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What you can do if your property project is on hold

By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 8th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Real estate, The Life

According to a recent report, 243 real estate developments in Dubai have either stalled or been cancelled. Here are six courses of action if it happens to you.

The World developers ‘will profit’

By Ben Flanagan • Feb 17th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Real estate

Despite the crippling downturn and real estate slump, one property firm has seen a 50 percent increase in plot prices on Dubai’s man-made islets, and insists there is still money to be made.

Not so hot property

By Aarti Nagraj • Feb 15th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Real estate, The Work

Faced with an oversupply of units and a severe lack of demand, the UAE real estate industry needs to become more transparent in order to boost investor confidence, say analysts.

Two in three still want to buy Gulf property

By Kipp • Feb 2nd, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

Though aware of the risks, would-be homebuyers do not seem to have been deterred by the downturn in real estate prices.

Tiger’s Dubai affair is still on track

By Kipp • Feb 2nd, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

Development endorsed by Woods is ongoing, despite other sponsorship deals being dropped after the golfer’s marital infidelity was exposed.

Dubai’s property dilemma

By Aarti Nagraj • Jan 19th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Real estate, The Work

Real estate industry reports seem slightly contradictory when it comes to deciding whether Dubai’s property sector has stabilized or not.

The Death of Development, Part II

By Edmund Sheen • Jan 13th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Real estate, Special report

Dubai master-developer Nakheel, which aimed for the stars with iconic projects, prepares for a dramatic restructuring, reports Trends. Part II.

The Death of Development, Part I

By Edmund Sheen • Jan 11th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Real estate, Special report

Dubai master-developer Nakheel, which aimed for the stars with iconic projects, prepares for a dramatic restructuring, reports Trends. Part I.

Dubai’s properties need people

By Aarti Nagraj • Jan 11th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Real estate, The Work

The emirate’s real estate sector can only pick up if Dubai’s population grows, says a new study. Transparency and better customer service are also essentials.

Rera signs deal with labor ministry to regulate Dubai property brokers

By Kipp • Jan 10th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

Dubai’s Real Estate Regulatory Agency (Rera) said…

Fingers crossed

By Aarti Nagraj • Dec 29th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Economy, Nation, The Work

Indicators seem to suggest that the UAE will be having a happy new year in 2010 after bidding goodbye to an economically rough 2009.

Dubai’s property market eats dust, again

By Dana El Baltaji • Dec 10th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, International, Real estate

Property prices in the troubled emirate fell a staggering 47 percent from a year earlier, making it the world's worst performing market for the second quarter in a row, according to a study by Knight Frank.