Buying Your Home
Hot property, or not?
Diana Milne delves deep into Dubai's property market to examine the costs and risks of this booming sector.
What's the catch?
Chris Allen analyses the offer of 95% financing on properties in Dubai Sports City from Dubai Bank and Tamweel.
Bringing in buy to let
Imagine Homes CEO Grant Bovey talks to ArabianBusiness about selling UK homes to investors in the United Arab Emirates
Time for time sharing?
Dubai legislative processes are evolving rapidly to regulate and modify local land and property ownership, with room for innovative new concepts.
Buy-to-live or rent in Dubai?
Hani Zaitoun offers his views on the million dirham question - should I buy or rent in Dubai?
Renting a home
Rent in Dubai - the full story
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.
The rent nightmare
Paying up to a year's rent in advance goes against my principles, and can be financially crippling for tenants.
Buy-to-live or rent in Dubai?
Hani Zaitoun offers his views on the million dirham question - should I buy or rent in Dubai?
Can you afford it?
With the cost of living increasing all the time, how high a price are people paying to live in Dubai?
Caps off to rent watchdog in inflation battle
Dubai is slowly recognizing the problem of rising rents and its contribution to inflation.
Mortgages and loans
Drowning in debt
Debt is a fact of life for tens of thousands of expatriates living in the UAE. The lifestyle makes it virtually impossible to start up a life in the Emirates without borrowing money from the bank - be it through a credit card or a loan. Diana Milne analyses the repercussions and the possible solutions.
Borrowers beware
Personal loans can provide a quick fix in times of need, but if you don't read the small print you could find yourself paying more than you ever bargained for.
Money clinic
Every month we provide a step-by-step guide to a different financial product. In this month's Money Clinic - we examine personal loans.
Sharia success
Islamic products are big business with local and international banks keen to get onboard.
Bahrain proposes mortgage curbs
Central bank proposes capping value of mortgages to limit banks' exposure to real estate market.
Legal
Dubai to introduce property index
The emirate plans to usher in tighter controls on rent ranges to combat cost of living increases.
Saudi mortgage law in final stages
Legislation will allow more residents to buy property in country where just one in five owns a home.
Laying down the law
As confusion surrounding the imposing Strata Law heightens, Becca Wilson gets the low down from the only two independent strata management companies based in the Middle East.
Abu Dhabi to relax foreign ownership laws
Current 49% will be raised 'considerably' in sectors most in need of investments - official.
Market Trends
Kuwait vows war on property costs
State says it is to tackle rise in residential land prices and ensure decent standard of living for citizens.
Analysis of Gulf real estate 'extremely' difficult
Lack of information and inconsistent market estimates a problem, Moody's says.
Salaries soar for real estate executives
CITYSCAPE: Wages and benefits are both improving in step with rocketing house prices in the Gulf.
Omniyat confident Dubai property market stable
Market will balance out when more housing supply comes online in 2009, CEO says.
Home Design and Style
Relationship SOS
Not having much luck in love lately? Relationship falling apart? Maybe it's those upside down dried flowers hanging in your hallway.
Let's go outside
The glorious weather has arrived so it's time to spruce up your outdoor space. We're here to inspire you with the most stylish al-fresco furniture around.
French connection
By filling her Jumeirah villa with pieces from her native France, Julie Renaudie feels much closer to home.
Club tropicana
In need of some time out? Pack up some colourful picnic ware in strong hues and take to the outdoors - in style.
Urban flow
Feng shui uses the natural flow of energy to create a happier and more successful environment.
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