| The real estate market in the Middle East has seen a substantial cooling of activity since the global economic downtown at the end of 2008. However, new levels of activity have begun during 2012 as the availability of finance has returned to the market and regional economies are starting to grow once again.
The major driver of real estate expansion within the Middle East is being lead by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and, to a lesser extent, Abu Dhabi. It is estimated, for example, that Saudi Arabia will need 1.2 million new homes by 2015 (Deutsche Bank AG research paper September 2010)...............................................Full Article: Source
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