Are lower raw material prices being passed off to end-consumers, and could rising labour costs offset any potential benefits to consumers?
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Articles & Analysis | Kuwait's changing public-private partnerships laws have attracted more private capital for infrastructure projects from The Report: Kuwait 2016
Across the GCC, governments have strengthened their commitments to major capital expenditure in spite of the prevailing oil price environment. To offset the cost of this spending, officials have been working to recruit help from the private sector through public-private partnerships (PPPs). In November 2015 authorities in Dubai implemented a...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Khaled Al Mashaan, Vice-Chairman and CEO, ALARGAN International Real Estate: Interview from The Report: Kuwait 2016
How would you assess the balance between mid-market and upper-market development in the sector, and are investors responding?
Articles & Analysis | Implementing Basel III requirements to change incentive structures for bank financing in Kuwait from The Report: Kuwait 2016
In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, banking sectors around the world introduced steps to mitigate future risks and create more stress-resilient financial institutions with the Basel III regulations. Due to their effects on bank liquidity, these requirements could have important implications for Kuwait’s real estate sector. As the...
Articles & Analysis | Kuwaiti authorities press ahead with big-ticket construction projects despite cutbacks from The Report: Kuwait 2016
The construction industry in Kuwait is among the strongest in the region and a rising star in the country’s non-oil economy, with its steadily growing population, tightly regulated land market and relatively wealthy populous all combining to fuel demand for new building. Between 1995 and 2013, Kuwait’s population doubled from 1.8m to 3.6m,...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Ahmad Kasem, Deputy CEO, United Real Estate Company: Interview from The Report: Kuwait 2016
How far might the continued growth of vacant apartments affect rental and building prices in the short to medium term?