Union Properties swings to full-year profit on turnaround strategy boost
The turnaround strategy being implemented by the company's board has allowed it to reduce accumulated losses and increase shareholder equity, Union Properties said, without giving details of the reduction in accumulated losses or operating costs. Union Properties, like its peers in Dubai, has faced headwinds amid a slowdown in the emirate’s real estate market in the wake of a drop in oil prices that began in 2014. Ongoing concerns about an oversupply of properties and the Covid-19 pandemic posed further challenges in 2020, affecting real estate sales. Property prices in Dubai slipped 8 per ...