Dubai Property
Dubai villa prices up 22% and apartments down 7.4%
- The introduction of a new house price index from Dubai based Investment Boutique, a young real estate agency, has revealed a picture of surging villa prices and a decline in apartment prices. How should this data be interpreted?
- United Arab Emirates: Thursday, July 21 - 2005 at 10:31 |
Speculation grows about new Dubai property law
- The latest speculation is that the UAE will get a two-tier property law this autumn. The federal property law will permit 99-year leasehold for foreigners, while Dubai will keep freehold for foreigners with its own local law, at least on projects by Government-controlled developers.
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, July 16 - 2005 at 08:27 |
Rental rises suggest Dubai house prices will increase this autumn
- In the first half of 2005 annual rents in Dubai have shot up by around 40%; possibly the fastest inflation rate in the world for accommodation. Yet house prices, particularly in the secondary market, have advanced more modestly. How will this conundrum pan-out this autumn?
- United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, July 06 - 2005 at 10:23 |
Using a UK mortgage to buy Dubai property?
- For those with real estate in the UK raising a mortgage there to buy in Dubai might appear a perfect solution. But beware the foreign currency exchange risk that you unwittingly undertake.
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, July 02 - 2005 at 10:15 |
Supply and demand and Dubai real estate
- To the casual observer Dubai real estate is confusing: rents are rocketing and re-sale property available to buy is in short supply. But at the same time huge building projects make it appear that a large supply of property is about to flood the market. What is the reality?
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, June 25 - 2005 at 09:41 |
Should the global property boom worry buyers in Dubai?
- The simultaneous inflation of property markets around the world to seemingly unsustainable levels is troubling economists. Is this a problem that should concern buyers in Dubai where prices are still well below international levels?
- United Arab Emirates: Monday, June 20 - 2005 at 10:27 |
Mortgages: the next big thing for Dubai property?
- Drive along the Sheikh Zayed Road and you can not fail to see the longest-ever billboard advertising Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank's entry into the mortgage market. But this is the first sign of an explosion in mortgage offerings to come this autumn.
- Saturday, June 11 - 2005 at 10:00 |
10 reasons why Dubai property will boom this autumn
- Dubai real estate agents report a seasonal slowdown. But doom-mongers are trying to make this something it is not. There are still at least 10 good reasons to believe that Dubai property will boom this autumn.
- United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, June 08 - 2005 at 09:22 |
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