Dubai's 10 biggest villa deals: Emirates Hills villa tops at Dh36.5m

posted @ 12:00am, Wednesday 22 May 2013.

Property prices in Dubai are on the upswing, especially in the villa market, with prices rising by 20 per cent last year.

Data shared exclusively by Reidin.com with Emirates 24|7 reveals that investors are spending money lavishly on buying good, quality properties with big-ticket transactions (in secondary market) being registered in the Dubai Land Department.

According to Reidin.com, a villa in Emirates Hills, sold for a whopping Dh36.5 million, has topped the first quarter list of the biggest villa transactions in Dubai. The transaction was registered in January, with the buyer paying Dh1,956 per square feet.

Of the top 10 villa transactions registered by Dubai Land Department in the period, seven were in Emirates Hills and three in Palm Jumeirah.

A 33.5 million, Dh33 million and Dh25.85 million transactions in Emirates Hills took the second, third and fourth position, respectively. Prices ranged between Dh1,655 and Dh1,956 per square feet.

Emirates Hills are luxury-detached villas that have been sold as plots to investor to build their properties on.

The fifth biggest transaction was registered on Palm Jumeirah with a villa selling for Dh22 million.

This website had reported earlier that two villa transactions on the Palm Jumeirah valued at Dh22 million and Dh21.12 million, respectively, had made it to the top 10 biggest deals for 2012.

Reidin.com is an exclusive and primary data source for real estate markets in the emerging countries.

A report by Deutsche Bank said property prices in Dubai witnessed a 6.2 per cent growth in the first three months of 2013. Apartment prices remain between 43 and 61 per cent below peak with villa prices between 12 and 49 per cent below peak prices.

Knight Frank, a global property consultant, has also said that property prices in Dubai rose 18.3 per cent in the past one year (March 2012 to March 2013), with the emirate maintaining it's position among the top five best performing real estate markets in the world.

Taking a cautious approach, Craig Plumb, Head of Research, JLL Mena, while announcing the "Top Trends for the UAE real estate market in 2013", had said: "Price and rent recovery are likely to be more broader this year than 2012 when it was limited to few selected locations. We saw price growth in Dubai by 20 per cent in 2012... we will not see prices increasing 20 per cent this year, but overall rate of growth will be less than last year."

Area                                              Price (AED)


Emirates Living/Emirates Hills       36,500,000
Emirates Living/Emirates Hills       33,500,000
Emirates Living/Emirates Hills       33,000,000
Emirates Living/Emirates Hills       25,850,000
Palm Jumeirah                               22,000,000
Emirates Living/Emirates Hills       21,000,000
Palm Jumeirah                               21,000,000
Palm Jumeirah                               20,000,000
Emirates Living/Emirates Hills        19,750,000
Emirates Living/Emirates Hills        19,500,000

Source: www.emirates247.com

  

Turkey woos Gulf nationals as property investors

posted @ 12:00am, Monday 20 May 2013.

Dubai: Priding itself as the gateway between Asia and Europe, Turkey is successfully attracting Gulf nationals to its real estate sector.

Last year, the country changed the law to facilitate property investments by Gulf nationals, allowing them to buy properties by passports only and offering a one-year residency permit to foreign investors and their families.

The last eight months saw some 2,000 units being sold to investors from the Gulf region.

“Foreign investments are important to any country, one, for the diversification of the investors base, and two, you are opening up [your economy],” said Ahmet Kayhan, chief executive officer of Reidin.com, an international real estate information company focusing on emerging markets.

Opening up, in the case of Turkey, which has at present a balance deficit, will bring in foreign money that is required to further grow the Turkish economy, he noted in an interview with Gulf News.

The Turkish real estate sector, meanwhile, is already a vibrant one due to the “big local demand and strong local interest in it and the [high] percentage of young population of under 35 years old in the nearly 75 million population country”, Kayhan said.

On the other hand, Gulf states, which are rich in oil and gas, also have a high percentage of people under the age of 25.

Turkey has a strong interest in the Gulf region because “we see a great potential” to invest in the Turkish property sector, said Idris Demirhan, regional manager of Agaoglu in Dubai, a leading Turkish real-estate developer. Agaoglu opened an office in Dubai in March last year.

