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Africa

1st April 2010 Africa

Confidence returning to Cape Verde real estate market with interest from local and foreign buyers

Buyer confidence is returning to the real estate market in Cape Verde indicating that it is coming out of the general property downturn that has hit... Read more

1st March 2010 Africa

Real estate rent bubble in Nairobi threatens US style property crash, it is claimed

Real estate investors who bought property in fashionable suburbs of Nairobi to rent out are facing trouble as a price bubble hit the market, it is... Read more

23rd February 2010 Africa

Egyptian developers turn to middle priced projects in the short term, report indicates

The current shortfall in mid-priced residential real estate in Egypt will continue until 2012 and could push prices higher, it is claimed.... Read more

19th February 2010 Africa

South Africa not doing enough to help the country’s real estate market, industry claims

The South African government should make large tracts of state owned land available to developers free of charge to speed up the recovery of the... Read more

22nd January 2010 Africa

Egypt govt confirms new property tax will go ahead but gradually

The new property tax law in Egypt is likely to be introduced gradually, the country’s president has... Read more

4th January 2010 Africa

Somali pirates behind real estate boom in Kenya, it is claimed

A government investigation has been launched into soaring property prices in Kenya amid claims that Somali pirates are behind the unusual real estate... Read more

16th December 2009 Africa

Cairo real estate market poised for significant growth in 2010, according to new report

Buoyed by a growing local economy and its strategic location as a gateway to Africa and Middle East market, Cairo is becoming a pre-eminent real... Read more

15th December 2009 Africa

Property prices in South Africa on upward trend for 2010

Residential property prices in South African rose for a fourth month in November after the central bank cut interest rates and the recession ended,... Read more

13th October 2009 Africa

Gulf developers looking to North Africa for investment

Middle East based developers are increasingly looking to North Africa where demand for real estate is expected to grow both from nationals and... Read more

28th July 2009 Africa

Residential property prices in South Africa show year on year rise

The residential property market in South Africa appears to be coping with the global downturn although concerns about a rising number of... Read more

4th June 2009 Africa

Obama speech and massive infrastructure investment set to boost real estate in Egypt

US President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo today along with massive infrastructure investment is set to put the spotlight on Egypt where the... Read more

23rd May 2009 Africa

Developers look to North Africa for real estate opportunities

Major property developers are looking to North Africa as a key emerging real estate market as it is largely unhindered by the global crisis and... Read more

30th April 2009 Africa

Equity finance project hailed as solution to chronic property shortage in Kenya

The first major equity finance real estate development project for middle income property investors has been launched in... Read more

13th April 2009 Africa

Properties on the Gulf and North African coast face risk from climate change

Rising sea levels and scarcity of water are the major challenges facing the Middle East and North Africa and need to be addressed by developers,... Read more