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Mazaya Monthly Real Estate Report
Week 2 - September 2015
Al-Mazaya: Gulf real estate markets well poised to
attract large-scale domestic and foreign investment
The vitality of the Gulf’s real estate
markets are very much linked to the
appetite of the region’s governments for
investment into the sector. Real estate,
after all, canbeseenbothasabellwether
for the health of Gulf economies and
as an indicator of the level of regional
liquidity flows. The real estate sector
in any country forms a central pillar
of the economy, affecting all other
sectors, creating large numbers of
jobs and attracting foreign investment.
Despite the political challenges of the
wider Middle East region, Gulf real estate
is still very much capable of bringing
in large amounts of investment from
overseas. Likewise, governments in the
region remain enthusiastic to support the
sector by announciong large development
projects, many of which form part
of strategies to diversify economies
away from reliance on hydrocarbons.