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Episode 24-Bricks and Bytes: Iraq's Real Estate Tech Boom
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Real estate is becoming a major sector in Iraq's economy. According to Statista, a Germany-based market research and data company, it's the fourth largest among Arab countries and is expected to grow at a healthy rate of 6% over the next few years.
In our 24th episode, we spoke to Mahdi Zewin, founder and managing director of Bayt Al Iraqi (BaytIraqi), a new Iraq-based proptech company.
In this episode, we spoke about several topics including:
- Why investors should consider investing in Iraq
- The opportunities and challenges in Iraq's real estate sector
- Iraq's emerging tech ecosystem
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Intro theme song-'Tales of the Arabian Nights' composed by StudioKolomna via Pixabay
Capitole
1. Episode 24-Bricks and Bytes: Iraq's Real Estate Tech Boom (00:00:00)
2. Monologue intro (00:00:58)
3. Beginning of discussion (00:01:40)
4. Mahdi's early life (00:02:22)
5. Relocating to Iraq (00:05:13)
6. Why invest in Iraq? (00:08:41)
7. Setting up BaytIraqi (00:12:11)
8. Property buying process (00:18:15)
9. BaytIraqi and social media (00:21:11)
10. Covering rental properties (00:25:45)
11. Opportunities in Iraqi real estate (00:26:54)
12. Gulf and foreign interest in Iraq (00:33:00)
13. Real estate as an asset class (00:36:21)
14. Challenges of doing business in Iraq (00:37:19)
15. Lack of legal infrastructure (00:41:02)
16. Disrupting real estate market (00:43:36)
17. Banking sector (00:45:13)
18. Financing options for buyers (00:47:24)
19. Currency issues (00:50:40)
20. Developing tourism sector (00:54:14)
21. Supportive tech ecosystem (00:58:25)
22. Upcoming projects (01:02:51)
23. Contacting Mahdi (01:05:44)
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