BAGHDAD — The five-bedroom villa has a soaring living room with cathedral ceilings and is shaded by palm trees, but sits on a trash-strewn street that gets about eight hours of electricity a day. Worse yet, bombs still explode in the neighborhood with alarming regularity. Asking price? $1.4 million. As Iraq’s economy rattles awake after years of war, the country is experiencing a real-estate boom, with choice properties in Baghdad or in towns such as Karbala or Irbil selling for $500,000 to more than $1 million. Read full article > >

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