Emaar Properties, the largest Arab developer by market value, is seeking opportunities in the United States and Europe where property prices have become "attractive", a newspaper said, citing the chairman.

"A property whose price was $100 in the US, now costs $10 and we expect it to become $5," Mohamed Alabbar told Kuwait's Al-Qabas daily in an interview, to be published on Sunday, which was made available to Reuters.

The newspaper did not specify what opportunities the Dubai-based company was seeking and a spokesman for Emaar could not immediately comment.

Emaar, which owns US company John Laing Homes, has consultants in the US working on developing low-cost residential units at no more than $12,000 a piece, Alabbar said,
according to the paper.

The company also plans to open an office in China in the next 12 months, he added.-Reuters