United Arab Emirates: News Archive

APRIL 2008

• Asian investors pump DHS9bn into UAE property market in 2007 - Ame Info
• Deyaar confirms two directors resign - Arabian Business
• Aldar eyes UK property giants - Arabian Business
• Dubai's Property Price Growth Slowed in March, Al Mal Says - Bloomberg
• Investors issue legal threat to Dubai developer - Financial Times

MARCH 2008

• UAE real estate developer signs up 60 agents in India - Thaindian News
• How green is the World? - The Economist
• Sorouh sets up unit in Dubai - Ame Info

FEBRUARY 2008

• Dubai makes $4.5bn offer for Spanish developer - Ame Info
• George Bush prompts Dubai realty price surge - Ame Info
• Singapore firms buys the World's Nova island - Arabian Business
• Ten reasons Dubai real estate will continue to boom - Ame Info
• http://www.ameinfo.com/145696.html - Ame Info
• Abu Dhabi property show posts Dh1.5b sales - Mena FN
• Dubai real estate boom - second most expensive in world - Arabian Business
• Bank of Sharjah authorised to manage escrow accounts for property developers - Zawya

JANUARY 2008

• Tamweel plans international expansion - Arabian Business
• Rera to approve all tenancy contracts - Arabian Business
• George Bush prompts Dubai realty price surge - Ame Info
• Sweet Homes to invest AED 2billion into booming Middle East real estate sector in 2008 - Al Bawaba
• U.A.E. Shares Fall, Led by Aldar, Emaar: Persian Gulf Stocks - Bloomberg
• Property prices predicted to soar 20% in 2008 - Araian Business
• Dubai to issue new rent law - Ame Info
• World's greenest city to be built in the UAE - Ame Info
• Tenant relief as Abu Dhabi cuts rent cap - Arabian Business
• Buyers wary property prices have peaked - Arabian Business
• UAE to generate 70pc of GDP from non-oil sector by 2010 - Khaleej Times

DECEMBER 2007

• Booming real estate market in Al Ain, UAE - Gowealthy
• Middle East marinas 'unparalleled' says Australian expert - Ame Info
• All Eyes on Dubai's New Dawn - Daily Express

OCTOBER 2007

• No Sign of Cooling For Real Estate - Xpress News

SEPTEMBER 2007

• Dubai brimming with opportunities - Property 24
• Dubai tower now world’s tallest free-standing structure - Turkish Daily News
• A step in the wrong direction - Gulf News
• Dubai or not Dubai as fractional - Property24
• Dubai set to regulate rental market - The Peninsula

AUGUST 2007

• Dubai moves to calm soaring rental prices - Gulf News
• Dubai rent cap may relax - Gulf News
• Ministry announces national housing plan - Zawya
• Dubai: A diamond in the desert - Financial Post
• The Middle East gets its first ice lounge, in Dubai of course - IHT
• Dubai’s New Building Legislation - Zawya
• Eviction notices ’should have approval of rental committee’ - Gulfnews
• Zero carbon; zero waste in Abu Dhabi - Business Week

JULY 2007

• Inflation to dent realty sector - Gulfnews
• Dubai: First residents move into The Palm - IHT
• Builder: Dubai high-rise world’s tallest - Yahoo!News
• Dealing with the Risk of Inflation and the Hype in the Property Market Panel Discussion ? - Albawaba
• UAE stays among top 20 attractive retail markets - Gulfnews.com
• Abu Dhabi witnesses slew of new property launches - Gulfnews.com

JUNE 2007

• Ajman is new property hotspot - Gulfnews.com
• Metro fires up property prices - Gulfnews.com
• First residents move into The Palm - IHT
• Dubai: if you?re not loaded and decadent, you can?t come in - Times online
• Dubai property boom to continue - Arabian Business
• Home is where the cash is - Arabian Business
• Search for new mortgage funding strategies - Gulfnews.com

MAY 2007

• Gulf economies face real estate risk - Arabian Business

APRIL 2007

• Expatriates can own property for 99 years - Gulf News
• Arabs may spend $20b on global real estate in 2oo7 - Gulf News
• Property show proves market not slowing down - Khaleej Times
• Wanted: a room somewhere - Financial Times
• Aldar: ‘Fit for purpose - Financial Times

