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The Party Is Over

In the latest UBS study, Dubai is ranked a global 4th in two categories – the most expensive cities in the world and most expensive rental for a 3-bedroom apartment. In the former, it is behind Zurich, Geneva and New … Continue reading

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Won’t Get Fooled Again

This week, HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum approved a US$ 136 million plan to build a 1.4 km bridge from JBR to the upcoming Bluewaters Island, with further access by footbridge and monorail.  The US$ 1.6 billion project, … Continue reading

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Start Me Up

This week saw the inevitable raft of new projects being announced that always coincides with Cityscape. Probably the most surprising property news of the week was Nakheel’s plan to restart work on the much delayed Palm Deira (now to be … Continue reading

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Help!

Last year, the UAE economy grew by 6.5% with GDP rising to US$ 375 billion, mainly because of higher oil prices and increasing investment from within the region moving to a comparatively safe zone. Saudi’s GDP accounted for 43.1% of … Continue reading

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Simply The Best

Dubai’s 2013 budget hopes to cut its annual deficit by 18% to less than 0.5% of GDP with Revenue expected to rise by 7.8% to US$ 8.9 billion and Expenditure up 6.0% at US$ 9.3 billion. It is not known … Continue reading

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Silent Night

In a city of superlatives, it is not surprising to see that Dubai boasts ten of its constructions over 300 metres including the world’s highest building, shopping centre and hotel, viz., Burj Khalifa (828 metres), Princess Tower (414 metres) and … Continue reading

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