Since July 2008, stock prices of real estate companies have plunged continuously. This is especially true in the UAE where investors fled the stock market due to bad expectations, the …
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With the weight of the financial crisis still holding back real estate developers, some are finding it necessary to delay or even cancel projects. Nakheel, one of the world’s largest …
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Abdulla Bin Sulayem is the operations director of Palm Deira, which will be the largest man-made island in the world and a new city within Dubai for more than a …
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The grim reality of the global financial crisis is biting hard in Dubai, especially for the many living beyond their means. Of late, people have taken to measures such as …
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The Middle East is seeing a rapid increase in the number of angels and their networks. Angels are individuals of high net worth looking to invest in private companies and …
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Officials in GCC countries started to set rent caps in the last couple of years in order to curb the skyrocketing inflation hitting the real estate sector and their economies …
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In the GCC, countries like the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain are feeling the global financial crisis in their real estate rental markets. This is due to many factors, including a …
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The onset of the new millennium saw a welcome reversal of fortunes in the Arab world after nearly two decades of disappointing economic growth. The regional GDP increased in real …
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In the wake of the global credit crunch, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has come under renewed scrutiny. Some critics have signaled that a raise in contributions should be matched …
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The luxurious Dorchester Hotel in London was the setting for an uncomfortable meeting between the world’s private equity (PE) chiefs, where there was no doubt nervous exchanges as to how …