The Al Qasr residential home project, built by Dar Al-Arkan Real Estate Development Co., stands in the Al-Swaiyadi district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Builders in the Persian Gulf region, hit by slumping orders in their home countries, are eager to expand in Saudi Arabia when lending picks up. Photographer: Waseem Obaidi/Bloomberg via Getty Images
