The Dubai real estate market has continued to significantly outperform many of its worldwide peers Abu Dhabi: – The Q2 2023 report by Asteco, the UAE’s leading full-service Real Estate company, revealed remarkable trends in the real estate markets of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Both Emirates demonstrated great resilience in the face of rising interest rates and inflation. The Dubai real estate market has...
For the third consecutive time, Abu Dhabi has been ranked as the smartest city in the Mena region, according to the IMD Smart City Index report 2023. Published by the Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in collaboration with the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), the report ranks Abu Dhabi 13th globally out of 141 cities, while Dubai takes the...
Developers say the problem is too many people looking for properties in the same areas. Dubai's population boom, paired with an influx of European property investors, is driving a housing shortage and a rise in rents, real estate experts have said. The city’s popularity has led to new properties selling out almost immediately, while soaring costs mean many current tenants and owners...
Jason Momoa is Yas Island Abu Dhabi’s newest chief island officer. The Hollywood star assumes the role after comedian Kevin Hart announced he was stepping down earlier this year. Hart first took on the role in May last year. “We are pleased to appoint Hollywood sensation Jason Momoa as the new chief island officer for Yas Island Abu Dhabi,” said Liam Findlay, chief executive of...
The total support provided by the scheme for the first group of 65 Emirati families amounts to $8.71mln UAE - Authorities in Dubai have launched a social initiative to support citizens with limited income who have received housing grants, but require additional funds for the construction or completion and furnishing of their homes. The ‘Bayti’ initiative aims to support and assist beneficiaries...
The rising trend of women investors is aided by the emergence of micro-investing apps, making it easy and affordable for individuals to invest small amounts of money regularly. The UAE’s growing women empowerment is helping the fairer sex to break yet another traditional male fiefdom – market investment, with the number of women investors in the country shooting up by a whopping 51...
The UAE Central Bank expects the country's economy to grow by 4.3 percent in 2024 and has maintained its growth forecast of 3.9 percent growth for the current year. The banking regulator projects that the non-oil economy will grow by 4.6 percent and oil gross domestic product by 3.5 percent next year, state news agency Wam reported on Monday. It expects non-oil GDP to rise by 4.2 percent and oil GDP...
Boating along the Corniche in Abu Dhabi. A number of new building projects have been launched in recent months. Khushnum Bhandari / The National Abu Dhabi investment company Q Holding and Egypt's Ora Real Estate Development Group have signed a partnership agreement to develop a smart and sustainable city in the Ghantoot area of the UAE capital. The mixed-use project will span more than 20 million...
ABU DHABI, 8th March, 2023 (WAM) – Aldar Properties (Aldar) and the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) recently co-hosted a real-estate focused National Dialogue for Climate Ambition (NDCA) meeting where 29 real-estate and construction companies from across the UAE signed Aldar and MOCCAE’s Real Estate Climate Pledge (the Pledge) By signing the Pledge, an initiative co-sponsored by...
New expatriates in the UAE can avail of quick and easy loans and other financial services, thanks to an initiative being billed as a 'credit passport'. The initiative will enable newcomers to leverage their home country's credit history when applying for financial services upon arrival to the UAE. The move is also expected to give a fillip to the retail banking sector. Al Etihad Credit Bureau (AECB)...
