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People sit outside the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham, central England. Average property prices in the city are £202,162 with an average rental yield of 5.4 per cent. AFP

Birmingham now Britain’s best city for property investment

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Homefront: ‘Can my new landlord ask me to vacate the property before the lease ends?’

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Amanat terminates agreement to sell Middlesex University Dubai to SW Holding

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Values and volumes of Dubai property deals surge in Q3 as economy recovers

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Investcorp grows US industrial real estate footprint to $2bn

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Property of the week: This Dh22.5m Dubai villa has a Bali-inspired garden
The Downtown Dubai area. Significant shifts in rental rates are yet to be confirmed as the effects of the pandemic are not fully realised.Reuters

Dubai and Abu Dhabi rents: are there bargain deals amid the pandemic?
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Where Dubai property rents have risen and fallen, Q1 2020
The views are stupendous. Courtesy LuxuryProperty.com

'The White House' of Palm Jumeirah: Inside a Dh65 million Dubai villa
Rents continued on a downward trajectory for apartments, villas and townhouses in Abu Dhabi. Ravindranath K / The National

Where Abu Dhabi property rents have risen and fallen, Q1 2020
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Burj Khalifa: to live inside or view Dubai's giant from the outside
A total of 31,000 residential units were handed over in Dubai in 2019, according to Asteco. Sarah Dea / The National

How Dubai property rental rates have changed over the past decade
Al Bandar at Al Raha Beach in Abu Dhabi. Ravindranath.K / The National

How Abu Dhabi property rental rates have changed over the past decade
Clouds gather above skyscrapers on the skyline in the City of London. The City of London Corporation unveiled a five-year mission to reinvent the capital by 2025 with new start-up hubs, affordable work spaces, digital funds and stock exchange reforms. Bloomberg

Tough challenges facing the City of London's five-year rebrand plan

Economy
Canary Wharf financial district is seen in the distance as construction work continues on Damac's Nine Elms development on the South Bank. Covid-19 has affected sales of the project, which have stalled at a sold rate of almost 60 per cent since November last year. AFP

Dubai's Damac Properties eyes distressed real estate in prime European cities

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A building in Dubai has not been cleaned for several months despite repeated tenant requests and this has attracted cockroaches. Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images

Homefront: ‘My landlord refuses to pay for upkeep of the building’

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Singapore’s current carbon footprint is bigger than some countries that are 50 times its size. Reuters

Singapore’s new city will help reduce carbon footprint

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Saint-Martin-de-Belleville secured the top spot on Knight Frank's 2020 Ski Index, as it is one of only a few resorts to still offer development opportunities. Alamy Stock Photo

Europe's ski boltholes immune to Covid pandemic as prices in luxury resorts rise

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A workman lays bricks on a residential construction site in Towcester, UK. The average house price in August was £239,000, £6,000 higher than the same month last year. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

UK house prices jump 2.5% in August as Rishi Sunak's tax holiday takes hold

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Residential property prices in The Netherlands are expected to rise 6.1 per cent in 2020. The National 

Covid fails to derail house price rises across Europe

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A property owned and managed by Brookfield Asset Management. The company owns and operates 22 million square feet of office properties in India. Getty Images

Canada's Brookfield buys commercial properties worth $2bn in India

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A view of Guoco Tower (right) which houses the Dysons' luxury penthouse at Wallich Residence in Singapore. The most expensive penthouse in Singapore is a three-floor residence with a rooftop terrace, private pool and jacuzzi. AFP

Billionaire James Dyson sells Singapore penthouse for $46m – 16% less than he paid last year

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Half of the most expensive properties sold so far this year were in Dubai Hills and District One, according to brokerage Luxhabitat Sotheby's International Realty. Victor Besa / The National

Dh75m Dubai Hills villa the emirate's most expensive property deal

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The Almas tower, right, stands above other skyscrapers at the Jumeirah Lake Towers development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011. Dubai and its state-owned non-financial companies have $101.5 billion of outstanding debt and may need further financial support to meet those obligations, Moody's said. Photographer: Gabriela Maj/Bloomberg

UAE property market gets more tenant-friendly as rents soften in Q3

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It is quite normal for landlords and sellers to use a power of attorney when dealing with sales and rentals of their properties in the UAE as often the owners of these properties reside abroad. Getty Images

Homefront: Can I address my rent cheques to the landlord’s power of attorney?’

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