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$25bn Iraq Housing Deal with S. Korea

Dr. Sami Al- Araji, NIC Chairman, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Seoul with a Korean company to build 500,000 housing units throughout Iraqi. The deal could have a possible total value of $25 billion, based on the previous information from the commission stating that each housing unit was expected to cost $50,000. Reuters reports […]

Banks, Investment Commission Decide Housing Finance

Iraqi government-owned banks and the National Investment Commission (NIC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on mechanisms to collect the necessary funds to build residential compounds and offer enough guarantees for investors, according to the Finance Ministry. “Minister of Finance, Baqer al-Zubaydi [Baqir Jabr Al-Zubeidi], chaired a four-hour meeting that dealt with the role […]

125 Companies Bidding to Build 1 Million Houses in Iraq

The Chairman of the National Investment Commission, Dr. Sami Al- Araji, announced that 125 companies of various nationalities have submitted offers to implement the 'One Million Housing Units' project [National Housing Project] throughout Iraq, and says that 35 companies from that list will be chosen. Dr. Araji explained that the project will be built on […]

Concerns Over Land Ownership in Iraq

The head of the National Investment Commission, Sami al-Araji, has said that the main obstacle standing in the way of attracting the foreign investment is the ownership of the land on which the projects will be carried out. He said that the Commission worked to overcome these obstacles but the ownership of the land and […]

$66bn New Projects from Abu Dhabi Developers

Dr Sami al Araji, the chairman of Iraq's National Investment Commission, has said that Abu Dhabi-based developers have closed deals worth $66bn [79 trillion Iraqi dinars] for housing projects in Iraq. The companies involved are Bloom Properties and Al Maabar. Bloom Properties' projects include a $30bn development in Karbala, and $15bn to provide 300,000 dwellings […]