The risk that exchange-rate movements erode returns for cross-border investors.
Related terms
- Delivery risk
The risk that a developer fails to complete or hand over a project on time or to standard.
- Development finance institution (DFI)
A public or quasi-public body financing development, influential in African real estate.
- Dollarisation
The widespread use of US dollars alongside or instead of the local currency for pricing and transactions; common in high-inflation African markets where prime…
- Expatriate demand
Housing and commercial demand driven by foreign workers, significant in the GCC.
- Expropriation risk
The risk that the state seizes private assets, with or without fair compensation; even the perception of it depresses foreign appetite for land-heavy investmen…
- Freehold zone
A designated area where foreign nationals may own property outright, common in the UAE.
- Frontier market
A market less developed and less liquid than an emerging market, with higher risk and thinner data; much of Sub-Saharan African real estate sits in this catego…
- Giga-project
An exceptionally large, state-backed development, characteristic of Saudi Vision 2030.