MARCH 2007

• Abu Dhabi property powers join forces - Arabian Business
• GCC states see ’drop in cost of living’ - ArabianBusiness.com
• Asian tenants see discrimination - Gulf News
• UAE Report & Analysis by Ernst & Young Real Estate Group - Multi-housing News

FEBRUARY 2007

• No let-up in sub-letting trend - Daiji World
• UAE: Property ownership law revised - Khaleej Times
• Dubai?s Emaar Properties latest brief news - Fly2let
• Dubai real estate transactions up 88% to $17.8bn in 2006 - Ame Info

JANUARY 2007

• Abu Dhabi ’most expensive’ Mideast city - Trade Arabia
• ’Landlords cannot evict tenants on flimsy excuses’ - Gulf News
• Rent cap will push inflation pressure down - Gulfnews

NOVEMBER 2006

• Lower cost mortgages now essential to sustain Dubai boom - Ame Info
• Unlock, stock and new broking channels - Property World
• Property prices and residential rents in Dubai to fall 5% in 2007 - Gulf News
• How to protect Dubai property investment in a downturn - AmeInfo
• Rents are also going up in outskirts of capital - Khaleej Times

OCTOBER 2006

• Fear and Money in Dubai - New Left Review
• Dubai’s real estate sector scores high on risk to return profile - Khaleej Times Online
• Rise in Tokyo real estate market attracts investors from mideast - Gulfnews.com
• Does it make sense to compare Dubai and Western house prices? - THEPALMDUBAI

SEPTEMBER 2006

• Trip report-Dubai - ZDNet
• Rents for one-bed apartments show biggest increase in UAE - UAEKhaleej Times
• Rental hikes point to a very bright future for Abu Dhabi property - AME Info
• Dubai rents and house prices up again! - AME Info

AUGUST 2006

• REF Middle East 2006 explores Real Estate Market opportunities in the GCC Countries and beyond - Property World
• Abu Dhabi rents rise 50% - Trade Arabia
• Dubai property market ?cooling? - 7days.ae
• UAE stocks still reeling from war on Lebanon - Gulf News
• Property deals in Dubai touch Dh3.53 billion in July - GW
• Distress sale of Dubai homes up - Gulf News

JULY 2006

• Will Dubai property prices ever reach European levels? - AME Info
• A single GCC currency should be a boost to Dubai house prices - AME Info
• Prime Research: Value of current projects in UAE real estate sector hits US$45 billion - Mena Report
• Value of current projects in UAE real estate sector hits US$45 billion - Albawaba
• Dubai still a safe haven in a troubled region - Ame Info
• Can freehold property registration revive a slowing market? - Ame Info

JUNE 2006

• Standard Chartered: UAE economy supporting Dubai house prices - AME Info

MAY 2006

• Dubai makes waterfront plans - IHT
• Dubai finds it has imported a drug problem - IHT

APRIL 2006

• 200 floors for Burj Dubai - Ame Info
• $18bn The Lagoons leads Dubai boom to another level - Ame Info
• $4 billion in new projects since Dubai Property Law - AME Info
• Dubai Property Law re-ignites real estate boom - AME Info

MARCH 2006

• How Dubai property works as a hedge against inflation - Ame Info
• Dubai hands expats freehold rights - ITP Business
• Dubai allows foreign land ownership - iafrica.com
• Ray of light - Oxford Business Grou
• New property law, falling share prices: double bonus for realty - Ame Info
• Thumbs up to new regulations - Gulf News
• High rental yields likely to support Dubai property prices - Ame Info
• Have you noticed Dubai property prices are still going up? - AME Info

FEBRUARY 2006

• New policy measures needed to boost real estate sector: DCCI study - MenaFN
• Dubai property now a long-term savings plan - AME Info

JANUARY 2006

• Will Abu Dhabi’s real estate plans impact on Dubai? - AME Info
• UAE: Freehold rights keep spreading - IRED
• History of Freehold Property in the Emirates - The Emirates Network

OCTOBER 2005

• UAE Residential Market Overview 4th Qtr 2006 (pdf) - Colliers Internation

JANUARY 2005

• Are weaker global property markets bad for Dubai? - AME Info
• Dubai Traffic, Is There a Solution Coming Up - AlShindagah online