Kuwait's Real Estate Sector grew at unprecedented levels up to the end of 2007, thus enabling the sector to play a key role among the economy's non-oil sectors. However, due to the large amounts of accumulated debt, limited bank lending, and plunge in asset prices the Real Estate Sector was severely hit during the financial crisis. Government spending on construction and real estate has been below levels needed in order to stimulate demand among the real estate market and re-stabilize prices. In the short to medium term, however, debt troubles are expected to hinder the sector's ability to recover in a timely manner especially with the lack of demand in the Commercial and Investment segments.