Saudi property prices and rentals soar 100% since 2021: exec

Mutee Al-Aksar, Vice President of Operations at Ejadah Saudia Real Estate

Real estate sales and rental prices increased by 60-100% from 2021 to 2023 in the different locations of the major Saudi cities, Mutee Al-Aksar, Vice President of Operations at Ejadah Saudia Real Estate, told Argaam on the sidelines of Restatex Real Estate Exhibition.

He added that cities such as Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Makkah, and Madinah are classified as major cities as they dominate the largest real estate deals.

The real estate sector in these cities is affected by economic factors, while other cities have less activity and are unaffected by the same factors.

Commenting on the project to remove slums and rehabilitate the neighborhoods of central Riyadh, Al-Aksar said this will greatly affect sales prices and rental rates. This was evident in the removal of approximately 25% of Jeddah as it led to increasing the prices by 60-70%.

"I expect this will take place in case of removing neighborhoods in central Riyadh," he noted.

Al-Aksar pointed out that there is a huge discrepancy in real estate prices in the same location, noting that the current real estate deeds do not provide sufficient information about the components of the property.

"The housing portal and notary public exerted great efforts in this issue, and we expect to see solutions that contribute to the transparency of real estate information in line with Vision 2030 under the leadership of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman," the executive said.

He added that real estate consists of land and building, but there are several real estate deeds registered as land and evicted for this reason despite containing buildings.

This results in inaccurate information analysis and different transaction prices, Al-Aksar said.