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Egyptian developers are finding the EGP flotation useful as overseas buyers \u201care willing to be enticed\u201d by the devaluation, according to Gulf News<\/a>. If at all there has been any inactivity, it is largely confined to the smaller developers,\u201d Zeyad Tarek Al Beshry, General Manager at Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate, says. He says property buyers are following institutional funds who are \u201cwanting to come in and buy up the currency.\u201d Al Beshry says \u201cwhen a high-end villa with a price of USD 500,000 suddenly becomes USD 250,000, it will have to stoke interest from overseas.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egyptian developers are finding the EGP flotation useful as overseas buyers \u201care willing to be enticed\u201d by the devaluation, according to Gulf News. If at all there has been any inactivity, it is largely confined to the smaller developers,\u201d Zeyad Tarek Al Beshry, General Manager at Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate, says. 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