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Dubai Real Estate Market Downturn
Decline in real estate activity in Dubai following regional geopolitical tensions.
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Will Türkiye replace Gulf as the region's investment hub?
This article was originally written for Türkiye Today’s weekly economy newsletter, Turkish Economy in Brief, in its April 13 issue. Please make sure you are subscribed to the newsletter by clicking here.Following the two-week ceasefire declared in the Middle East conflict, the first round of talks between the United States and Iran has concluded in Pakistan without results. While the U.S. side said the Iranian delegation rejected demands to cease its pursuit of nuclear weapons, maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical oil transit route, has yet to return to normal.Although the ceasefire remains in place, recent developments show just how fragile the process is.Even if the Middle East conflict winds down, the world is bracing for a future where "nothing will be the same again." The first signs of this big shift are already showing up in global shipping routes.Tankers leaving the Persian Gulf are now heading toward the United States to pick up crude oil. Sources say U.S. oil exports have jumped by about 25% since last month, hitting nearly 5 million barrels a day—levels the U.S. market has never seen before.Due to its “secure supply” and accessibility, U.S. crude has now become more expensive than Brent oil.Meanwhile, billions of dollars in Gulf capital have begun searching for safer havens. Early signals from Dubai’s real estate sector provide important clues.According to data shared by DXB Interact, a digital platform that publishes housing market figures in Dubai, the number of property sales dropped from 17,027 between Feb. 2 and March 1 to 11,828 in the four weeks following the outbreak of war. This marks a 30.5% decline in just one month.Transaction volume in the housing market also fell by 36%, dropping from $16.53 billion to $10.58 billion.It’s becoming clear that a major shift is underway. As ships leave the region, the same investor behavior seen in Dubai is spreading across other Gulf countries. This isn't just about real estate anymore. Across every sector, particularly finance and tourism, there is a rapid move toward finding new hubs that offer the right balance of being geographically close and, most importantly, secure.A quick look at the map makes it clear that the ideal country for this is Türkiye. With its long-standing ties, strong diplomatic relations, and strategic position right between Europe and Asia, it is perfectly placed to fill that gap.Located at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, the Balkans, the Ca...
Turkiye woos investors amid Iran war fallout in Gulf economies
For Turkiye’s government, the Iran war has complicated efforts to turn around an economy still reeling from one of the worst financial crises in the country’s history.But even as the conflict has driven up Turkiye’s fuel prices and forced authorities to dip into their precious foreign currency reserves to defend the lira, it has also presented an opportunity.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Turkiye’s Roketsan eyes top 10 exporter rank amid Middle East conflictlist 2 of 4Iran war’s big winners: Wall Street, weapons firms, AI and green energylist 3 of 4Can Pakistan secure Iran-US nuclear compromise, as Trump says deal ‘close’?list 4 of 4Why oil prices aren’t what you think – and what it means for global supplyend of listAs the fallout of the war has reverberated across the Middle East, Ankara has jumped at the chance to promote Turkiye as a model of security and stability for businesses and investors.While Iranian missiles and drones have inflicted significant damage on infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Turkiye, which is protected by NATO air defences, has emerged largely unscathed from aerial attacks blamed on Tehran.‘New doors’Turkish officials have made little secret of their desire to capitalise on the shadow that the conflict – which is officially on pause until Wednesday under a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran – has cast over regional business hubs such as Dubai, Doha and Riyadh.In remarks earlier this month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who last month met with 40 global CEOs to discuss ways to boost his country’s competitiveness, cast the war as a boon to Ankara’s ambitions to transform Istanbul into one of the world’s leading financial centres.“Just as in the pandemic period, we wholeheartedly believe that this global crisis, too, will open new doors before our country,” Erdogan said in a statement posted on social media.Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan [File: Marco Simoncelli/AFP]Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek confirmed soon afterwards that the government was preparing “radical” incentives to lure foreign capital.Turkiye’s improving economic stability in the wake of its 2018 debt crisis and various financial incentives have helped to reposition the country as a regional hub and “safe haven”, said Bilal Bagis, head of the economics department at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University in Istanbul.“A liberal investment environment, ease of entry a...
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