Cote d’Ivoire has seen rapid growth since a decade-long bout of civil unrest ended in 2011. The largest economy in UEMOA, and the third largest in ECOWAS, the country accounts for more than 30% of the eight-member bloc’s GDP.
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.
Interviews & Viewpoints | Faisal Faqeeh, Chairman, Bin Faqeeh Real Estate Investment Company: Interview from The Report: Bahrain 2017
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...
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...
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?