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Property prices in Dubai competitive worldwide

Property prices in Dubai are much lower compared to the other metropolis worldwide like Hong Kong, London, Moscow, Paris and New York. Data stated by...

U-turn in car parking legislation

The Dubai Land Department has revised legislation that was to force residents to pay for a car parking space with newly acquired property following...

Nine out of ten UAE home buyers now end-users

Nine out of ten home buyers in the UAE are now end-users, representing a significant shift in the country’s real estate sector, according to...

Uncertainty Remains A Concern For Dubai Real Estate Sector, Rating Agency...

Dubai Prime Property Sector Set For a Strong Start in 2014, Rating Agency States Fitch Ratings, which regional office is located in Dubai Media City,...

Dubai Real Estate Market in Q3 of 2018: Price, Rent Decline...

According to the Property Monitor Index, rents have registered 12-month declines of 6.0% on average An estimated 6,000 residential units have been handed...

Global commercial real estate investment volumes decline by 8%, report

Global commercial real estate investment volumes at US$96bn in Q3 2012 Strong performance in major global property investment markets continues despite 8% total volume decline...

New Dubai Real Estate Market Indicates Strengthening in Rental Payments

Price and rent declines continued in Dubai residential market in Q2 2018 According to the Property Monitor Index, rents have registered 12-month declines...

Middle East Family Businesses Call for Stronger Governance Systems

Over 80 percent of businesses in the region are family-run or family-owned. With an estimated AED3.67 trillion (US$1 trillion) expected to be handed down...

Emaar to set up special desk at Dubai Land Department

Emaar Properties has become the first developer to open a special desk at the Dubai Land Department office in Deira to facilitate ease...

Dubai sees property transactions worth Dhs154bn in 2012

Dubai Land Department (LD) issued 2012 property transactions report. Dubai saw total of 41,767 transactions worth more than Dhs154bn last year. This includes sale,...

Real Estate Market Stimulus

Prices in Dubai’s residential property segment have posted a minor growth over the past few months, according to a number of research firms' reports....

GCC property prices to slide further, S&P

Not too long after upsetting and embarrassing the first black President in America's history with the first downgrade of the US debt rating in...

Residential Property: Flip or Hold for Rental Income?

When it comes to residential property in Dubai the reality-dictated answer now is "hold for rental income." This is due to a number of...

Middle East injects US$180 billion into 113 new power, water, energy...

New power, water, and energy projects valued at US$180 billion are underway or at the planning stages in the Middle East

Industry growth requires innovation and greater transparency

In its second annual Islamic Wealth Management Report, Bank Sarasin urges the Islamic banking community to take a stronger focus on Islamic Financial Planning....

Real Estate Investment Strategies More Creative in 2018

In the coming year, real estate investors will become increasingly inventive with their strategies — often opting for recapitalizations, refinancings and more private, unpublicized...