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Dubai Residential Sales Rose in Q2 of 2017, CBRE

Developers continue to push 4 and 5-star hotel projects in time for Expo 2020 Dubai Demand for Grade-A offices remains resilient Dubai’s residential market witnessed a...

Dubai Off-Plan Transaction Value Up 118% in Q3

The total number of off-plan transactions in the third quarter of 2017 has increased by 86% from the previous quarter, according to Chestertons MENA....

Global Demand For Luxury Homes Strong; Ultra Wealthy Buyers Look To...

Ultra wealthy individuals are demonstrating strong demand for luxury homes around the world. They view the type of investment as tool to further diversify...

UAE Real Estate Market in 2015: Subdued Demand, Limited New Supply

​​​JLL, the world's leading real estate investment and advisory firm, today released its annual review of the UAE Real Estate Market for 2015, assessing...

Arab World Competitiveness Report 2013 Highlights Job Creation

Arab World Competitiveness Report 2013 highlights job creation as the major economic challenge for leaders in the Middle East Among the 13 countries in focus,...

No Game Changer for Dubai’s Industrial Market

Dubai commercial occupiers eye build to suit options for large industrial space requirements A number of occupiers in Dubai’s industrial market have started to consider...

Property prices and rents in Dubai set to decline further

· Residential values drop by 2.2% during Q1 2016 · Villa prices expected to decline further by 5% during 2016 · Apartment values...

Education outcomes in GCC lag behind high-income countries

95% of young Emirati women have completed secondary education or higher 18% increase in life evaluations for women with higher levels of education Eighty-seven percent of...

Office Rents Continue to Hold Steady in Dubai’s Prime Free-Zone Locations

Office rents in Dubai’s prime free-zones held firm during Q1 2016 as occupancy levels remained high in core areas such as Dubai International Financial...

Softening market conditions cause increased demand for affordable housing options in...

The downward readjustment of housing allowances amongst companies in Abu Dhabi is creating further strain on the higher end of the residential market and...

Short term effects of Brexit being felt by Dubai property sector

A straw poll by Dubai’s real estate portal – propertyfinder.ae – of several of the emirate’s top real estate agencies, has indicated that the...

GCC Real Estate Market Quarterly Overview

· Weak sentiment in GCC real estate market amid low oil prices · KSA relatively stable; Riyadh to witness strong commercial supply in 2016 · Abu...

Dubai Residential Market Research: Yield Compression; Recent Positivity Unsustainable

Today, Phidar Advisory released its Q1 end-quarter Dubai residential research note. This latest real estate report, which sounds more accurate than the press releases...

Bucking Downmarket Trend: Asking Prices Up in Some Dubai Areas

Asking prices for rent and sale are down across Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and the Northern Emirates, with the exception of Sharjah, where asking prices...

Dubai’s Real Estate Brokers Commissions Topped AED 1.3 Billion in Nine...

Dubai Land Department (DLD) has announced that over AED 1.3 billion worth of brokerage commissions were made in Dubai’s real estate market between the...

Asia-Pacific’s HNWI Population exceeds Europe’s for First Time

Wealth Management Firms Need to Offer Capabilities from Other Business Units to Meet Demands of Asia-Pacific HNWIs Asia-Pacific’s population of high net worth individuals (HNWIs1) grew...

Inverse Link Between US Dollar and Oil Price Thwart Dubai Real...

Today, Phidar Advisory released its Dubai residential research note for the end of Q2 2016. The report shows that residential prices dropped in the...

2015 Technology, Media & Telecommunications Predictions for Middle East

Deloitte has launched its 2015 Technology, Media & Telecommunications Middle East Predictions report revealing the latest trends and emerging issues shaping the TMT industries...