Property firm says supply-demand imbalance will continue to hit rental market.
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Rents & Renting
Dubai residential rent rates down 41%
Residential rental rates in the emirate drop in 2009; office rental rates decline 57% over same period.
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Lawyer to target estate agents in landlord dispute
Lawyer for Dubai tenants facing eviction to file a complaint about property agents.
Rents & Renting
Qatar tenants get more protection in rent law change
Landlords must give at least six months’ notice, cannot raise rents, says amendment.
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Tenants face eviction over landlord dispute
Families set to find out on Sunday if they will lose homes after paying rent to firm that was not landlord.
Rents & Renting
Landlords to be banned from renting parking spaces
Draft law stopping Abu Dhabi landlords renting parking spaces will be issued soon.
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Job fears forcing more tenants to seek short-term rentals
Estate agents have seen a spike in the number of people looking for short-term contracts.
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Tenants could face $13,000 fine for Dubai villa sharing
Officials clampdown on villa sharing, warn tenants and landlords – paper.
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Tenants threaten legal action against Nakheel
EXCLUSIVE: Discovery Gardens residents say service charge has not been reduced enough.
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Qatar’s $2.6bn Energy City sees tenants in 2010
Infrastructure 70% complete, 25 to 50% of construction contracts awarded by end-2009.
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Abu Dhabi survey quizzes tenants on rental rates
Survey by online leasing agent asks for views on high rents and 5% cap.
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Dubai rent fall sparks influx of tenants – industry
Property insiders say people moving from Sharjah into Dubai as a result of cheaper rents.
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Airport logistics park opens to tenants H2 2009
Abu Dhabi International Airport’s logistics park will be fully finished by 2015.
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Three months free rent draws tenants to Palm apartments
One bedroom apartment on Golden Mile, AED108,000, plus three free months.
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Dubai landlords to pay broker fees instead of tenants
The slowdown in Dubai’s rental market sees landlords being charged by brokers, not tenants.
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GE confirmed as first Masdar City tenant
US conglomerate signs up for Ecomagination Centre at $22bn carbon-neutral, zero waste project in UAE.
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Landlords evicting tenants to make way for Haj pilgrims
Landlords in Mecca kicking out entire buildings full of tenants to house pilgrims.