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Buyers rush to purchase Egyptian real estate as prices rise

This picture taken on March 13, 2020, shows an aerial view of low-rise luxury housing in the residential suburb of Madinaty in Cairo.

Egypt’s property developers have suspended sales as the market feels the pinch of a stronger dollar and the higher cost of building materials. The local real estate market is going through what analysts describe as repricing, citing high world prices of energy, freight and global economic uncertainty.

Against a backdrop of growing inflation rates, prices of residential units have been increasing since the central bank devalued the pound and raised interest rates by 100 basis points on March 21.

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