Turkey is interested in the Gulf region for many reasons, including religious and cultural bonds, coupled with a deep and long economic relationship, Demirhan explained in an interview with Gulf News.

“Politically, we are in the same region, and we are affected by each other... We are sharing same things and feelings, [there] are many things are in common,” he said.

Turkey’s geographical location, between Europe and Asia, green environment, moderate weather conditions and shopping malls are among the main factors behind choosing to invest in property. However, the number of Gulf nationals buying properties in Turkey is described as ‘minimal’ compared to the overall investors in the Turkish properties sector, experts said.

According to Kayhan, of the $558 million foreign investment in the Turkish property sector last year, less than $100 million was invested by Gulf nationals.

Westerners, mainly Europeans, constitute the highest foreigners buying properties in Turkey, with Germans and Britons topping the list. Westerners prefer coastal cities and towns to buy properties in and to use them as their summer [vacation] homes.

For the Gulf nationals, Turkish cities are expected to replace Paris and London in terms of property investments, said Demirhan.

“Because you can find in Istanbul whatever you can find in Europe and Asia, and it is very close [to the Gulf region],” he said. Also, Turkey is like a melting pot for different people coming from different cultures and backgrounds, he added.

According to Ozlem Gokse, vice chairman of the Turkish Association of Real Estate Investment Companies (Gyoder), Turkey attracted $2.5 billion (Dh9.2 billion) in foreign direct investment into real estate.

“We expect this to grow to $5 billion in the short term, eventually rising to $10 billion per annum in the long term,” he said.

Turkey’s economy grew at the second-fastest rate in the world in 2011 at 8.5 per cent, while Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data shows that the Turkish economy will be the bloc’s fastest-growing member in 2011-17, with average annual growth of 5.7 per cent.

According to some press reports, GDP (gross domestic product) per capita is set to rise from less than $11,000 at present to more tha $14,500 by 2016.

Turkey is one of the eight growth markets in the world along with Brazil, China, India, Russia, Mexico, Indonesia and Korea, said Kayhan.

“These eight countries are estimated to produce nearly 46 per cent of the world economy by 2050,” he said.

The real estate sector is also expected to grow fast in the next few years, while “the value of the property will be growing much higher than the rest of the world”, according to Kayhan.

Worldwide, Turkey, said Demirhan, is the second largest country witnessing construction work after China.

Source: www.gulfnews.com

REIDIN.com Turkey Real Estate Indices: April 2013 Results

posted @ 12:00am, Wednesday 15 May 2013.

May, 2013

REIDIN.com Turkey Residential Property Price Indices: April 2013 Results

The residential sales prices for existing homes increased 0.66% in Turkey overall, 0.10% in Adana, 0.28% in Ankara, 0.10% in Antalya, 0.10% in Bursa, 0.87% in Istanbul, 0.74% in Izmir and 0.21% in Kocaeli during April 2013.


The residential rental prices for existing homes increased 0.30% in Turkey overall, 0.52% in Adana, 0.20% in Ankara, 0.40% in Bursa and 0.47% in Istanbul. Prices decreased 0.20% in Antalya and 1.05% in Kocaeli. Prices were constant  in Izmir during April 2013.









REIDIN-GYODER New Home Price Index: April 2013 Results
According to April 2013 results, REIDIN-GYODER New Home Price Index shows the increase of 0.23% in 1+1 flat type; increase of 0.68% in 2+1 flat type; increase of 0.16% in 3+1 flat type and increase of 0.08% in 4+1 flat type with respect to the previous month.

According to April 2013 results, REIDIN-GYODER New Home Price Index reveals that there is 0.55% increase in 51-75sqm size; 1.05% increase in 76-100sqm; 0.23% increase in 101-125sqm size; 0.24% increase in 126-150sqm and 0.08% increase in 151sqm and bigger sized properties with respect to the previous month.


According to the results of REIDIN-GYODER New Home Price Index, in April 2013 there is 0.31% increase with respect to the previous month and in compliance with April 2012 there is 7.99% increase.


According to April 2013 results of REIDIN-GYODER New Home Price Index, "Trademarked Projects" in Istanbul European side shows 0.37% increase and 0.28% increase in Asian side.

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