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Nicholas Brooke is the chairman of Professional Property Services, a specialist real estate consultancy based...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-3Z4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":165808,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dubai-rental-pressures-push-tenants-toward-ownership-as-55-plan-to-buy\/","url_meta":{"origin":15318,"position":0},"title":"Dubai rental pressures push tenants toward ownership as 55% plan to buy","date":"November 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Tenant purchase intent in Dubai has surged from 25% to 55%, driven by rents, mortgages and long-term residency plans The post Dubai rental pressures push tenants toward ownership as 55% plan to buy appeared first on Arabian Business: Latest News on the Middle East, Real Estate, Finance, and More.\r\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dubai-real-estate-betterhomes-1000x667-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":104727,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/more-support-for-rental-flat-dwellers-to-become-homeowners\/","url_meta":{"origin":15318,"position":1},"title":"More support for rental flat dwellers to become homeowners","date":"March 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The new Homeownership Support Team will assist tenants in handling homeownership policies and processes. 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