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Alabbar: Dubai Property Market Resilient Amid War Turmoil

Emaar Properties CEO Mohamed Alabbar says that Dubai's property market remains resilient despite regional tensions, citing strong buyer confidence and stable collections across customers. While acknowledging short-term supply chain disruptions linked to the Strait of Hormuz closure, Alabbar expects a quick regional rebound. He spoke with Bloomberg TV's Joumanna Bercetche from the sidelines of MIITE in Abu Dhabi.

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London Mayor on AI, Migration, Local Elections, Farage

London Mayor Sadiq Khan discusses artificial intelligence, migration, affordable housing and why voters shouldn't back the populist Reform UK in next week's local elections, describing Nigel Farage's party as a "poor man's version of President Trump and MAGA." Khan also backed Prime Minister Keir Starmer to survive the growing scandal around his 2024 appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington. He talks with Chad Thomas at Bloomberg's CityLab conference in Madrid, where a new forum involving mayors from across the world to ensure artificial intelligence works for effectively for cities was announced.

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How Singapore and Australia Took Opposite Paths on Housing

As homeownership drifts further out of reach, governments are looking for new ways to help first-time buyers come up with the money. In Australia, economist Saul Eslake argues that letting buyers tap retirement savings or reduce down payments only puts more upward pressure on prices. In Singapore, economist Sumit Agarwal points to a very different system: mandatory savings there can be used for housing, but steep taxes discourage buying second and third homes. Through the experiences of first-time buyers Jordan Davies in Melbourne and Jeff Chie in Singapore, the story explores whether easier access to capital really helps people buy homes or simply makes housing even more expensive.

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