Northern Emirates investment key factors

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Dubai, Abu Dhabi and the UAE is the most emerging and dynamic freehold real estate market on Earth.

Strong political and economic growth
Population growth underpinning property market
Booming Economy: growth currently at 15% compared to 2.5% in the UK
365 Sunny days
Future Supply: All master-planning is Government controlled to carefully manage the demand-supply ratio thus maintain strong growth & returns
Considered approach to growth and property market
Market right at the beginning of international investor interest
Airport expansion
Industrial Firms, Investment and Labor by Industrial Activity growing in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah
Hotels, Rooms, Beds and Occupation Percentage growing with increasing tourism
Longest stretch of coastline in the Emirates, sparkling turquoise waters and picturesque mountains
Low crime rate
45 minute drive from Dubai International Airport.
Growing tourist destination - the new holiday destination of the Middle East
RAK airways (airline) launched in 2006
Emirate expects 2.5 M tourists a year by 2012
£116M WOW RAK theme park attracting 15,000 a day
Three world-class gold courses planned, bringing total to five
RAK Trade Zone (RAKFTZ) attracting huge amounts of FDI
£1.8Billion Emirates railway will cut commute to Dubai to 20 mins
Comparables are being made to Dubai 6 years ago
UAE's most breathtaking natural beauty exists on Ras Al-Khaimah's coastline, so every effort has been made to ensure all planning is ecologically sound.

"Investment in any of the United Arab Emirates after Dubai, you are more than likely to draw a blank. But now with huge investment by the government and international companies, the FT has named Ras al-Khaimah as the most cost-efficient of the Emirates. Not surprisingly, with land and property space in Dubai in very short supply, its neighbor is reaping an advantage"
The Times, UK