I gather that the Turkish military had some bearing on the area too - and did not allow building on much of the land until quite recently. Once this had been removed as an obstacle, everyone with a couple of tobacco fields became a builder / developer overnight - which is why many of the blocks are built with a number of the apartments in the scheme going to the land owner (as part of the deal when the builder buys the plot) who can sell them or rent them out as they see fit, leading to many apartmenmts lying empty in a scheme for some while.
As the immediate area gets built up, the land avilable becomes more valuable, so if a buyer is looking for a deal, there are good prices at the moment, and any buyer should look at their purchase as a good long term option.
at some point he area will get close to other towns - but I doubt myself ever reach the same prices as say, Bodrum or the like, but I reckon Didim / Altinkum is still a good bet. Lots of nice improvements going on - some cosmetic, like the planting of the huge palm trees etc, and some like the upgrade of the drains which will really benefit the town as a whole, so looking forward to seeing the place get even better.
