Dubai Property
How to protect Dubai property investment in a downturn
- Many US home investors must be wishing that they had been more prudent over the past few years with new home prices falling by 10 per cent in September, the worst fall in 32 years. Is this not a reminder that steps taken during the boom times can be invaluable in the inevitable downturn?
- United Arab Emirates: Sunday, November 05 - 2006 at 09:34 |
The Palm Island delay and the coming Dubai property crash
- Delays of six months and more in delivering property on The Palm, Jumeirah underline an important fact about the Dubai property market. Delays are mounting, and each delay puts more pressure on local supply, increasing property prices and rentals.
- United Arab Emirates: Sunday, October 29 - 2006 at 09:36 |
The anatomy of past property crashes, what can we learn?
- In the journal Arabian Business one eminent local businessman has pointed out that a real estate crash is likely to follow the recent crash in UAE share prices. This is a subject that property journalists can ignore no longer. But crashes in real estate and equities are dissimilar in emerging markets.
- United Arab Emirates: Monday, October 16 - 2006 at 09:16 |
Does it make sense to compare Dubai and Western house prices?
- Some local commentators have been very sharply critical of past comparisons drawn between Dubai home prices and Western house prices in this column. There is an idea that one investment is safe and secure and the other not so solid. So let us not be that hard on the outlook for house prices in the West.
- United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, October 10 - 2006 at 11:23 |
Can affordable apartments continue to deliver good returns?
- This week saw the handover of the first of 387 ‘affordable’ apartment buildings in Nakheel’s International City development on the edge of the Dubailand theme park. However, in an accommodation-hungry city like Dubai any available units will be quickly snapped up.
- United Arab Emirates: Thursday, October 05 - 2006 at 08:07 |
Mortgage deals to send villa prices higher
- The supply of completed villas is tight in Dubai, and the announcement of 97 per cent mortgages by Tamweel can only fuel prices higher in this sector. Indeed, the confidence of this lender will boost the confidence of buyers creating a virtuous upward spiral.
- United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, September 27 - 2006 at 08:36 |
Will falling Dubai house prices ever outpace rental increases?
- This is a calculation fraught with hazard about the assumptions involved. But everybody who chooses to live in Dubai for more than a year or two should consider it. Just how does the argument of renting versus buying stack up?
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, September 23 - 2006 at 10:34 |
Is Dubai building too much property?
- Last week the Dubai Property Group hosted an interesting real estate breakfast which was off-the-record for journalists but later issued as a press release, so comment is appropriate. In essence the consensus of the DPG was that the Dubai property market will remain undersupplied for at least the next 18 months to two years.
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, September 16 - 2006 at 09:33 |
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