Morning round-up: The view from Abu Dhabi's tallest buildings

The tallest buildings in Abu Dhabi are days away from completion.

from the top of the Sky and Sun towers on Reem Island, which will rise 74 stories and 65 stories, respectively. More than 6,400 labourers are working in shifts around the clock on the Sorouh project.

More of the day's news after the jump.

Deyaar Development has teamed up with local banks in its latest move to offer its clients more favourable financing, in some cases lending up to 90 per cent of the property cost with repayment periods of up to 25 years,

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From The Greens and The Springs to The Lakes, some homes in Dubai's neighbourhoods built in the early stages of the construction boom are showing premature signs of aging,

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And, in an increasingly familiar display of discontent with the property market, two dozen residents of Discovery Gardens gathered over the weekend to petition for more transparency and better property management services,

. The group plans to get 400 signatures for two petitions to be delivered to senior officials at Nakheel, the developer of the properties, and Tamweel, the country's largest home lender by volume which has financed purchases at Discovery Gardens.

that Saudi property developer Jenan Properties plans to spend 5 billion riyals ($1.33 billion) on two projects which would be ready by the time the domestic property market recovers from a slowdown.

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that Qatar's government will spend $4.1 billion on acquiring the real estate portfolios of nine local banks to boost the domestic real estate sector. The move involves the government taking over the real estate investment portfolios of Qatar National Bank, Commercial Bank of Qatar, Doha Bank, International Bank of Qatar, Qatar International Islamic Bank, Qatar Islamic Bank, Masraf Al Rayan, Ahli Bank and Al Khaliji Bank, according to KUNA, Kuwait's official news agency.