Real estate transactions in Dubai totalled $64.2bn in 2013, up sharply from $42bn in all of 2012. The residential, retail, hospitality and industrial segments all experienced solid growth. Property sales jumped by more than 20% in 2013, with serviced apartments also recording strong growth figures. Demand for Dubai property seems to be coming from all corners of the world. According to the...
Demand for prime residential properties rose in the first half of 2013, as government employees prepared to comply with a new rule requiring that they live within the emirate to qualify for the government housing allowance. Announced in 2012 and effective as of September 2013, the rule applies to Abu Dhabi’s 23,000 government employees, of which...
As construction projects ramped up in 2013, the Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi (SCAD) announced plans to expand the number of indicators included in its monthly report on construction costs. By the end of the year, SCAD announced that it would begin monitoring the price of land and transport in the building material price reports, which currently...
With the goal of upgrading existing facilities and laying the foundations for future economic growth, the Abu Dhabi government is investing billions in public infrastructure. Transportation and energy projects comprise about a third of planned or existing construction spending in the UAE, according to a recent report from ...
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