Real Estate
Middle East real estate news and analysis, tenders, contracts awarded, commentary and economic data.
Gulf construction market falls sharply
The value of contract awards in the GCC fell 57 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to the latest data from MEED Projects, which tracks project activity in the region.Real Estate: Latest 20 news stories
- Emaar The Economic City awards villa contract to Al-Redwan
- Simplex awarded City of Arabia tower
- Emaar awarded $100m social housing development in Cairo
- Nakheel receives bids for Tall Tower
- Property transactions decrease in Dubai
- Raya launches $70m property development in Jordan
- State developers in Dubai exempt from ring-fencing legislation
- Trump Tower delay in Dubai shatters confidence
- Dubai house prices set to decrease
- Qatar Real Estate signs $275m Islamic loan
- Omniyat proceeds with projects despite downturn
- Dubai Holding repays $653m debt
- Saudi Arabia housing shortage set to increase
- Dubai Advisory Council plans to manage property market
- UAE finance ministry moves ahead with mortgage lender merger
- Dubai developer put on credit watch list
- UAE mortgage lending doubles in six months
- Wasl plans renovation projects for Dubai
- Leaked Emirates NBD memo confirms market fears
- Credit crisis spreads to Abu Dhabi
Commercial
- State developers in Dubai exempt from ring-fencing legislation
- UAE shopping malls
- Looking ahead - Building a future
- The rise of Dubai's mega-malls
- Correction cools Dubai property market
- Levant business leaders
- Bahrain: Retail units and apartments
- EGYPT TENDER: Housing and retail units
- Kuwait missing out on the property boom
- Bahrain real estate sales forecast to reach $5bn
Hotels and Tourism
- Business Close-up: MA Al-Kharafi & Sons
- Looking ahead - Buildings in the Gulf reach for the sky
- Looking ahead - Building a future
- Dubai islands offer a blueprint for the construction industry
- Oman Tourism Development Company (Omran) - Duqm Hotel, Oman
- Real estate market profile: Bahrain
- Real estate market profile: Oman
- Real estate market profile: Qatar
- Real estate market profile: Saudi Arabia
- Real estate company profile: Nakheel
Residential and Housing
- Emaar The Economic City awards villa contract to Al-Redwan
- Emaar awarded $100m social housing development in Cairo
- Saudi Arabia: Residential city maintenance
- Raya launches $70m property development in Jordan
- Looking ahead - Building a future
- Sharia banks in Dubai shift business focus
- Correction cools Dubai property market
- Dubai islands offer a blueprint for the construction industry
- Oman: Construction works
- Bahrain: Retail units and apartments
Special Report: Real Estate 100 - The Gulf's top developers
For Dubai's major real estate developers, the UAE is no longer big enough. MEED's list of the Gulf's 100 biggest property developers may focus solely on the GCC market, but the largest companies on the list are now exploring opportunities outside the Gulf.Commentary
- Kingdom offers some hope for real estate
- Picking the right construction projects in Dubai is key
- Trump Tower delay in Dubai signals failure
- Baghdad faces skills shortage
- Dubai property fall is unavoidable
- Riyadh in danger of overstretching
- Iranian metro funding will set example
- Property developers are right to prioritise in Dubai
- Dubai right to delay projects
- Dubai can beat the downturn
Insight
- Middle East contracts awarded: January 2009
- Gulf construction market falls sharply
- Kingdom offers some hope for real estate
- Sector outlook 2009: Project market faces major slowdown
- Sector outlook 2009: State spending to speed recovery
- Emaar The Economic City awards villa contract to Al-Redwan
- King Abdullah Financial District - Building a financial hub for the Gulf
- Business Close-up: MA Al-Kharafi & Sons
- Simplex awarded City of Arabia tower
- Emaar awarded $100m social housing development in Cairo
