A new mortgage finance law in Saudi Arabia could open up home ownership to more of the 25m population in the most-populous Gulf Arab country.

800PIZZA has opened a new branch in Dubai Marina, the Branch is located by the charming and calm waters of the Dubai Marina with some great outdoor and indoor dinning area within the Marina Hotel Apartments tower.

Dubai was emerging as an economic power. Now it too struggles with unemployed workers. Once rising city is now shrinking because of the global falling economy.

Dubai Furnished Apartments, the premium provider of Dubai short stay accommodation, increased the discount to 40% on most of their self catering and hotel apartments. In Jan 2009 they announced 15% discount, in the middle of Jan this was increased to 25% then 30% and now 40% to offer much discounted rates to the tourists.

Up to 45 per cent of the construction workforce in the United Arab Emirates could be laid off, with thousands already having lost their jobs due to the global financial crisis, a report says.

Apparently many people are interested about the Dubai Dynasty and about the family that has ruled Dubai since 1833. Here is what we found from Wikipedia about which dynasty has ruled Dubai since 1833.

Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is now the world’s tallest man-made structure, after reaching a record height of 688 metres.

I have seen that Melbourne has been hit by fog a few times recently, delaying planes and forcing some international flights to be diverted and now it's in Dubai.

Another weekend and I ticked off another lifer and Dubai experiences. Headed west on Friday morning to Ghantoot to see if I could spot some birds at the Polo Club.

I have written in the past how the geography of Egypt was so different to that of Dubai and United Arab Emirates. Green areas along the Nile, alluvial soil, agriculture, etc. But that was not all that was different.

On Saturday for the first time since I arrived in March, I ventured out on to the new Palm Jumeirah.

Better Homes has upgraded its website www.bhomes.com. The new face of the site is cleaner and less cluttered with a very user-friendly interface.