Yup I remember the day when I had a very nice villa on a nice compound for 550BD...and marvelled at the "banker's compounds" where people paid an astounding 1000-1200 bd per month!....the same house at my former compound now goes for that! (and the house is 5yrs older as well) my my how times change...and not for the better..but at least the GF housing "contribution" I'll call it pays a much higher percentage of the rent, and in fact like Che mentions..you still can find decent places within the limits..but one must know how and where to do it...not as easy as it was before for sure...but better than the UAE