The Ministry of Housing will start registering residential contracts in the (Ejar) network in the second quarter of 2017, and the real estate broker percentage will not change (2.5 % of the value of the lease contract for the first year).

This was revealed by the General Supervisor of the “Ejar” program at the Ministry of Housing, Eng.

This was revealed by the General Supervisor of the "Ejar" program at the Ministry of Housing, Engineer Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Batti, adding that the network is currently concerned with the residential sector, indicating that it will be announced later on its application to the commercial sector.The Cabinet had recently approved the invalidity of the lease contract not registered in the electronic network.It is noteworthy that the "Ejar" system governs the relationship between the landlord and the tenant through the documentation of the rental contract, and can link real estate offices in the Kingdom with a special technical network, showing the information of tenants and their credit history in terms of payment of rents and default, and the date of payment, whether monthly, semi-annual or annual, in addition to six other services. "Ejar" provides through its electronic platform a standardized documented contract that is agreed upon between the lessor and the tenant to facilitate the conclusion and documentation of the contract, and its wording can be updated to achieve the model electronic contract the advantage of legal execution.