With a new proposal to fund affordable housing on the table, along with a previously mooted abolition of the value-added tax (VAT) on property sales, the 2017 outlook for Ghana’s housing market has brightened.
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Articles & Analysis | New supply helps buoy Bahrain's real estate market, defying regional trends from The Report: Bahrain 2017
The kingdom is set to see a number of residential, retail and hospitality properties launched in 2017 as the country’s real estate sector pushes ahead with new developments. The macroeconomic issues affecting the country and its GCC neighbours, as governments in the region trim expenditure in response to the global slump in oil prices, do not...
Articles & Analysis | Efforts and progress in meeting demand for housing in Bahrain from The Report: Bahrain 2017
Thousands of Bahraini citizens are set to move into new properties in 2017 as the government makes good on its pledge to provide 25,000 new homes by the end of 2018. The houses and flats have been funded through the Ministry of Housing (MoH), the Gulf Development Fund and through public-private partnership (PPPs) agreements. The homes are...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Faisal Faqeeh, Chairman, Bin Faqeeh Real Estate Investment Company: Interview from The Report: Bahrain 2017
Articles & Analysis | Unlike many of its neighbours, Bahrain witnesses construction project boom from The Report: Bahrain 2017
With a raft of measures aimed at improving infrastructure, industry, housing and connectivity, the government of Bahrain has a $32bn investment strategy to accelerate economic diversification in the kingdom, providing abundant opportunities for the country’s construction sector. Even against a backdrop of falling oil prices that has seen the...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Mohammed Khalil Alsayed, CEO, Ithmaar Development Company: Interview from The Report: Bahrain 2017
Having pioneered the first housing public-private partnership (PPP) in the GCC, what improvements would you suggest for the future?