RULE #1 : NEVER EVER TRUST ANY REAL ESTATE AGENT OR DEVELOPER HERE IN QATAR, NOT A SINGLE ONE. EVEN NOW IN THESE CONDITIONS THEY WILL BLOW SMOKE UP YOUR BEHIND AND TELL YOU WHAT GREAT SHAPE THE MARKET IS IN, WHAT A GREAT INVESTMENT, GREAT THIS, GREAT THAT. NOT A SINGLE ONE I HAVE MET HAS EVER BEEN TRUTHFUL AND ALL HAVE GREATLY EXAGGERATED AND SENSATIONALIZED WHAT LITTLE POSITIVE IS OUT THERE. LOOK AT MADANIA IN DUBAI A COUPLE DAYS BACK, COULD NOT SELL EVEN ONE PROPERTY AT THE RESERVE PRICE. NOT EVEN ONE PROPERTY ! ! IT WAS DISASTER AND EVEN IN LIGHT OF THAT, TRUE TO FORM, THE UNSCRUPLUOUS CEO TRIED TO PUT A POSITIVE SPIN ON WHAT WAS A COMPLETE REPUDIATION OF UNREALISITIC PRICING THAT EXISTS IN THE GULF REGION TODAY. GREED AMONG THESE INDIVIDUALS SET IN DEEP AND WILL TAKE TIME TO ROOT ITSELF OUT. GOOD LUCK.