Posts Tagged ‘rent’
By Badea Abu al-Naja • Nov 11th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Real estate, Regional, Saudi Arabia
Landlords in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, are gearing up to kick tenants out ahead of the Haj, in order to charge pilgrims extortionate rents. They do this every year. It’s illegal.
By Kipp • Nov 4th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News
Rents in the UAE capital declined between 5 and 10 percent during the third quarter of 2009…
By Kipp • Oct 12th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News
Landlords in Abu Dhabi may become more flexible with rental rates due to an increased supply…
By Kipp • Sep 9th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News
Exorbitant rents in Abu Dhabi have forced its residents to seek homes in New Dubai…
By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 22nd, 2009 • Category: Dubai, Middle East Business News, Real estate
Dubai rents continued to drop in July as more properties were introduced into the market...
By Aarti Nagraj • Jun 11th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, The Life, society
Police in Dubai are offering to patrol villas in the city when residents go away.
By Hussain Al-Qatari • Apr 13th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Real estate, Regional, The Life, society
Kuwaiti bachelors find it extremely difficult to get apartments on rent in the country reports Kuwait Times, and explains why.
By Aarti Nagraj • Jan 13th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Real estate, The Life
The financial crisis has instigated both good and bad changes for expatriates in Dubai. We list a few.
By Dana El Baltaji • Jan 12th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Real estate, The Life
After suffering years of soaring rents, Dubai residents are given respite with the news that prices are slowing
By Kipp • Sep 14th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, Innovation, Media/Marketing, Real estate, The Work
With inflation soaring, people are forced to share accommodation to curb rents, which in turn is leading to overcrowding and other domestic issues.
By Kipp • Sep 8th, 2008 • Category: Kipp's Blog
Though developers in the region have to follow rent caps, they easily find other ways to make the tenant pay.
By Kipp • Aug 26th, 2008 • Category: Kipp's Blog
Notices in Dubai International City have prescribed strict rules about the number of people staying in its apartments
By Kipp • Aug 21st, 2008 • Category: Kipp's Blog
The UAE has announced that people with small houses can’t sponsor their families. Are they squeezing too hard?
By Kipp • Aug 19th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Cover Story, The Work
While tinted car windows are prohibited in Kuwait, shops are happily pocketing money by offering clear glass windows on rent.
The emirate’s fashion scene may have been affected by the financial crisis, but some in the industry see a more positive trend in the future.
Though often described as a ‘Mexican oligarch’, the world’s richest man, who is worth a cool $53bn, has Lebanese ancestry. And he hasn’t forgotten it.
Around 35% of the medication sold in the Middle East is fake, compared to just 1% in the US. Kipp examines the threat posed by this $75 billion global trade, ...
The News Corp boss did not make a single reference to Dubai in his speech at Abu Dhabi’s glitzy media summit. But he still has links to the emirate’s high-profile ...
Democracy is the “most important priority” for the Arab youth, according to a recent survey. But some say this marks an urge for greater self-determination, rather than a change in ...
One was rocked by a ‘fake ads’ scandal, the other has seen a steadily declining number of entries. So which of the region’s competing advertising awards has the edge?
Dubai Kiss Court Case Highlights Culture Clash; Friends in Need; How Privacy Vanishes Online; Where Did All the Love Go?; Qatar on the Cusp
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