2025 represents a maturity stage for the rental brokerage sector in Saudi Arabia, which is witnessing remarkable growth, supported by the implementation of Saudi Vision 2030 towards regulating the real estate market, supporting full digital transformation in rental services, increasing the efficiency of intermediaries, and improving transparency. As digital transformation and major real estate projects continue, the rental brokerage sector is heading towards a more regulated and sustainable future that combines efficiency, innovation, and trust thanks to regulatory decisions issued by the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing and the Ejar program.
Rental Brokerage Sector
Official figures and indicators
<The number of real estate brokers officially registered in the "Ejar" network until mid-2025 is more than 15 thousand brokers, an increase of more than 22% from the previous year, while more than 2.4 million electronic rental contracts through the platform since the beginning of 2025 until June, which includes residential, commercial and administrative units, while about 5,000 new real estate brokers were trained and certified within the qualification programs launched by the Ministry of Housing in cooperation with the Real Estate Authority, while the total value of documented contracts exceeded SAR 80 billion, the highest rate since the launch of the program in 2018, according to data revealed by the Ministry of Municipalities and Housing.
Digital transformation is reshaping the market
Digitalization has caused Ejar platform has caused a radical shift in the way rental brokers work, as it has contributed to the elimination of traditional paper-based procedures, while providing electronic contract management to brokers, tenants and landlords in a transparent manner, which has made the real estate broker required to adhere to specific standards of documenting contracts through This has contributed to making the market more secure and trustworthy, and has had a major role in reducing real estate disputes. It has also contributed to the elimination of traditional paper-based procedures, while making it possible to manage contracts electronically for brokers, tenants, and owners in a transparent manner.
Leasing Brokerage and Major Projects
The need for qualified leasing brokers to manage the leasing process within modern cities has increased, coinciding with the expansion of housing projects and mega residential complexes such as Roshan, Al Souda, and Murcia, where the number of units in the Roshan project is estimated at more than 40,000 housing units in its early stages, and the growth in demand for hotel and office units in mega projects such as Neom and the Red Sea has contributed to the entry of major brokerage companies with teams specialized in commercial and tourism leasing.
As part of a plan to improve the quality of the leasing process in the megaprojects. As part of a plan to improve the quality of real estate services by 2030, the General Authority for Real Estate seeks to transform leasing brokerage into a fully regulated activity, by launching future plans to enhance the integration between the Ejar program and real estate financing platforms, launch a new classification system for real estate brokers, and work on digitizing the verification of contracts and real estate data in real time.
As part of the plan to improve the quality of real estate services by 2030, the General Authority for Real Estate seeks to transform the leasing brokerage into a fully regulated activity.
