DUBAI RERA BROKER EXAM ACTUAL PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Real property. Answer: Real estate (land + manmade attachments)
+ bundle of rights
◉ Legal Title. Answer: Full ownership of property + bundle of rights
◉ Equitable Title. Answer: Interest that gives the buyer the right to
acquire legal title to a property if certain contractual conditions
occur.
◉ Homestead. Answer: Rights to principal residence
◉ Fee simple. Answer: Highest form of ownership interest - not
limited by lifetime, defeasible [freehold]
◉ Life Estate. Answer: Passes to another (remainderman) upon
death of named party. [freehold]
◉ Conventional Life Estate. Answer: Limited to the lifetime of a
tenant, pur autre vie [freehold]
,◉ Legal Life Estate. Answer: Statutory, designated to protect family
survivors. [freehold]
◉ Estate for years. Answer: Specific, stated duration. No renewal
[leasehold]
◉ Estate from Period to Period (periodic). Answer: Renews
automatically upon acceptance of rent; isn't terminated unless
specific action is taken [leasehold]
◉ Estate at Will. Answer: Indefinite estate created by will
[leasehold]
◉ Estate at Sufferance. Answer: Tenancy against Landlord's will
without agreement [leasehold]
◉ Tenancy in Severalty. Answer: Possession
100% Ownership
Individual, Corporation or Ltd Partnership
◉ Tenancy in Common. Answer: Each owner can use the entire
property (undivided interest, can be unequal shares)
No right to survivorship (is inheritable)
,Can happen by accident
◉ Joint Tenancy. Answer: Each owner can use the entire property -
equal ownership shares with undivided interest
Acquired at the same time by the same document
Right of survivorship - if one owner dies, remaining owners inherit
their ownership (not inheritable)
◉ Tenancy by the Entirety. Answer: Marriage
Needs both signatures
Right of survivorship
◉ Community Property. Answer: Joint property ownership of
unmarried tenants
Acquired by gift or inheritance
No right of survivorship
◉ PITT. Answer: Possession, Interest, Time, Title
Needed to create joint tenancy.
◉ Condominium (definition). Answer: Ownership of a unit of
airspace and an undivided interest in the common elements as a
tenant in common with other tenants.
, ◉ How is a condominium created?. Answer: Developer's declaration
◉ Condominium (features). Answer: May be sold, encumbered or
foreclosed without affecting other unit owners
◉ Co-operatives. Answer: Ownership of shares in owning
corporation, plus proprietary lease in a unit. The corporation has
sole, undivided ownership.
◉ Easement Appurtenant. Answer: Dominant tenant's right to use or
restrict adjacent servient tenant by necessity to landlocked owners.
(Attaches to the real estate)
◉ Easement in Gross. Answer: Personal easement, non-transferable
and ends with the death of the easement holder. Commercial
easements in gross are transferable, granted to the business.
◉ License. Answer: Personal, doesn't attach (ends with death or
contract), non-transferable, revocable
◉ Lien theory state. Answer: Lender of mortgaged property holds
equitable title rather than legal title; borrower holds legal title.
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Real property. Answer: Real estate (land + manmade attachments)
+ bundle of rights
◉ Legal Title. Answer: Full ownership of property + bundle of rights
◉ Equitable Title. Answer: Interest that gives the buyer the right to
acquire legal title to a property if certain contractual conditions
occur.
◉ Homestead. Answer: Rights to principal residence
◉ Fee simple. Answer: Highest form of ownership interest - not
limited by lifetime, defeasible [freehold]
◉ Life Estate. Answer: Passes to another (remainderman) upon
death of named party. [freehold]
◉ Conventional Life Estate. Answer: Limited to the lifetime of a
tenant, pur autre vie [freehold]
,◉ Legal Life Estate. Answer: Statutory, designated to protect family
survivors. [freehold]
◉ Estate for years. Answer: Specific, stated duration. No renewal
[leasehold]
◉ Estate from Period to Period (periodic). Answer: Renews
automatically upon acceptance of rent; isn't terminated unless
specific action is taken [leasehold]
◉ Estate at Will. Answer: Indefinite estate created by will
[leasehold]
◉ Estate at Sufferance. Answer: Tenancy against Landlord's will
without agreement [leasehold]
◉ Tenancy in Severalty. Answer: Possession
100% Ownership
Individual, Corporation or Ltd Partnership
◉ Tenancy in Common. Answer: Each owner can use the entire
property (undivided interest, can be unequal shares)
No right to survivorship (is inheritable)
,Can happen by accident
◉ Joint Tenancy. Answer: Each owner can use the entire property -
equal ownership shares with undivided interest
Acquired at the same time by the same document
Right of survivorship - if one owner dies, remaining owners inherit
their ownership (not inheritable)
◉ Tenancy by the Entirety. Answer: Marriage
Needs both signatures
Right of survivorship
◉ Community Property. Answer: Joint property ownership of
unmarried tenants
Acquired by gift or inheritance
No right of survivorship
◉ PITT. Answer: Possession, Interest, Time, Title
Needed to create joint tenancy.
◉ Condominium (definition). Answer: Ownership of a unit of
airspace and an undivided interest in the common elements as a
tenant in common with other tenants.
, ◉ How is a condominium created?. Answer: Developer's declaration
◉ Condominium (features). Answer: May be sold, encumbered or
foreclosed without affecting other unit owners
◉ Co-operatives. Answer: Ownership of shares in owning
corporation, plus proprietary lease in a unit. The corporation has
sole, undivided ownership.
◉ Easement Appurtenant. Answer: Dominant tenant's right to use or
restrict adjacent servient tenant by necessity to landlocked owners.
(Attaches to the real estate)
◉ Easement in Gross. Answer: Personal easement, non-transferable
and ends with the death of the easement holder. Commercial
easements in gross are transferable, granted to the business.
◉ License. Answer: Personal, doesn't attach (ends with death or
contract), non-transferable, revocable
◉ Lien theory state. Answer: Lender of mortgaged property holds
equitable title rather than legal title; borrower holds legal title.
