The competition for clients among Lebanese banks is heating up in the home loan department. To find out which is the best on offer, Executive went shopping. We assumed that…
Real estate
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The happy marriage between Mr. Bank and Ms. Real Estate seems to have lost some of its luster of late, becoming more of a relationship that both parties are resigned…
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Founder of BREI sarl Karim Bassil has been stirring up some heated debates in real estate. His Beirut Convivium series, which features seven developments and 14 buildings, deflates many of…
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Take the many woes afflicting Lebanon — electricity blackouts, traffic congestion, lack of parking, pollution, water shortages and overflowing sewers — and now amplify them; this is the scenario facing…
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Beirut’s architectural heritage is disappearing at an alarming rate due to skyrocketing land prices, shortsighted zoning, a lack of urban planning, a limited availability of empty plots and a dearth…
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With massive growth in real estate markets around the region recently, real estate funds have emerged as a new asset class that is increasingly viewed as an effective investment tool.…
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Fast-growing North African economies are feeling the heat of a new rising star: real estate. Regional powers perceive the real estate sector, which is attracting fresh flows of foreign investments…
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Over the last two years, Dubai’s real estate sector has recorded the largest improvement in transparency of any market in the world, according to a recent Jones Lang Lasalle report.…
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The up and coming real estate sector of Oman is impossible to ignore. Supported by various positive ingredients, the burgeoning economy of the sultanate faces a bright future in major…
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The Gulf is once again pushing the boundaries of architectural innovation by building what will be one of the world’s largest urban developments and the tallest skyscraper. But unlike the…