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			<title>60% say RERA should scrap its rental index</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Arabian Business poll finds dissatisfaction with Dubai's official rental guide.]]></description>
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			<title>Lawyer to target estate agents in landlord dispute</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lawyer for Dubai tenants facing eviction to file a complaint about property agents.]]></description>
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			<title>Tenants face eviction over landlord dispute</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Families set to find out on Sunday if they will lose homes after paying rent to firm that was not landlord.]]></description>
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			<title>RERA's October 2009 rental index</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Your guide to the latest RERA index of Dubai rental values.]]></description>
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			<title>EXCLUSIVE: Dubai rents drop in new RERA index</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New rental index on RERA website; apartment rents fall, villas hold prices.]]></description>
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			<title>RERA launches Masters degree in real estate</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[University course aims to develop new generation of property professionals in UAE.]]></description>
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			<title>It’s official!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[fmME Breakfast Club guests welcomed a top official from Rera's Owner Association Regulatory Section with the news that the government authority is officially supporting the formation of an independent association for facilities managers in the Middle East.]]></description>
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			<title>Rod Liddle is an idiot, long live Dubai!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[One in the eye for Dubai bashers I think, especially those who fly into the emirate to specifically create sensationalist, subjective and racist copy.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai property agents to fall in licensing blitz</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New system will limit activities of brokers and areas in which they can operate.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai mortgages top $2.17bn in Q2</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Latest figures show value of mortgages in city rising by AED1bn from first quarter to second.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai property prices set to rise in Q4 - Sherwoods</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Property consultant notes steady shift of prices to more reasonable levels.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai poised to introduce standard property contract</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=556616&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[All property deals to use standard contract drawn up by the Dubai Land Department. ]]></description>
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			<title>Abu Dhabi survey quizzes tenants on rental rates</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Survey by online leasing agent asks for views on high rents and 5% cap.  ]]></description>
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			<title>RERA to act as global reference for MENA</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai regulator working with global realty bodies, will assist other property regulators in region.]]></description>
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			<title>Poll shows 63% think RERA index 'unhelpful' </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Just one in 10 think rental indexes are a good idea for tenants and landlords.]]></description>
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			<title>Off plan sales in Dubai 'practically non-existent' </title>
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			<description><![CDATA['State of the Market 2009' warns most demand from end-users for finished product.]]></description>
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			<title>Interactive rental map of Dubai</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=554189&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Use our exclusive map to find out what you should be paying in rent for your home.]]></description>
			<category>Real Estate | Maps</category>
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			<title>RERA's April 2009 rental index</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=554158&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Find out what you should be paying in rent, according to RERA's updated index for Dubai.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai rent fall sparks influx of tenants - industry</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=553731&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Property insiders say people moving from Sharjah into Dubai as a result of cheaper rents. ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai amends property law in response to defaults </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Revised law will see defaulting investors lose all their investment if 80% of project built. ]]></description>
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			<title>Rents capped at 5% in Abu Dhabi under new law </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sheikh Khalifa announces new laws on residential and commercial properties. ]]></description>
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			<title>Waiting on RERA’s reality check</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[These are tricky times for Dubai's RERA which is coming under heavy fire from some industry experts, says Andrew White.]]></description>
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			<title>Call for coordinated plan to kick-start property sales </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[CEO of MAG Group Properties urges gov't, developers, agencies to develop UAE strategy. ]]></description>
			<category>Real Estate | News</category>
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			<title>Tender bender</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=551793&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In a newly competitive Middle East the clarity and ambiguity of tenders for FM contracts and the affect on the bottom line is increasingly under the spotlight. fmME looks at the issues from a developer's side and from the service provider's, plus the impact owners associations are having on the sector. Top tips included...]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Interviews</category>
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			<title>Moody's assigns 'negative' outlook to GCC property sector</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=552038&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tight liquidity, weak demand and oversupply underpin poor outlook - agency.]]></description>
			<category>Real Estate | News</category>
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			<title>Negative equity hits 70% of expat home owners</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=551691&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Study shows 22% UAE expat owners bought off plan, with further instalments to pay. ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai off-plan contract rules to be amended </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Relationship between buyer and developer to be clarified should a contract be cancelled.]]></description>
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			<title>Poll shows 61% will 'never' buy property in the Gulf </title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=551522&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Easing of mortgage lending rules fails to encourage people to buy in the region. ]]></description>
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			<title>Lots in construction – and no I don’t mean parking lots</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  A lot happened in the world of construction last week, and most of it, in Bahrain.]]></description>
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			<title>Damac parking blip</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investors have come out in force to criticise new legislation by Dubai's Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Rera) that stipulates residents must have a paid for car parking space with their property.]]></description>
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