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Gibraltar’s answer to the Burj Dubai, well not quite, but it stands an impressive 19 stories high and when finished will be the tallest building in Gib. Â
Recently Gibraltar has seen a wave of new luxury modern residential buildings spring up on the waters edge. Like some of the others this particular development caters for different buyers with 1-4 bedrooms being made available. The project will have many standard amenities including a pool and fitness centre. It is located close to the town centre and marina. Price start ...

Gibraltar Property

Emaar announced their newest venture on the 23rd of March. The new project Lakeside is valued at US$700m and is a joint venture with Turkish company Atasay (largest Jewellery Exporter in Turkey).

Further to this investment there will be an estimated US$5-10 billion to follow as addition funds. The two companies are looking for potential sites to develop other facilities including shopping centres and hotel complexes.  Emaar has put in place a “Vision 2010″ program, which includes expansion across the many countries such as Morocco and India.

For more information on this press release click here

This Turkish development sounds as impressive as many of the ...

Dubai Property, Overseas Property News

It has been discussed and debated amongst the property community and finally on the 15th of March the Dubai Government announced that foreigners would be able to buy freehold property in designated areas. For expatriate owners who have already invested in the Dubai Property market will have the opportunity to register their titles with the Dubai lands and properties department.

So will this revitalise the real estate market?

Many leading estate agents are predicting a new wave of prospective buyers to come into the market on the back of this change and with rental yields looking particularly strong, these could really make the market become a ...

Dubai Property, Overseas Property News

Inspired by a pod cast from the American real estate blogger Tim O’Keefe, I want to echo some of his comments on the subject of “Why have a real estate website“.
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As a property company operating in this very competitive business, does your website actually work and what is its purpose?

Simple really, capture clients data, so that you can build a relationship with them, with the ultimate aim of selling them a property. Many companies forget this and create complicated sites that are too difficult to navigate for the end user and as such are turning away interested clients.
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As markets slow and ...

Overseas Property Advertising

I have just come back from a trip to the Costa del Sol in Spain. Over the last days I have been speaking to many unhappy customers and property buyers, who have numerous problems with their new properties in Spain. See rants below:”The development was supposed to be finished in September 2005 and we are still not in today. The latest is we will be in by June 2006…”

This seems to be the trend at present certainly on the Costa del Sol. Many developments have got delayed due to bad weather, developers not paying their workforce (people just walking off site!) and unrealistic time scales.