Trowers & Hamlins

Real Estate 2009: Chapter 2 Middle East Real Estate - a comparative view

The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Real Estate 2009

A practical insight to cross-border Real Estate work

Whilst recent developments in property laws in the Middle East have been overshadowed by the effects of the global financial crisis on the regional real estate market (especially in Dubai), it is still useful to consider the steps that have been taken over the last year or so to take the market forward and increase its attractiveness to investors. This chapter takes a tour of various countries within the region and extracts recent developments of note.