over 100 real estate agents. While Betterhomes is a leading real estate agency in Dubai (by Ads count), fäm Properties and Allsopp & Allsopp come close, with 2,000 properties in their portfolios.
Other leading real estate agencies are:
- Patriot Real Estate
- CORE Real Estate Brokers
- Real Choice Real Estate
- Driven Properties
- Engel & Volkers
- haus & haus
- Rocky Real Estate
- Dacha Real Estate
- Espace Real Estate
- Edge Realty
However, this ranking tells us which brands have more properties in portfolio. Whereas we want to determine who are the best real estate agencies in Dubai. Are the biggest agencies also the best?Otherwise, how can we determine who are the best realtors, best brokers, real estate agents?
How to find the best real estate agency?
If we consider other rankings of the top real estate agencies in Dubai made by AsiaPropertyHQ, LivingInDubai.com and Idea Bizone, we should add to our Top Agencies the following brands:
- Hamptons International
- Al Habtoor Properties
- Ocean View Properties
- Powerhouse Properties
- Provident Estate
- Key One Real Estate
- Binayah Real Estate
- Aston Pearl real estate
- Metropolitan Premium Properties
However, we now have a comprehensive list of the biggest real estate agencies in Dubai. Yet that’s not the same as knowing who are the best real estate agents to help you, whether you’re willing to buy or sell a property in Dubai.
How to find the best real estate agent in Dubai?
How to find the best real estate agent, broker, realtor, in Dubai? Is it Nick Vedara, the 23 year-old who sold for 150 million? While there is no official ranking, PropertyFinder created an agent directory, which shows the agent’s face, number of properties in the portfolio, languages spoken. But it doesn’t include customer reviews.
Customer reviews of real estate agencies
Customer reviews can help us, as we are looking for the best realtors. On Trustpilot and Google, many reviews are available. So let’s look at the top 3 agencies’ reviews:
| Agency Name | Google reviews | Trustpilot reviews |
| Better Homes LLC – Dubai | 3.5 (103 reviews) | 4.8 (1,188 reviews) |
| fäm Properties | 4.9 (2,276 reviews) | N/A |
| Allsopp & Allsopp | 3.3 (72 reviews) | 4.6 (129 reviews) |
What can be confusing, is that Betterhomes has a great rating on Truspilot, with 4.8 with 1,183 reviews, yet on Google it gets a poor 3.5 with 103 reviews. So, can we trust online reviews? According to Forbes’ contributor Christopher Elliott: “You Should Not Trust Online Reviews“. In essence, it means that you should always keep a critical mind when reading online reviews. Many can be fake.
So what is our final answer? Our best advice is to contact some of the brands mentioned in this article. Indeed, nothing will replace the relationship you can develop with a good realtor. And hopefully, sooner rather than later, PropertyFinder or Bayut will soon release a dedicated section for real estate agent reviews, as Zillow has done.
