“Amlak monitors the summary of the dialog sessions 100 speakers at the Future of Real Estate Forum provide insights into the sector's performance

Future of Real Estate Forum Briefing Summary - 8-9

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Monitored: Muhammad al-Amin Jamous

156 residential projects containing more than 162 thousand housing units

Spending in the real estate sector exceeded 500 billion riyals during the past years

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Stats and milestones in the future of real estate

* Planning to make three cities in the Kingdom one of the top 100 cities in global indices.

* Planning to make three cities in the Kingdom one of the top 100 cities in global indices.

* Establishing a centralized land and property registry with coverage up to 85%.

* Establishing a centralized land and property registry with coverage up to 85%.

* Total financing contracts will reach 1.2 million contracts, worth 600 billion riyals in the coming years.

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* 500 thousand new financing contracts in the coming years.

* Implementation of more than 300 thousand housing units.

* Implementation of more than 300 thousand housing units.

* 8.79% contribution of the real estate sector to GDP by 2030.

* 8.79% contribution of the real estate sector to GDP by 2030.

* Implementation of the real estate registry system and the real estate brokerage system.

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Launch:

- Governance Effectiveness Index.

- Global Competitiveness Index.

- E-Government Index.

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Housing, Finance and Real Estate Developers

* Incentives for developers exceeded 13 billion riyals in the first phase.

* Supporting infrastructure development and increasing real estate supply worth 36 billion riyals.

* Supporting infrastructure development and increasing real estate supply worth 36 billion riyals.

* The contribution of real estate activities to GDP is about 9.9 %.

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* The contribution of the construction sector reached 7.9%.

* The contribution of the construction sector reached 7.9%.

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* The percentage of local content in residential projects increased to nearly 64%.

* The percentage of local content in residential projects increased to nearly 64%.

* More than 450 billion riyals have been injected during the past years for financing contracts.

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* 80 billion riyals is the volume of housing development projects that the ministry has worked on with the private sector.

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Important regulations and programs that led to the effectiveness of the real estate sector:

- Real Estate Arbitration Center.

- Developer Contractor Classification.

- Owners Association.

- Rent.

- Building sustainability programs.

- White Lands.

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The role of the financial market in real estate contribution challenges

*The transfer of the real estate investment business to the Capital Market Authority was a real start for real estate funds.

*The transfer of the real estate investment business to the Capital Market Authority was a real start for real estate funds.

* 124 billion riyals is the value of the total investments of real estate funds, compared to 59 billion four years ago.

* 124 billion riyals is the value of the total investments of real estate funds.

* The number of investors in real estate funds rose to 310,000 in 2021, up from less than 9,000 in 2016.

* The number of investors in real estate funds rose to 310,000 in 2021, up from less than 9,000 in 2016.

* Real estate REITs grew from 600 million riyals in 2016 to 22 billion riyals across 17 products.

* The number of investors in the REIT sector increased to 300 thousand investors.

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Real Estate and Employment:

*The real estate sector is the third contributor to employment.

*The real estate sector is the third contributor to employment.

* Localization of six activities including real estate brokerage and marketing.

* Localization of six activities including real estate brokerage and marketing.

* 40% is the state subsidizing the salaries of new employees in the sector for two years.

* 40%

* 1.950 million young men and women have been employed in the private sector.

* 400,000 young men and women entered the labor market last year.

* 32 localization decisions have been issued, and 30 localization decisions will be issued this year.

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Asir region. Tourism all year round

*Asir Region aims to transform the region into a year-round global tourism destination.

*Asir Region.

* Attracting more than 10 million visitors by 2030.

* SAR 11 billion in investments to develop Sudan, including SAR 3 billion for infrastructure.

* SAR 11 billion in investments to develop Sudan, including SAR 3 billion for infrastructure.

* 8 thousand jobs created by the project.

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Industry is a key partner in construction development

*BDI vision targets 40% of new buildings and housing units.

*BDI vision targets 40% of new buildings and housing units.

* Modern building technology through 2025 with 193,000 housing units.

* Modern building technology through 2025 with 193,000 housing units.

* Involving private sector enterprises in the real estate development process.

* Activating quality of life and urbanization applications in residential projects.

* Activating quality of life and urbanization applications in residential projects.

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National Housing Company pumped 20% of housing supply

* The real estate supply of housing units increased by more than 146 thousand units.

* The real estate supply of housing units increased by more than 146 thousand units.

* Planning to add 300,000 units by 2025, with investments worth more than 200 billion riyals.

* Planning to add 300,000 units by 2025, worth more than 200 billion riyals.

* Injecting 20% into the total sector in 4 years since the start of the housing program.

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* Qualifying and supporting more than 75 real estate developers so far.

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Real Estate Valuation. Qualification, services and investment

100 billion worth of real estate valuation services in 2021

* More than 1400 training courses organized by the Saudi Commission for Certified Valuers

More than 1400 training courses organized by the Saudi Commission for Certified Valuers

* 30 thousand trainees have benefited from the courses.

* 30 thousand trainees have benefited from the courses.

* Issuing 127 thousand valuation reports to serve the beneficiaries of the Real Estate Fund.

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* 25 thousand customers have benefited from the electronic system.

* 25 thousand customers have benefited from the electronic system.

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White Land Program. Increasing real estate supply

* Development of 500 million m2.

* Development of 500 million m2.

* Future expansion.

* Spending more than two billion riyals to develop infrastructure in a number of projects.

* Spending more than two billion riyals to develop infrastructure in a number of projects.

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