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. 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 by diversifying the channels of real estate and financing products and increasing their segments in what serves the real estate sector directly and effectively.
Modifying the conditions of housing subsidies for citizens
Perhaps one of the most important decisions amended by the Council of Ministers during 2025 is to reduce the age of eligibility for housing support for the head of the family to 20 years old instead of 25 years old and to cancel 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.
Tawazun Real Estate Platform
In the last quarter of 2025, the Royal Commission for Riyadh City Tawazun Real Estate Platform To receive applications from citizens wishing to obtain residential lands in Riyadh, the platform will provide developed and planned residential lands at a value not exceeding «1500» riyals per square meter with an estimated capacity of 10,000 to 40,000 pieces per year within five years.
2026 Foreign Ownership Regulations
The system of foreign ownership of real estate will begin this January after the Saudi Cabinet approved it under the chairmanship of His Highness the Crown Prince - may God protect him - as 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.
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.
