Here we are starting our new year 2026 according to new data that will enhance the excellence and balance of the real estate market in the Kingdom, God willing, as the strategic decisions made during the past year during which the wise leadership clarified the most important determinants of real estate balance and correcting the path of the real estate market and its sustainability through diversifying the channels of real estate and financing products and increasing their segments in a way that directly and effectively serves the real estate sector.
Modifying the conditions of housing support for citizens
Perhaps one of the most important decisions amended by the Council of Ministers during 2025 is the reduction of the age of eligibility for housing support for the head of the family to 20 years instead of 25 years and the elimination of the condition of dependency for the wife and divorced mother to obtain housing support, which would cover the vast majority of segments of society in all its diversity to obtain housing support and facilitate its procedures.
Equilibrium Real Estate Platform
In the fourth quarter of 2025, the Royal Commission for Riyadh City launched The Balance Real Estate Platform to receive applications from citizens wishing to obtain residential lands in Riyadh, during which the platform will provide developed and planned residential lands at a value not exceeding «1500» riyals per square meter with an estimated capacity between 10,000 to 40,000 pieces per year within five years.The Royal Commission for Riyadh City launched Balawazan Real Estate Platform.
Foreign ownership system for 2026
The system of foreign ownership of real estate will begin during the current month of January after it was approved by the Saudi Council of Ministers headed by His Highness the Crown Prince - may God protect him - where it will allow ownership for foreigners in specific geographical areas in the capital Riyadh and other cities in the Kingdom, including residential and commercial properties and land; this will increase the attraction of capital and strengthen the real estate market in addition to the previous decision of the Capital Market Authority that allowed foreigners to invest in Saudi companies listed on the stock market that own real estate in Mecca and Medina.
Foreign ownership of real estate in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. These qualitative decisions will have an immediate impact on the real estate market in the Kingdom, achieving stability and real estate sustainability and attracting capital to increase the vitality of the real estate market, God willing.
