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Dubai property market slump until 2011
Monday, 15 Dec, 2008 – 16:04 | No Comment
Dubai property market slump until 2011

EFG Hermes on Monday confirmed that real estate prices are falling in Dubai and said it could take more than two years for prices to pick up.
“We don’t really have an understanding of the full …

Dubai Speculators Quit as Lending Drought Bursts Desert Bubble
Thursday, 4 Dec, 2008 – 11:46 | One Comment
Dubai Speculators Quit as Lending Drought Bursts Desert Bubble

The classified ads in Dubai read like an obituary for a real-estate market that until a few months ago seemed immune from the global credit crisis.
A Turkish investor, who identified himself as Sebat, took out …

Most Dubai real estate agents made no sales in last month
Tuesday, 18 Nov, 2008 – 23:21 | No Comment
Most Dubai real estate agents made no sales in last month

Many real estate agents in Dubai have not sold a single property in the last month as the property downturn continues, according to a survey.
A ’self perpetuating panic’ has set in and lending restrictions and …

Dubai property boom gets hit by financial crisis
Friday, 14 Nov, 2008 – 21:58 | No Comment

This Arab Gulf boomtown – so business-friendly it’s been called “Dubai Inc.” – is suddenly getting a nasty taste of the global financial crisis.
Housing prices are falling for the first time in years, and shares …

Dubai house prices surge, while rental growth slows
Monday, 3 Nov, 2008 – 18:21 | No Comment

House prices in Dubai surge again during the third quarter, while rental growth continued to slow, broker Asteco said in a report published on Monday.
Asteco said villas witnessed the strongest growth in sales prices quarter-on-quarter, …

Dubai prices rising as fast as buildings
Friday, 17 Oct, 2008 – 0:00 | No Comment
Dubai prices rising as fast as buildings

Richard Waryn has lived in Dubai for only two months but he already is certain that the glitz capital of the Mideast lives up to its go-go reputation. What he is not so sure about …