The Saudi real estate sector during 2025 witnessed an unprecedented momentum, with a remarkable rise in the volume of real estate transactions and financial values traded, to reflect the continuous growth in demand for land, residential and investment projects. This performance comes in the context of the structural transformations taking place in the real estate market, supporting the objectives of the Kingdom's Vision 2030, the expansion of housing and infrastructure projects, as well as regulatory reforms to enhance transparency and achieve price balance.
Performance of the real estate exchange during 2025:
The real estate exchange recorded a total turnover of 336.6 billion riyals during the year, through 265.19 thousand transactions, with a traded area exceeding 1.3 billion square meters. The highest price per square meter was about 967.5 thousand riyals, while the lowest price recorded one riyal, while the average price per meter stabilized at 258 riyals.
According to the indicators, the best demand for a meter was about 1,333 riyals, while the best offer was one riyal, reflecting the varying levels of supply and demand according to location and type of use.
Riyadh tops trades:
Riyadh topped the list of the most active cities, benefiting from urban expansion and infrastructure projects. The Rimal neighborhood achieved the highest transaction value in the Kingdom, worth 5.24 billion riyals through more than 3.3 thousand transactions, with an average price per meter of 3,947 riyals.
Riyadh's Rimal neighborhood achieved the highest transaction value of 5.24 billion riyals through more than 3.3 thousand transactions. <The Janadriyah neighborhood came second with a trading value of 3.92 billion riyals from 5.91 thousand transactions, while the traded area exceeded 5.24 million square meters, and the average price was about 747 riyals per meter. The Namar neighborhood came in third place with trades amounting to 3.14 billion riyals through 2.91 thousand transactions, with an average price of 1,366 riyals per square meter.
Namar neighborhood came in third place with trades amounting to 3.14 billion riyals through 2.91 thousand transactions.
Jeddah real estate market activity:
Jeddah continued to record a strong trading movement, with the Merrikh neighborhood recording a transaction value of more than 1.96 billion riyals from more than two thousand transactions, at an average price of 3,325 riyals per meter. While the trading volume in Al Marwa neighborhood reached about 1.94 billion riyals through 1,966 transactions, with a relatively high average price of 4,560 riyals per meter.
The role of the digital real estate exchange:
The real estate exchange was officially launched in August 2023 to be an integrated digital platform that allows selling, buying and transferring property electronically, in addition to mortgage services, issuing deeds, and access to real estate data and indicators. The platform contributes to simplifying procedures, raising the level of transparency, and supporting investors to make decisions based on accurate data.
Strengthening governance and digitization:
Minister of Justice Walid Al-Samaani confirmed that the real estate exchange is part of the national transformation initiatives and the vision of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, where more than 180 million real estate documents have been digitized. The ministry also announced the start of procedures to transfer the supervision of the exchange to the General Authority for Real Estate, to ensure continuity of services without impact on beneficiaries.
Measures to achieve price balance:
Within the framework of maintaining the sustainability of the market, the Crown Prince directed taking measures to achieve real estate balance in Riyadh, including lifting the suspension of 81.48 square kilometers of land, and providing 10-40 thousand plots of land annually at prices not exceeding 1,500 riyals per meter. The amendment of the white land fee system was also accelerated, regulating the relationship between landlords and tenants, and periodically monitoring real estate prices to promote market stability in the medium and long term.
