Overseas Property Investment

The most recent arabia property investment news from a variety of international property news sources.

The Gulf city state’s debt problems offer an important lesson – unpredictable, unsustainable and unclear policies are a no-no.
After two difficult years, most come away with the thought that financial markets the world over should have stabilised. Sure, the extraordinary steps taken to stop the panic resulted in flooding the global system with trillions of [...]

MALAYSIA, particularly Johor’s Iskandar project, will still be able to attract investments from the Middle East despite the current Dubai debt crisis, experts say.
Arlida Ariff, president and chief executive officer of Iskandar Investment Bhd (IIB), believes that there are still investors from that region looking for long-term prospects here.
Selective companies from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar [...]

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Dar Al-Arkan said yesterday it would spend 7.5 billion riyals (100 riyals = RM92.64) over a period of five years on a new residential project in Jeddah.
Construction on the new project, which will have more than 10,000 units, will begin in 2010, according to a statement on the bourse website.
Dar al-Arkan Real [...]

BANGKOK: Malaysian contractors, who secured 155 projects overseas worth US$15.57 billion (RM53.5 billion) in the past three years, have won another 16 projects valued at US$1.06 billion (RM3.6 billion) so far this year.
Master Builders Association of Malaysia (MBAM) secretary-general Yap Yoke Keong said the Construction Industry Development Board of Malaysia (CIDB) records showed that 2006 [...]

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s US$200bil-plus sovereign wealth fund GIC will likely reveal next week if it is moving more money into property, resources and Asian assets after recently cutting its exposure to major Western banks.
GIC, or Government of Singapore Investment Corp, is due to release its annual report for the year to March 2009, only the second [...]

Despite adjustments because of the worldwide economic downturn, the $5 billion Dubai development called the City of Arabia, is still on track for a phased opening by the end of 2010. Residential buyers have shown strong interest, and the project developers still consider it a good offering for investors…

Missing links – Globe and Mail http://cli.gs/1B8Ra #
Emaar Could Trade at Dh5 by Year-end: Analysts Say – Khaleej Times http://cli.gs/Xzjtt #
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Real Estate Spain Guide to Buying Property in Spain – In2town http://cli.gs/bX3J0 #
WestImmo eyes future outside WestLB. Says property credit [...]

JOHOR BARU: Lembaga Tabung Haji (LTH) is now looking at Europe as part of a strategic investment plan to further expand its property portfolio via subsidiary TH Properties Sdn Bhd.
The fund’s chief executive officer Datuk Ismee Ismail said it had explored London and found that the city offered good returns for property buyers.
“After London, we [...]

Liquidity markets to decide Cove’s ar… – Emirates Business 24/7 http://cli.gs/sjm4z #
Shuaa Capital Gets New CEO – Khaleej Times http://cli.gs/15pnq #
Mohammed to open Dubai Metro on Septe… – Emirates Business 24/7 http://cli.gs/HmJu7 #
Dubai’s vow of silence over stalled d… – Telegraph.co.uk http://cli.gs/mmmeB #
70 years on, Poland’s WWII wounds hav… – The Associated Press http://cli.gs/NDQZU #
Africa [...]

Property News: Thames Valley set for worst year – Financial Times http://cli.gs/TRMDr #
New home for property at NSE – Standard http://cli.gs/QEmsG #
Al Mazaya marks $100m to buy Dubai pr… – Emirates Business 24/7 http://cli.gs/7XqA5 #
BASF and Masdar form strategic partne… – PR-CANADA.net (press release) http://cli.gs/JyGp6 #
TIAA-CREF Global Real Estate’s 601 To… – PR-USA.net (press release) [...]