Dubai

July 14, 2008

  • Dubai Arab UAE Properties – $600 million contract awarded

    Dubai (UAE) real estate developer Sweet Homes has awarded a six hundred million dollar contract to Sweet Homes General Contracting for the construction of its flagship project - Ajman Uptown

    SHGC is a new division of the Sweet Homes Group (SHG) launched during the groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate the start of construction work on the Dh3 billion township in Ajman. (…)

July 10, 2008

  • New Regulations to Protect Buyers in Dubai

    New regulations covering off-plan sales of real estate are to be issued soon to prevent developers from charging registration fees
    The Dubai Lands Department said the rules would set out clear mechanisms and procedures - and officials hope they will reduce the number of disputes between developers and buyers. (…)

July 7, 2008

  • Dubai is Still an Attractive Investment Market and News of Another Super-Tower in Dubai

    The Gulf property market still has attractive opportunities for investors seeking to escape a global fall in property investment transactions according to a leading real estate consultancy
    Robin Williamson, managing director of DTZ’s Middle East operations, said although the worst of the first phase of the sub-prime crisis appears to have passed, the credit crunch has further to go and will continue well into 2009, particularly across the European and US property markets. (…)

June 27, 2008

June 24, 2008

June 1, 2008

  • Tamweel Launch Property Investment Company

    Tamweel Properties & Investments LLC to focus on property investment and brokerage services

    Move in line with resolutions approved at recent EGM

    Abdulla Nasser Abdulla named CEO of Tamweel Properties & Investments LLC

    Dubai, June 1, 2008:  Tamweel, the largest provider of real estate finance in the UAE, announced today the establishment of Tamweel Properties & Investments LLC, a fully owned subsidiary that will focus on real estate investment and also offer brokerage services. (…)

May 29, 2008

May 19, 2008

  • New Real Estate Development Company Launched in Dubai

    New Real Estate Development Company Plans to Attract US$600 Million from International Investors by December

    Property House, an ambitious US$1 billion real estate and property management company, was launched today by Muhammad Nazir, a leading businessman with diverse investment interests in the UAE, Pakistan and Turkey. (…)

May 5, 2008

  • Deyaar Development Sells Out Latest Offering Oakwood Residency

    Despite many’s worries over the astounding number of new developments in Dubai(including our own), Deyaar, showing an impressive level of investor confidence, has managed to sell out their latest offering on the opening day of the launch - a $123 million tower- Oakwood Residency. (…)

April 30, 2008

  • Green Development in Dubai

    Is it just me, or does there seem an inexhaustible supply of new property developments coming out of Dubai? (…)

April 24, 2008

  • Dubai Investor Survey Highlights Worries

    Security and Trust are the greatest concern for more than half of respondents
    The results of a recent survey on the Dubai real estate sector have highlighted the main areas of concern for those buying property in Dubai as; security & trust and construction delays. (…)

March 17, 2008

  • CTBUH 8TH World Congress Highlights Dubai as a Model of Sustainable Urban Future

    According to the UN: 50 percent of the world’s population resides in urban cities, growing to two-thirds in 25 years; by 2015, 23 ‘mega cities’ will exist with nineteen of them located in developing countries
    Dubai - Tuesday, March 11th 2008: The Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat (CBTUH) ended its 8th World Congress with participants agreeing that Dubai is well suited to lead the world in creating sustainable dense cities, if it followed new radical fundamental planning and sustainable designing strategies. (…)

March 9, 2008

  • Dubai Property Market Continues to Show Strength

    Triveni Builders and Promoters Ltd (TBPL), a Dubai-based developer wholly owned company by the Triveni Trading Group, last week announced that 60% of its $27 million, La Fontana di Trevi apartments project in Dubai – launched just weeks ago - has been sold. (…)

February 27, 2008

  • Dubai Bubble

    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. (…)

February 25, 2008

  • Rose Rotana Tallest Completed Building in 2007

    Soaring 333 meters high with 72 stories and 480 suites, Rose Rotana Tower in Dubai leads the list of the 10 tallest buildings completed in 2007, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) reported recently. (…)

January 29, 2008

January 23, 2008

January 17, 2008

November 18, 2007

  • Real Estate Boom in Dubai

    The growth of the Real Estate market in Dubai is protected from whatever fluctuations taking place in oil prices based on short and medium term. (…)

November 17, 2007