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			<title>Job fears forcing more tenants to seek short-term rentals</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai real estate broker eyes opportunities in Qatar property market.]]></description>
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			<title>Property firm sees 24% rise in UAE rental deals</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Better Homes says transactions well up in May, compared to same month in 2008.]]></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>Independent study into Dubai real estate due end-April </title>
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			<title>Interest returning to Dubai property market - agent</title>
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			<title>UAE bank loan clampdown hits rental sector </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Better Homes in Dubai launches scheme in bid to help customers secure personal finance.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Retail space oversupply 'set to force rents down'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New report says that leasing rates could fall in next two years as supply rises by 50%.]]></description>
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			<title>12 cheque offers signal Dubai rental market shift</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: New era begins in emirate's real estate rental sector amid slowdown.]]></description>
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			<title>Developing at a discount</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai developers are being forced to explore innovative ways to entice buyers amid the credit squeeze.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai off-plan property prices down 15%, says broker</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Better Homes says last three months a 'reality check', denies reports of big redundancies.]]></description>
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			<title>Huge demand spurs Dubai office rents rise</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Arabian Business research reveals 11% increase in just four months.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE commercial property market slowdown</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai and Abu Dhabi both witness slight drop in activity during Q3, Better Homes says.]]></description>
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			<title>Million dollar women</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Female executives are now playing a bigger role in the future development of the nation's landscape. Kim Latham and Holly Sands talk to leading female business players to find out their views on being a woman in an industry pre-dominantly headed by men. ]]></description>
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			<title>Leading the way</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Our million dollar women feature this month is a must-read for all business women and men contemplating the next step in the corporate world of property development and real estate.]]></description>
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			<title>Better Homes secures IT infrastructure with ESET</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ESET anti-virus protects Better Homes against online threats]]></description>
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			<title>Home run</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Better Homes has gone from a one-woman business venture to one of the top names in real estate in the UAE.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Coming soon: better hotels</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai real-estate company Better Homes is entering the hotel market with a 58-apartment property near Dubai  Healthcare City.  ]]></description>
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			<title>The road ahead</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The talking point of 2007 was how expensive life in Dubai had become. Will 2008 be the same? Our team of financial experts have the answers.]]></description>
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			<title>Better Homes records rapid growth in 2007</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Better Homes has reported a 500% growth in commercial sales over the first three quarters of 2007, according to the firm.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Rent in Dubai - the full story</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The story in Dubai is rent - a place where the cost of putting a roof over your head has tripled in five years, and quadrupled in ten.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Secrets of my success</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It all started for Billy Rautenbach home in South Africa, where she got into real estate industry by accident.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi's day in the sun</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With high oil prices and $150bn earmarked for development in the nation, the future is bright for the KSA.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai property correction likely, says Better Homes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A price correction is likely within the Dubai real estate, according to Billy Rautenbach, director of operations at Better Homes.]]></description>
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			<title>Homeowners new Strata law</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Property owners in Dubai are currently preparing for life under the new Strata law, due for implementation in the future.]]></description>
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			<title>Game over?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Writing a cheque that bounces can have serious repercussions in the UAE. Diana  Milne reports on what happens to those who get caught.]]></description>
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			<title>'Word of mouth can be a big maker or breaker'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With the Middle East experiencing a property boom like never before, we asked two real estate comms experts how they cut-through to the consumer: Mark Humphreys communications manager, Better Homes; and Jamshed Nawaz marketing and advertising manager, Landmark Properties.]]></description>
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