Real estate

In the next eight to 10 years the map of Lebanon will include a completely new village. BeitMisk, the new residential community located in the northern Metn region, is one …

While the boom in North African real estate continued through most of 2008, a downturn in global financial markets could put the brakes on the burgeoning sector in 2009. Algeria’s …

The UAE government has long been active in setting laws and regulations to improve the transparency of its real estate market and ensure long-term growth. Since the global financial crisis …

While the global economic uncertainty is increasingly trimming down investors’ confidence and consequently, leading to panic selling and the pulling out of millions of dollars worth of foreign investments, the …

Kuwait accounts for about 10% of the world’s oil reserves and has benefitted from recent high oil prices, as well as political stability and economic growth. Yet the country plans …

Bahrain, the smallest territory and population in the MENA region and the smallest economy in the GCC, is currently continuing its real estate development as it is trying to diversify …

Even though the ‘green building’ trend is still embryonic in the GCC, a growing number of property developers as well as governments are realizing the environmental, social and economic benefits …

Should a chicken incubate her eggs for forty years, one would expect her to hatch no less than a golden goose. Similarly, the Central Bank of Lebanon is sitting on …

Price increases for the Lebanese real estate market are not expected for the remainder of this year, in fact the buzzwords have become stability and correction. But we must not …

The decline in global property prices has started to seep into Dubai, although it’s arguable that this is a short- term correction born as a direct result of the world …