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When I googled "visit dubai" ,
Visit-dubai did I spy ,
Amazing place!!
Phenomenal pace !!
Is the dream turning sour ?? Bye Bye!!

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AndrewG, You reiterate what Arniegang said on the other thread, about the 45 pc drop in Villa prices, but yo make it sound even worse. Is a lot of the building on stop then? How much have property values dropped from peak? The major problem is that when all the building work is finished [not ALL] , ...

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Why don't Dubai businesses advertise their wares.........property, gold, diamonds, jewellery , holidays etc etc on sites like that http://www.visit-dubai.co.uk or one of the others? It seems to me that Dubai could MARKET MORE on the internet. DROP YOUR PRICES TOO!! Cut the flight and hotel prices to...

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I see adverts on this site, but they do not reach customers in UK, USA, France , Germany, etc etc. Whereas a good informative tourism web-site does. with all due respect to you on this forum, it is very good, but it is mainly for INSIDERS who know Dubai. To MARKET Dubai globally and sell to OUTSIDER...

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Arnie, You have certainly been an astute judge of Dubai property. As the old song "The Gambler" goes........"you've got know when to held 'em, and know when to fold 'em !! Don't count your money 'til the dealing's done!!!"" A lot of us hang on to investments too long. My pro...

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I have no respect for people who don't work.I hate laziness. I am nearly 62 and I work a 7 day week much of the year , up to 14 hours a day in summer in the UK, with 3 businesses , one of them smallish. Now then, UAE Kid. The only reason that you don't have to work hard , is that the Arabian Gulf, o...

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Arnie, I see you lived on the front at Dubai Marina. I've been there but don't know the area intimately. Did you ever meet a guy from Wales called Nick who bought a nice villa or property near the entrance of Dubai Marina in 2006 or 2005? He is about 51 and has wavy brown hair with a touch of grey. ...

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Arnie, You miss my point re losing jobs!! If people in the UK are losing their jobs .....THEY are not going to visit Dubai are they? Nor will they buy property there!! They won't go to Dubailand either. The expats in Dubai are there to fill their pockets , sure........but Sheikh Mo has really got th...

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UAE kid, YOU might be playing around, but it is becoming a VERY SERIOUS WORLD out there and not only in the UK . There were RIOTS on the streets of Paris tonight . Oil refinery workers were demonstrating in North east England about jobs being given to Italians in the UK . STRIKES ARE COMING BACK! Do...

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The question is......how wealthy is Abu Dhabi? If it came to the crunch , could Abu Dhabi pay to finish the projects that NEED finishing? Some Dubai projects could be left, could they not? I have never seen the LOGIC of Dubailand. It is a different market. Mainly working class and very young familie...

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Relax ?? You'll see "relax" in Dubai before long !! The recession is only STARTING ! Who is going to buy all the property and holiday there in NUMBERS? It needs CHEAP FLIGHTS and CHEAP ACCOMMODATION for starters , to even stand a chance of competing in tourism. Why pay for a long flight to...

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Arnie, I agree with you on your opinions. So you were quite lucky in 2002. Happened to be in the right place at the right time. You could not have timed it much better by buying in 2002 and selling in 2007. TIMING IS EVERYTHING!! What were your buying prices in Sterling in 2002? Not familiar with di...

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You say you converted from Dirhams to Sterling in Dec 2008. Did you have to leave that money in Dubai , or have you been allowed to bring it back to the UK ?
Is there any tax if you sell a Dubai property at a profit , then take the money out of the UAE and back to UK?

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Macjul, You miss the point ! I cannot drive around Dubai because I am in the UK, but with an interest in Dubai. I've gleaned a lot of info from a web-site called http://www.visit-dubai.co.uk , which is near the top if you put "visit dubai" into Google. Plus I've read other sites. That is t...

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As property prices plunge down so low,
Investors and workers will soon have to go !
We learn to our cost,
That our jobs are being lost!!
So " Hello to Queen Lizzie and Bye ! Bye ! to Sheikh Mo !!!

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If you come across Arnie ,
You might soon have a barney!!
Before you two clash ,
He's made real cash !
So the talk isn't blarney !!

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Robbie, So there is no block by UAE banks on taking money out of the country? Other countries have done that in the past. Of course, Barclays are in Dubai . They are recovering now after a calamitous share price drop. They shot up this week . Royal Bank of Scotland shares were 14.5 pence each last M...

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You have no idea . My "interest in Dubai" ? [1] I've been there! [2] Six from my small town work there. One got in there on Dubai residency with £12 million [sterling] to avoid tax in UK. He bought on the front of the marina for £900,000 in 2006. A friend of his says that is worth £1.5 mil...

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Anybody know Dunbar in the marina?

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Sorry about typos . HEAR , not "here" ........sales spin !

Re gold ! Why are the gold shops not trying to sell more on the internet?

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They are building right out on the Palm,
So they're hoping the sea's always calm,
There will be stormy times,
In those southern climes,
So they'll all need a prayer and a psalm !!

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As the needle reaches into the sky !!
The needle called Burj Dubai
There could be trouble,
As needle meets bubble !!
With a BANG , it could cause you to cry!!!

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Robby, I wish I was 20 again!! ?? I use CAPITALS for emphasis , that's all. Why the fuss? You cannot shout in print . A physical impossibility ! I mention RBS because they are now a penny share. Yet how can they go bust? Brown is from Fife and Darling's from Edinburgh....BOTH SCOTS!! RBS was THE BAN...

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UAE Kid, Why don't you respond? If your country has blown all its oil wealth on UNFINISHED real estate, then relies on tourism , it is in for a big SHOCK!! Tourism is very competitive, OIL IS NOT!! If you have oil under your feet, you have a huge advantage without having to be clever. Tourism is ver...

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Robby, You say that capitals "look like screaming". I disagree ! That is only in the mind of the READER, not the writer . WHY should they "look like screaming" ? It's crazy!! The printed word.........whatever its size, does not emanate ANY sound, so why does reading capitals upse...

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I am not a Scot, so I am not tied emotionally to RBS. But the Scots are 5 million out of an UK 60 million, with 50 million in England. Yet Scots have been ruling the UK disproportionately for years under Labour. Blair, Brown, Darling.....all Scots. If RBS is not nationalised , it can climb back up a...

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The trouble with the pound is that it is a small currency compared to the dollar and euro, allowing to financial speculators to manipulate it. I see that southern European countries are now called PIIGS. They are Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain [ PIIGS]. They cannot keep up with northern ...

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The first should have syllables...eight,
The second should rhyme and add weight,
Then two lines of five,
To keep it alive,
That's what makes a limerick great!!

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Will Dubai face a property crash ? Have Nakheel and Emaar been too rash? Have they borrowed too much? What say the Dutch? We need "answers" ,not "questions" to thrash !! OR Is Dubai running right out of cash ???

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He actually has 11 properties, at least out there, several around the marina. He bought in 2006/07 after moving from the UK.
Living expenses in Dubai look high.

Does Dunbar ring a bell as a marina address?

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