Archive for August 28, 2018
Dubai Expo 2020 will mark a new real estate era
In the midst of a construction boom that is transforming the Emirates, Dubai is getting ready to host Expo 2020. Expo 2020 will be a festival of human ingenuity and 25 million people are expected to attend. With the theme ‘connecting minds...
Dubai ‘colonises’ Mars
The United Arab Emirates is building a prototype Mars city in the desert for its latest ‘out of this world’ project. Assigned by the UAE government, world-renowned architect and among the most influential people of the world according to...
Croydon to become south London’s shopping destination
A huge step has been recently made for the regeneration of Croydon since a brand new Westfield shopping centre is set to open in the area in 2022. Croydon’s new £1.4bn shopping centre development could generate an annual turnover of as mu...
How to improve the rental market in London
According to The Government’s White Paper on Housing ‘Fixing our broken housing market’, the housing market in the UK suffers from a serious under-supply of homes. Since the 1970s, there have been on average 160,000 new homes each year in...
Sustainable living in Dubai and how you can achieve it
The recent influx of development projects in the Emirate reaffirms that Dubai is the fastest growing city in the world. But will any of these projects contribute to the sustainable goals set by the Emirate? Sustainable design is often sacrifice...
10 surprising facts about Dubai
Try finding a native Emirati nationals are far outnumbered by expats in Dubai, to the ratio of almost six to one. According to official data, only 20% of the population in Dubai are natives with expats making up the rest 80% with approximate...
New key bridge will connect mainland with Deira islands
A key bridge to connect Dubai mainland with Deira Islands is the latest mega-project that will transform the Emirate. Awarded to Nakheel developer, the project worth AED447 million ($122 million), will comprise of a 12-lane bridge scheduled ...
Is this the perfect time to buy property in London?
Is there an optimum time to acquire property in London? Real estate in the city has been experiencing some fluctuations recently but investors should not be reluctant. It is actually a good thing. Responding to political uncertainty, London ...