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Real Estate Special Report

Value of Dubai land deals reaches $512m

Real Estate
Value of land transactions in Dubai last week reached AED1.88bn - Dubai Land Dept.

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Credit crunch frustrates investors in Dubai hotels
Travel & Hospitality
More foreign buyers eyeing Dubai hotel properties; face problems to get loans.

Nakheel to focus on project completion this year
Real Estate
Statement says it will also focus on "managing customer collections", "debt maturitues".

New visa law 'soon' for Dubai property buyers
Real Estate
Business leader says new regulations will clarify the rules for real estate investors.


Talking Real Estate

Are estate agents the smartest guys in town?
Years of sitting by the phone simply taking sales orders has left Dubai's estate agents with no idea of how to be estate agents, says Anil Bhoyrul.

Anil Bhoyrul  

Waiting on RERA’s reality check
These are tricky times for Dubai's RERA which is coming under heavy fire from some industry experts, says Andrew White.

Andrew White

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Will the easing of rules on property loans by banks encourage you to buy?

Yes - moves to offer 70% mortgages have encouraged me to think about buying.
Yes - better mortgage deals have encouraged me to think about buying, but I am waiting for prices to drop further.
No - mortgages will have to be around 80% to 90% for me to be able to buy.
No - I will never buy a property in the Gulf after the real estate problems of the past six months.

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