Or 9% !!!!!!!!!!!!!! or 30%!!!!!!!!!!
More bad news from Dubai. According the the Financial Times, Property prices in Dubai only jumped 7 percent in one quarter as “demand revived” and “lending conditions eased.” Quite who is expected to believe this sort of nonsense is beyond me.
With the end of Cityscape Dubai, Nakheel is planning on another 500 job losses according to “The Independent,” newspaper.
Nakheel, the state-owned Dubai property group that was responsible for the iconic Palm Jumeirah artificial island, is set to make as many as 500 redundancies now that the Emirate’s “Cityscape Dubai 2009″ show is over. Announcements are expected in the next few days, a consequence of fallout from the global financial crisis. Dubai property values have fallen 50 per cent in a year. The company said last night: “Nakheel continues to evaluate its projects and commitments against market conditions and opportunities. In doing so, the company also evaluates its cost base and efficiencies.” Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s said Dubai needs to raise another $10bn (£6.3bn) for its economic support fund, to prop up government-related companies. The independent.
I am slowly coming to the conclusion that the governments and news media think all potential readers are morons. According to this ridiculous press release disguised as journalism, Emirates Business says:
More on Dubai Property Prices Rise Thirty Percent!!!!!!!!!!!!!
According to a recent report by Colliers International, property prices in Dubai will fall even further over the next 18 months and will not start to increase for the foreseeable future. 71% of developers polled stated that property prices had not yet bottomed out.
One area not to be involved in property investment at the moment is the Dubai commercial property market. With businesses cutting back, firing staff all over and an estimated 3 million square meters to enter the market over the next two years, rents will have only one place to go – down.
Thinking of buying investment property in Dubai? Look at the foreclosures when they start happening. The amount of loan defaults across the UAE continues climbing and the banks are considering repossessions as a way of balancing their books. With property prices in Dubai down as much as 70%, and thousands more new properties still entering the market place one would have expected a few bargains to be had. But – lacklustre auctions and developers holding vast stocks are keeping prices from properly correcting.
More on Buying Investment Property in Dubai Foreclosures Might Be The Answer
This year’s CityScape in Dubai is forcing the industry to face a few harsh realities. Duding the run up to the exhibition, all the major Dubai property developers pulled out, including Nakheel, Emaar and Limitless, although Emaar and Nakheel were touted as “Foundation Sponsors,” and the 2009 exhibitor list on CityScape’s website is still empty. The amount of exhibitors is well down and the usual, “XXX Billion Dirham development!” announcements have been somewhat lacking. I don’t think anyone could have swallowed that this year.
Far be it for me to suggest that the amount of lawsuits being leveled at the major property developers in Dubai is the reason for this, but Nakheel, Emaar and Limitless have all pulled out of this years Cityscape Dubai.
No one can say that Dubai is not forward thinking in their plans for the emirate. There seems to be a never ending supply of new developments and staggering construction projects. An interesting statistic I came across recently –
