The delivery of affordable housing has become a major conundrum across the entire MENA region in recent years. According to Jones Lang LaSalle, the affordable housing deficit across the MENA region stood at 3.5m units in 2011. The largest contributor to this is Egypt, which currently has a shortfall of 1.5m units, while Morocco and Saudi Arabia also have substantial...
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Articles & Analysis | Dubai's need for affordable housing presents challenges for developers from The Report: Dubai 2015
Articles & Analysis | More cautious lending policies in Dubai intend to maintain sector stability – at a cost to developers from The Report: Dubai 2015
The bursting of Dubai’s property bubble in 2009 led to a more cautious attitude towards the real estate sector. A number of regulations were put in place to discourage the flipping of residential units and confidence in property as an asset class has been restored, with prices rapidly moving towards the levels achieved prior to the global financial crisis in 2008....
Interviews & Viewpoints | Hesham Abdulla Al Qassim, CEO, wasl Asset Management Group: Interview from The Report: Dubai 2015
What impact do you see the recently announced government incentive to encourage more private investment in the hospitality sector having on the city in the medium term?
Articles & Analysis | Dubai's developers and investors alike on the road to recovery from The Report: Dubai 2015
With a robust rate of economic growth over the past year contributing to rapidly increasing residential sales prices, confidence has gradually returned to Dubai’s property market despite the impact of the global economic crisis of 2008-09. In late September 2014, at the 13th annual Cityscape Global exhibition – an informal barometer of the real estate climate in the...
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman, Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation; and President, Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA): Interview from The Report: Dubai 2015
In which areas will the local maritime industry face the biggest challenges in terms of human capital?