Location: MENA
Dubai looks to delay Expo 2020
The Bureau International des Expositions has provisionally agreed to postpone the Expo 2020 event - which many in Dubai's property world hopes would drive a market recovery - to 2021.
Ranked: Property price inflation in 100 prime global cities
The rate of residential property price growth across 100 prime global cities picked up a bit in 2019, reports Knight Frank, with Frankfurt leading the pack. But what about the year ahead?
Chestertons boosts franchise operation with two heavyweight hires
International estate agency Chestertons has recruited a pair of senior players from Sotheby's International Realty to help build its franchising arm.
Hong Kong ‘in a league of its own’ & London ‘at a turning point’: Prime global city markets in seven charts
Hong Kong, New York, Tokyo, Geneva and London are the most expensive prime global cities, says Savills;
Market Snapshot: Why 2020 is a ‘pivotal year’ for Dubai’s residential property sector
Dubai's residential property scene has suffered from massive over-supply in recent years. As the high-profile Expo 2020 event nears, is the market about to turn back up?
New International Resi boss for Savills in Dubai
Stan Ennor-Glynn has moved from JLL to Savills, where he will lead the International Residential division across the MENA region.
UAE developer offers all-inclusive travel packages for overseas investors
Dubai-based Azizi promises to handle buyers' entire journey in a bid to drive sales, laying on flights, all-inclusive hotel stays, and transport across the region...
Damac chief warns Dubai must freeze resi construction or face oversupply ‘disaster’
Hussain Sajwani has told Bloomberg that property construction in Dubai should be frozen for one or two years to avoid "a disaster" of over-supply
Dubai developers told to ‘focus on quality rather than quantity’ as Sheikh looks to curb activity
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum will "evaluate all future real estate projects in Dubai ... to regulate and control the pace of projects, and achieve a balance between supply and demand"
British buyers boost Dubai developer’s sales
Sobha Realty reports selling 35 homes in Dubai to British buyers so far this year, as UK nationals take advantage of the new Golden Visa regime
In Pictures: This ultra-luxe Dubai apartment features a golden ‘skeleton masterpiece’
Celebrity designer Celia Sawyer has come up with a bold scheme for a VIP client in Dubai, incorporating an extraordinary work by the British artist Stephen Cawston...
Profits plunge for Dubai’s Damac
Luxury property developer's profits record an 87% fall in Q2, but the company "remains financially robust"