According to Al-Bayan newspaper (July 14, 2005), Bahrain Real Estate Registry Department reported that the local real estate exchanges volume grew impressively by 46% in the first half of the current year compared with the corresponding period of last year. The value of the traded real estate assets increased from BD 185,770,999 to BD 271,286,217, an increase of BD 85,515,218. The Bahraini nationals controlled 92% of these real estate exchanges ...