Dubai Property

Inflation sparking price rises as property oversupply fails to materialise
Fears that an imminent oversupply of real estate in Dubai would depress the sector in 2008 have now been pushed back by most observers to 2010, due to construction capacity constraints and the continued tide of new immigration. Indeed, the main concern is that local inflationary pressures are going to drive rents and prices higher.
United Arab Emirates: Sunday, November 11 - 2007 at 11:05 |

Buy a home in Dubai and beat local inflation
Inflation is surging in the UAE. Food, maids, dry-cleaning, restaurants, petrol and particularly rents - everybody who lives here knows that costs are rising dramatically. Does buying a property offer some protection against the relentless daily increases in the cost-of-living? Yes is the short answer.
United Arab Emirates: Monday, October 29 - 2007 at 16:07 |

Will Middle East liquidity create a price spike in Dubai real estate?
The reality of oil at close to $90-a-barrel is a tidal wave of cash for the Gulf States, whose oil surplus now exceeds the Chinese export surplus. Dubai real estate prices are low by global big-city yardstick. So will this flood of liquidity now produce a house price spike in Dubai similar to the current stock market bubble seen in Shanghai and Hong Kong?
United Arab Emirates: Monday, October 22 - 2007 at 15:28 |

Dubai regulator warns buyers about rogue developers
Dubai’s newly created Real Estate Regulatory Agency, part of the Dubai Land Department, has taken out full-page advertisements in local newspapers this week warning buyers to beware of rogue developers.
United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, October 16 - 2007 at 11:38 |

Dubai property prices continue to rise
Asking prices on some key completed developments in Dubai have risen by 10 to 12 per cent over the summer months. This appears to be the now traditional post-summer spike in prices as residents return from their vacations and decide to buy rather than rent.
United Arab Emirates: Sunday, October 14 - 2007 at 11:50 |

Dubai’s Palm and World Islands – progress update
Dubai’s Palm and World projects are iconic developments that have captured the world’s imagination.
United Arab Emirates: Thursday, October 04 - 2007 at 12:35 |

Dubai property price boom draws towards an end
Dubai has a demand for 40,000-50,000 residential units per year, with 69,000 units to be delivered in 2007, said EFG Hermes' 2006 forecast, a figure revised this autumn to 25,000.
United Arab Emirates: Sunday, September 30 - 2007 at 17:14 |

A short history of Dubai Property: part 6
In the few months after the new Dubai Property Law was decreed on March 12th, AME Info recorded 14 new project announcements in Dubai. The developers ranged from the local stalwarts Emaar Properties and Damac Properties through local secondary developers, to big international names from Korea and India with three projects worth $775m.
United Arab Emirates: Sunday, September 16 - 2007 at 12:30 |