Abu Dhabi's real estate sector will "bounce back quickly" as investor and consumer confidence returns on the back of better regulation, Jones Lang Lasalle said on Wednesday.

The property specialists said in its Abu Dhabi Profile for April that the current slowdown would be "relatively short-term".

JLL said the population of the UAE capital was predicted to rise by five percent over the next four years, fuelling demand for homes.

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