Tighten: Announcing real estate applications does not imply a recommendation to own the property

Real Estate Applications - Riyadh - Real Estate

Reading time: < 1 MinuteThe General Secretariat of the Real Estate Ownership Review Committees (Ihkam) of the General Authority for State Properties (GASP) has reiterated its clarification that the issuance of the announcement of ownership applications through the Ihkam electronic platform does not mean that the final recommendation for the ownership of the property has been issued, indicating that it is one of the requirements of the rules for the consideration of real estate ownership applications. In response to a number of frequently asked questions, it clarified that if ... Read more

«Zakat invites businesses to submit VAT returns for July

Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority

Reading time: < 1 MinuteThe Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZTCA) has called on businesses subject to the Value Added Tax (VAT) system whose annual supplies of goods and services exceed SAR 40 million to submit their tax returns for the month of July, no later than August 31. The Authority urged enterprises to submit their tax returns via the website zatca.gov.sa, or ... Read more

Japan's housing starts fall in June

New housing projects

Reading time: < 1 MinuteJapan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MOLIT) data revealed that the number of housing projects started in Japan in June fell more than expected after rising in the previous month. The number of new projects fell by 41.8TP3T y/y last month, while analysts had expected it to decline by only 01.2TP3T after rising ... Read more

Wafi: Exclusion of real estate transactions for off-plan sales incentivizes development partnerships

Off-plan sales projects - Real estate transactions

Reading time: < 1 MinuteThe Wafi Committee for Sale or Leasing on the Map (Wafi) confirmed that the exclusion of real estate transactions for off-plan sales projects will motivate landowners and developers to successfully partner to develop projects with the off-plan sales system and benefit from its advantages, which will enhance the supply of housing units and multiple options in the real estate market, and reduce the cost of home ownership for Saudi families. Real Estate Actions Fruitful cooperation with Wafi ... Read more

Ministry of Justice: The number of real estate deeds merged during the Hijri year is 24,000

Real Estate - Ejar Platform

Reading time: < 1 MinuteThe Ministry of Justice revealed that the number of real estate deeds merged in Saudi Arabia during the current Hijri year amounted to about 24,000 deeds, while investment and commercial properties accounted for about 55% of these properties whose owners requested to merge them from the notaries. Notaries in the Riyadh region recorded the highest percentage with 33.5%, with 8,032 deeds, followed by the Makkah region with 7,805 deeds, ... Read more

“Municipality and Housing” offers 6000 investment opportunities in Forooz portal

6000 investment opportunities to be offered by Forooz Portal

Reading time: < 1 Minute The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing revealed that the total number of opportunities offered through the ForUs portal during the first half of this year amounted to about 6,000 opportunities, while more than 3,000 opportunities were offered in various Saudi cities for short-term contracts for temporary events and activities. The total number of investment opportunities offered by government agencies included ... Read more

Germany's largest real estate group lost $2 billion in the second quarter

Reading time: < 1 MinuteGermany's largest residential real estate group Fonovia reported a loss of nearly €2 billion in the second quarter of this year as the value of the company's properties continued to decline. The Bochum-based company announced that it had once again devalued its real estate portfolio in its quarterly report released on Friday morning. The large loss contrasts with ... Read more

Ministry of Commerce clarifies requirements for filing financial statements of limited liability companies

Ministry of Commerce Financial Statements Filing

Reading time: < 1 MinuteThe Ministry of Commerce has urged limited liability companies to file their financial statements electronically to avoid falling into violations of the provisions of the Companies Law. The Ministry of Commerce revealed that the financial statements of the limited liability company are prepared for each fiscal year by the company's manager, who attaches a report, including the company's activity and financial position for the past year and the proposed method of distributing ... Read more

Amendments and Exceptions to the Real Estate Transaction Tax Regulations

Reading time: < 1 Minute  The Minister of Finance, Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority, approved a number of amendments to the executive regulations of the real estate transaction tax, where the amendments included exceptions, most notably the disposal of the property by any person to a real estate developer licensed to carry out sales and leasing activities on the map, provided that the property is dedicated to one of the off-plan sales projects. ... Read more

Details of the amendments to the executive regulations of the real estate transaction tax

Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority

Reading time: < 1 MinuteThe Minister of Finance, Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority, approved amendments to the Executive Regulations of the Real Estate Transaction Tax. The Umm Al-Qura newspaper reported in its latest issue that the new amendments to the Executive Regulations of the Real Estate Transactions Tax will be implemented from the date of their publication. To view the details of the amendments, click here