30/11/2010 00:00 AST

Prince Alwaleed has predicted that Dubai's depressed property prices will take several more years to hit bottom and start a recovery because the market is still oversupplied.

Since 2008 Dubai property rates have been falling drastically. The cost of Dubai apartments have lowered. Dubai real estate prices declined six per cent in the third quarter while the United Arab Emirates' biggest construction firm, Arabtec Holding, reported a 96 per cent drop in profit and Deyaar Development PJSC suffered a loss. Dubai apartments which were sold for high prices now their prices have come down. The investors all over the globe are trying their hand out to get best home in Dubai.

As the rates in Abu Dhabi are high compared to Dubai, investors are interested in Dubai property. The areas that are worst hit by the rental declines are in Dubai Marina, Jumeriah Lake Towers and The Views. Even Dubai's rental real estate market is seeing prices fall as an oversupply sees landlords of new units undercutting market rates. This strategy has seen rents fall by up to 38 per cent in some of the emirate's most popular residential areas. The reason behind this downfall in property rates is because of many new constructions which were under progress have been completed. The reports say that it will take almost 20 months for the property market to get stable.


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