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What the assistant will and will not do

The rules the assistant runs under, in plain words, for brokerages, their compliance officers and regulators. They are enforced in the assistant's instructions and, where marked, in code that runs regardless of the model. Last updated 17 September 2026.

Facts

  • It says only what is on file about a property: the listing, the brokerage's own documents, or a public record. Every fact on a Property Passport page carries its source.
  • When a fact is not on file it says so and says the consultant confirms it. It never describes construction, finish, noise, light or condition unless a listing or document states it.
  • It never invents figures. Payment plans, fees, handover dates and rules are answered from the brokerage's documents and named ("per the Marina Gate brochure").
  • Prices are the listed prices. It never quotes a lower "negotiable" figure.

Advice it does not give

  • No price forecasts, appreciation, yields or returns, and it never calls an area "good for investment". Investment, mortgage, visa and legal questions go to a licensed consultant, with a call booked in the same message.
  • It never assesses anyone's finances. It may ask once, as an option, whether the buyer has proof of funds or a mortgage in principle, and passes the answer to the consultant.
  • It is software, not a licensed agent, lawyer or financial adviser, and says so if asked.

Advertising rules by market (enforced in code)

  • UAE: a live listing without a RERA/Trakheesi permit number is not presented as an advert in chat, is not offered to buyers' AI assistants, and has no public Passport page; the buyer sees a holding page pointing at the consultant instead. Registered sales and rents shown on a Passport come from the Dubai Land Department register with the register's own dates; they are quoted as records, never as a valuation or a forecast.
  • UK: material information (tenure, lease years, council tax band, EPC) is shown on the Passport and flagged to the brokerage when missing.
  • US: fair-housing wording; no steering by protected characteristics.

Identity and documents

  • It never asks for a passport, ID card or visa. If one is sent, it is refused and never written to disk; the consultant sends a secure verification link instead.
  • Only PDFs a buyer chooses to send (proof of funds, mortgage in principle) are kept, for the consultant, and are deleted on request.

People

  • Leads on a listing belong to that listing's agent: live handoffs and viewings go to that agent first, with the buyer's details and last message, and to another consultant only when the listing agent is off duty or busy.
  • When a buyer wants a person now, it hands over immediately if a consultant is on duty and free (free means: on shift, no calendar clash, not inside a viewing Viewbook booked), and otherwise books the next call. The consultant replies "ok" from their own WhatsApp to take the buyer; if nobody acknowledges within the promised minutes plus three, the buyer is passed to the next free consultant and told so honestly, and the owner is alerted. A consultant can take any conversation over from the dashboard or by "ok"; the assistant then stops replying until "release".
  • It answers in the language and script of the buyer's latest message and never assumes a buyer's gender.

Record

Every message, tool call and booking is kept in the brokerage's dashboard, exportable, so any reply can be audited after the fact. Buyer data is deleted from the dashboard in one action.

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