Property for sale in Bahrain

Is the capital and largest city of Bahrain with an approximate population of 155,000 people, roughly a quarter of the country's population. Today, it is a modern capital with an economy based around the sales promotion industry as crude oil takes a less pronounced role in the economy.

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Is an island country in the Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain by the King Fahd Causeway, which officially opened on November 25, 1986. Qatar is to the south across the Gulf of Bahrain.

Bahrain has the freest economy in the Middle East, and 25th freest in the world and it has become the international financial services capital of the Middle East.

Most major Arab financial institutions have offices in Bahrain as do many international banks, branches of foreign insurance companies and exempt companies trading offshore. Bahrain has a fast developing real estate sector that currently offers inimitable property investment opportunity with the potential for substantial short term growth and significant long term yields. The demand for property for sale in Bahrain by overseas buyers was so intense that it led to a change in the constitution in 2001 to allow for foreign freehold ownership of real estate in commercial and residential high rise buildings as well as in areas designated for tourism, banking, financial, health and educational training. 

Not only is the property market in Bahrain going from strength to strength with conservative industry expectations predicting at least a further three years of strong property price growth in the residential market, but Bahrain based banking institutions are spreading their wings and strategically aligning themselves for property market entry in the UK.

Basically the problem with property in Bahrain as an investment commodity is this – on paper everything looks fantastic, the climate appears to be ripe for commitment and the government are doing all they can to attract foreign direct investment - but on the other hand there are some reports of growing ethnic tension in Bahrain that could erupt into violence.