Qataris favor villas as top residential choice, official data reveals

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Saudi Arabia braces for Eid Al-Fitr rush with anticipated surge in airline passengers RIYADH: Buoyed by the millions of Umrah performers and worshippers throughout the holy month of Ramadan, Saudi Arabia braces for a surge in travel for Eid Al-Fitr.  The spike is expected to result in a significant rise in the number of arriving … Read more

‘We are in favor of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza,’ Costa Rican FM Arnoldo Andre Tinoco tells Arab News

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RIYADH: Costa Rica supports a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict, for the free flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza and for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, its foreign affairs minister said. Arnoldo Andre Tinoco made the comments in an interview with Arab News on Tuesday in Riyadh during his official visit to Saudi Arabia. … Read more

Qataris favor villas as top residential choice in December 2023  

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RIYADH: Qatari citizens have demonstrated a preference for villas in their residential choices, as indicated by official building permit data for December 2023.   Analyzing the data, Qatar’s Planning and Statistics Authority identified villas as the prevailing preference, constituting 79 percent of all new residential building permits, totaling 172.   Subsequently, dwellings financed through housing loans … Read more