With the smallest geographic area and smallest population within the MENA region, Bahrain possesses a unique set of real estate market fundamentals. The kingdom has one of the GCC’s highest population densities, with the majority of its 1.2m citizens living in Manama and Muharraq, meaning obtaining land for new buildings can be a challenge. At...
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Articles & Analysis | Though the Bahraini property rental market is subdued, apartment sales are increasing from The Report: Bahrain 2015
Articles & Analysis | Bahrain plans construction of social and affordable housing from The Report: Bahrain 2015
Underpinned by a government-funded housing strategy, Bahrain’s residential construction segment has recorded solid expansion in recent years. The kingdom signed its first-ever real estate public-private partnership (PPP) in 2012, and established a new finance scheme in 2013, offering subsidised mortgages and bolstering private sector development...
Articles & Analysis | Bahrain's retail and housing segments grow as the real estate sector begins to bounce back from The Report: Bahrain 2015
Although recovery has been slower in Bahrain compared to some of its GCC neighbours, the kingdom’s real estate sector has made steady progress since 2013, with gains in the residential and retail markets demonstrating a gradual return of investor and developer confidence. While the office market remains oversaturated, with flat growth reported...
Chapter | Construction & Real Estate from The Report: Bahrain 2015
The residential segment is well on its way to returning to pre-2009 levels of growth, with the volume of real estate trading expanding by 30% in 2013 and total value of transactions reaching $2.28bn, compared to $1.76bn in 2012. State-funded housing projects are expected to drive expansion, with the government signing its first-ever housing public-private partnership agreement in 2012....
As the region faces up to the challenge of the recent drop in oil prices, Bahrain’s fundamentals indicate the kingdom is well positioned to weather the dip. The focus on diversification goals outlined in Economic Vision 2030 is helping establish a more competitive and sustainable economy in the kingdom. The financial sector, which represents Bahrain’s second-largest GDP contributor, has continued to recover robustly since the global economic downturn.
Articles & Analysis | New projects are attempting to bridge the housing supply gap from The Report: Myanmar 2015
Major demand for real estate is being driven by Myanmar’s significant economic growth, and market participants are looking forward to the arrival of new foreign investors. Thanks to the current government’s economic and political reforms since 2011, Myanmar is seeing broad growth in sectors such as oil and gas, telecommunications, manufacturing, construction and tourism...