While Qatar’s projected demographic and economic growth should provide robust demand for property over the coming years, the most significant shift in the market could be the result of a stronger and more consistent uptake of credit. Indeed, many developers and brokers are hoping for improved conditions for mortgage growth. This would increase the...
While Qatar’s real estate sector experienced a lull in recent years, the first signs of growth are beginning to show, with an uptick in transactions and a discernible increase in bank credit available to the sector. Pricing in the market has remained largely flat for the past 12 months in most segments, a significant improvement on three years ago...
Wealth generated from Qatar’s newfound hydrocarbons has not only been put toward the development of the local economy, but has also been invested abroad through the country’s sovereign wealth funds. This move, which aims to ensure long-term revenues from the latest oil and gas windfall, has led Qatari sovereign wealth funds to eye overseas property...
With the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) recording a real GDP growth rate, on an aggregatebasis, of 7.13% in the first quarter of 2011, and a slightly lower 6.17% for the same quarter in 2012, Nigeria boasts the continent’s second-largest economy after South Africa. Africa’s largest oil producer, Nigeria is the third-largest recipient of foreign direct investment in the continent after Angola and Egypt, according to the US Diplomatic Mission.
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