Jordan Real Estate Market Review From Leading Point Consulting

“Jordan Real Estate Market Review” is a new report launched by “Leading Point Management Advisory Services”, the report offers exclusive news about the real estate developments in Jordan, as well as in-depth analysis for the Jordanian real estate market for specialists. The report also highlights the challenges which are being faced by this industry on both aspects, globally and locally. An inside look at the Jordanian real estate market shows that many of the major players in the market had slow down their activity during the second half of this year, from another side local banks lately became more conservative about their housing loans’ policies, these factors in addition to many others, attributed to a slowdown in the construction sector which reached a growth rate of 2.3% during the first half of 2008 compared to 8.6 % during the same period in 2007. The report analyses the following factors as indicated by the table of contents below: Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………………………

………… 4 1.1 COUNTRY OVERVIEW……………………………………………………………………… ……… 4 1.2 ECONOMICAL HIGHLIGHTS……………………………………………………………… ……… 5 2. REAL ESTATE MARKET OVERVIEW………………………………………………………………… ……… 9 2.1 REAL ESTATE MARKET ANALYSIS……………………………………………………… …….. 9 2.2 LAND MARKET……………………………………………………………………………… ………… 12 2.3 SALES FOR NON JORDANIANS (LANDS AND APARTMENTS)…………………… ….. 14 2.4 APARTMENT & OFFICES MARKET ANALYSIS………………………………………… …… 16 2.5 REAL ESTATE MARKET PRICES………………………………………………………… ……… 19 2.5.1 Villas Prices……………………………………………………………………… ……… 19 2.5.2 Apartments Prices…………………………………………………………… ……….. 20 2.5.3 Offices Prices…………………………………………………………………… ……… 22 2.5.4 Land Prices……………………………………………………………………… ………. 23 2.6 REAL ESTATE DRIVERS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS………………………………… …… 26 2.7 THE SITUATION AT THE MOMENT……………………………………………………… …… 27 2.8 REAL ESTATE PERFORMANCE…………………………………………………………… …….. 28 2.8.1 Residential Sector……………………………………………………………… …….. 28 2.8.2 Commercial and Offices Sector…………………………………………… …….. 29

2.8.3 Hotel and Hospitality Sector………………………………………………… ……. 29 3. INVESTMENT REGULATIONS……………………………………………………………………… ………… 31 4. MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE JORDANIAN REAL ESTATE MARKET……………………………… ….. 37 4.1 GOVERNMENT MAJOR PLAYERS……………………………………………… …… 37 4.2 PRIVATE MAJOR PLAYERS……………………………………………………… ……. 40

Overall, “Jordan Real Estate Market Review” is a must read for real estate players, consultants, investors, and financial specialists. The report will be published by the end of December, it will be offered at US$ 2,500 and US$ 2,000 for early birds.

To order a copy, call Dana Tamimi at +962 (6) 5549333/4 or email: [email protected]