Comments on: Saraya al Aqaba; Goodbye Amman!

By: MUHAMMAD ZUBAIR ALAM

MUHAMMAD ZUBAIR ALAM — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:02:11 +0000

Well very well there are no needs of knowladge about Aqba city information in there website.

By: haney

haney — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:09:30 +0000

hey every 1 its great to hear that the country is moving forward and having such huge project as this , and also its good to hear that the country will be owned by individual as well as jordanian wich will bring new out look and oppertunities where the income and the expences will equalise and motivate the shark jordanian to invest there own money in jordan instead overseas and refresh the economy where u will then find banks and building society able to provide mortgages ,loans and credit cards then u all do not need to emigrate to canada or australia or even the us cos them they are leaving there own countries cos of the high life cost and low income .

By: samer

samer — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:04:20 +0000

i wait saraya al aqaba from along time we need this project in jordan, really it’s great project and good luck

By: Omar

Omar — Sun, 21 May 2006 13:35:55 +0000

Well.. I think the above conversation is too frustrating.. I think that Jordan is moving towards being owned by individuals rather than by the Jordanians themselves. In addition, Jordan will act more of a gracefull country full of technological built up facilities yet having major financial problems regarding income vs. expenses. This will give an urge to locals to move out and immigrate to Australia, Canada, The gulf, etc… Or maybe I’m just talking nonsense.. We’ll have to wait and meet again in 5 -10 years :)

By: Haitham

Haitham — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 09:57:11 +0000

Cool… I found a place to hang on if my wife kicks me out ;-)

By: Anne from New York City

Anne from New York City — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:29:25 +0000

Actually, you could get a one bedroom in Manhattan for $350,000, although it would be a small one bedroom. So it probably is a better deal than Jordan. I don’t know what an engineer gets here–maybe $50,000 to $80,000?…we don’t have to drive cars here so gas isn’t an issue…a loaf of bread costs around $2…well, if you know any nice single men moving to New York City you can get them in touch with me!:-)

By: Ziad

Ziad — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:46:28 +0000

The current surge in prices is due to the gap between supply and demand that was caused by the sudden increase in demand, which the supply side couldn’t keep up with. Once the supply increases (and it surely will with such prices), the prices will moderate a little, but Amman will always be relatively expensive for local incomes as long as Jordan is stable, and there is excess cash all around it.

By: Haitham

Haitham — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 11:06:48 +0000

And what is the average income of an Engineer working at a managerial position in Manhattan? And how much do you pay for Gaz per litter, bread, telephone bill, water, etc…

You don’t want to know how much that is in Amman!

The gap is very high between the income and expenditure and cost of life in Amman. That’s why, mostly every young chap will pay anything to get a visa to run to US or EU.

By: Anne from New York City

Anne from New York City — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 00:24:25 +0000

I don’t know if this will make you feel better, but the average price for an apartment in Manhattan is $1 million (US dollars).

By: Roba

Roba — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 16:00:38 +0000

A’7 yes.. it’s ridiculous how expensive land is these days!

By: bashar

bashar — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 09:29:50 +0000

Hello, I totally agree with you. I basically need to save for the next 25 years to buy an apartmenet in Jordan at these elevated prices. Of course don’t forget that prices will go higer year on year, on inflation and demand, so I think it will be more like 30-40 years of savings. You look at the property prices in London and you could understand that although prices are very high incomes are high too, so net/net it pays off to take a mortgage. In Jordan, property is increasing exponentially and income on the other hand is increasing very gradually, so you need some other source of funding to pay your mortgage. Salam.