The real estate market in the Riyadh region recorded remarkable activity during September 2026, as the value of sales transactions reached 9.06 billion riyals, while the value of rental transactions reached 3.90 billion riyals, according to the monthly report issued by the General Authority for Real Estate , which monitored the movement of sales and rentals in various regions of the Kingdom.
The report data showed that Riyadh accounted for 32.6% of the total value of real estate sales transactions in Saudi Arabia during September, coming in second place after the Makkah region, which recorded transactions worth 10.47 billion riyals, with a share of 37.7% of the total.
In terms of the number of real estate transactions , Riyadh topped the Saudi regions with about 6,447 real estate sales transactions, representing 29% of the total transactions recorded in the Kingdom during the month, ahead of the Makkah region, which recorded 4,667 transactions, and the Eastern region with about 3,362 transactions.
Riyadh rental market
In the rental market, Riyadh ranked first in the Kingdom in terms of value, with rental transactions amounting to 3.90 billion riyals, equivalent to 42% of the total. It was followed by the Makkah region with a value of 2.43 billion riyals and a share of 26%, and then the Eastern region with about 1.38 billion riyals, representing 15% of the total value of rental transactions.
Riyadh maintained its leading position in terms of the number of rental transactions, recording 133,835 transactions during September, representing 321 TP3T of the total rental transactions in the Kingdom. The Makkah region came in second with approximately 107,101 transactions, accounting for 261 TP3T, followed by the Eastern Province with 65,737 transactions, representing 161 TP3T of the total.
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