The General Real Estate Authority, in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, carried out during the month of September, 9 joint inspection tours, which included visits to 153 real estate establishments in the Riyadh, Eastern, and Makkah regions, with the aim of ensuring compliance with real estate legislation in general and the real estate brokerage regulations in particular, in addition to matters falling within the jurisdiction of the participating government agencies regarding Saudization and facility licensing.

The Authority clarified that fieldwork is one of the approaches it is pursuing to regulate the real estate market; during the same period, its inspection teams carried out 14,430 field inspections, resulting in the detection of 14,538 non-compliant real estate advertisements in public places. The Authority also received 511 real estate-related reports through its various channels, all of which were addressed and resolved, while the number of electronic scans exceeded 14,609. The Authority employs electronic monitoring targeting digital channels and real estate platforms to verify the compliance of advertisements and digital real estate brokerage practices with applicable laws and regulations.

the General Real Estate Authority called on all real estate brokers and service providers to comply with real estate regulations and to review violations to avoid penalties, which include warnings, license suspension or revocation, or financial fines. The law’s implementing regulations specify the classification of violations and the corresponding penalties, Citizens and residents are encouraged to file reports in the event of suspected real estate violations or fraud through the reporting channel on the Authority’s official platform or by calling (199011) for real estate inquiries.