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Dubai villa prices stabilize as office rates decline.


Summary: Villa prices in Dubai stabilized, while apartment and office prices continued to decline in the third quarter from the earlier quarter, but at a slower pace, property consultancy Landmark Advisory said on Sunday.AaAccounting for 60 percent of residential sales in the period, villa prices in the emirate e·mir·ate  
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 increased 8 percent as "investor confidence and inventories are stabilizing stabilizing,
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DUBAI: Villa prices in Dubai stabilized, while apartment and office prices continued to decline in the third quarter from the earlier quarter, but at a slower pace, property consultancy Landmark Advisory said on Sunday.Aa

Accounting for 60 percent of residential sales in the period, villa prices in the emirate increased 8 percent as "investor confidence and inventories are stabilizing," said the property consultancy firm.Aa

Apartment prices fell 3 percent in the third quarter, compared with a 17 percent decline in the previous period, as the majority of sellers held prices and distressed sales Distressed Sale

An urgent sale of assets because of negative conditions.

Notes:
For example, securities may have to be sold because there is a margin call.
 available in previous months were no longer on the market.Aa

Financed apartment sales declined 14 percent, as financing remained an issue, the firm said.Aa

Villa rent prices were up by 6 percent on increasing demand in the summer months, while apartment rents dropped 17 percent.Aa

Office prices fell 10 percent and office rents 4 percent.Aa

British house prices rose for a fifth month running in September to leave them flat year-on-year, Nationwide Building Society said on Friday.Aa

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Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (ä`b thä`bē, zä–, dä–), Arab. Abu Zabi, sheikhdom (1995 pop. 928,360), c. , one of seven emirates comprising the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates, federation of sheikhdoms (2005 est. pop. 2,563,000), c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. , has been less affected by the global financial crisis than Dubai, its neighboring neigh·bor  
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 emirate. -- Reuters

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Publication:The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
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Date:Oct 5, 2009
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