They are not actually new-new. They give banks smaller margins than they did in their previous incarnation. They are tightly controlled with very little to no wiggle room on interest …
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real estate
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Outside of Lebanon’s second largest city lie the foundations for what soon could be Tripoli’s newest suburb and a new way for banks to cash in on development opportunities. Zeitoun …
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The twin exchanges of the United Arab Emirates — Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and Abu Dhabi Exchange (ADX) — have had a positive start to 2013, particularly when compared to …
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When times are challenging and it is not enough to call a development “unique” or “best ever” to see apartments, duplexes and villas “fly off the shelves like hot cakes” …
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Lebanon's economy and particularly its real estate sector are in need of a boost, and so the Banque du Liban (BDL) – the country's central bank – have proposed a stimulus package. …
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With the latest cycle of real estate activity, a new generation of developers has sprung up. Some of them have come to the excavation sites with approaches that could be …
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Screech! Honk! And a few polite words. That is what it takes for the 40-ton dump truck on a busy intersection at noontime in the middle of Beirut’s Ashrafieh district …
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There is no shortage of super-regional and regional malls in countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Super-regional malls, such as Dubai Mall and Mall of the Emirates in the …
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Five years ago it was the building frenzy and Dubai, at least on paper, looked bigger and dinosaur-crazier each month. Then an unprecedented phase of correction meant the survival only …
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For a country facing economic turmoil and new business risk at every turn in the road this year, Lebanon sports an alarmingly content real estate sector. Intermediaries whose livelihoods depend …