Residential rents in Jeddah have increased by an average of 14 percent so far this year, real estate consultants Jones Lang LaSalle said on Sunday. Its Jeddah Real Estate Market Overview for Q3 2011 said the city’s residential sector had seen an “robust upward trend” between July and September. Soraka Al-Khatib, co-head of Jones Lang [...]

Monster Employment Index Gulf Rises 8% Month-over-Month The Monster Employment Index is a monthly gauge of online job demand in Middle-east based on a real-time review of tens of thousands of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of career Web sites and online job listings. The Index does not reflect the trend [...]

There is widespread understanding that with oil prices around $100 per barrel, Saudi Arabia’s oil wealth is providing vast revenue inflows, enabling a strong fiscal position with low government debt and high government savings. This wealth is particularly timely as the government has increased spending and cash transfers to Saudi citizens in the wake of [...]

The new initiative supports Government’s ongoing focus on Saudization June 19 2011, Riyadh: MonsterGulf, a leading online career and recruitment solutions provider in the Gulf region today announced the launch of its initiative ‘Return2Home’ targeting   Non-Resident Saudis  residing abroad looking at returning to their origins. Created to reach out to the Saudi population living abroad [...]

The Saudi Job Expo 2011 is a unique one-stop employment shop which helps you to meet face to face with the decision makers. This is nothing but, you develop a rapport with your future employer, something you can’t do through the employment websites over the internet. Every aspect of Saudi Jobs Expo is specifically designed [...]

Riyadh, Apr 3 2011: nasair, the low fare carrier airline based in Saudi Arabia, recently participated in the 4th Annual Saudi Travel & Tourism Investment Market (STTIM), an event aiming to promote the most successful and promising investment opportunities and tourism services and products that the region has to offer. A group of nasair team [...]

Home Centre, the regional retailer, aims to add 17 new outlets to its global portfolio by the end of 2011. Occupying more than 2.89 million sq ft of retail space, Home Centre currently has 12 shops in the UAE and boasts 71 stores across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the Indian [...]

(via arabianbusiness.com) House prices in Riyadh fell about 20 percent in 2009 but Saudi Arabia’s real estate sector escaped the major corrections seen in other parts of the Gulf, CB Richard Ellis said in a new report on Tuesday. The research company’s latest Saudi Arabian MarketView report said there had only been “small drops” in [...]