Conditions and requirements for qualifying consultants for off-plan real estate projects

Who is a real estate developer?

Reading time: < 1 MinuteThe Umm Al-Qura newspaper published in its issue issued yesterday, the conditions and requirements for qualifying engineering consultants for off-plan real estate projects in the Kingdom. According to the official Umm Al-Qura newspaper, the conditions included that engineering supervision on off-plan sales or leasing projects is not allowed until after obtaining a qualification certificate from the committee. The most prominent conditions and requirements ... Read more

Saudi Real Estate Authority announces 7 neighborhoods benefiting from the Real Estate Registry in Riyadh

Public Authority for Real Estate - Off-plan Selling

Reading time: 2 MinutesThe General Authority for Real Estate announced the second areas benefiting from the real estate registry in the city of Riyadh, which includes the neighborhoods of: (Al-Ghadeer, Al-Wadi, Al-Nafl, Al-Izdhar, Al-Tawun, Al-Murooj and Al-Masif), starting from October 29, 2023, and registration will continue until the end of January 29, 2024. It confirmed that the selection of the neighborhoods came according to approved criteria, and the rest of the areas will be announced accordingly. Read more

More than 24,320 requests to vacate properties from tenants since the beginning of 2023

Evidence Law - Real Estate Transactions - Companies Law

Reading time: < 1 MinuteStatistical data revealed that the number of execution requests to evict properties from tenants registered in the “Unified Rent” contract amounted to 24,320 requests since the beginning of 2023, with the Riyadh region accounting for 36.5% of the total execution requests with 8,840 requests. The number of requests in the Makkah region amounted to 7707 requests, then the Eastern Province 3764, Madinah 1259 requests since the beginning of this year, ... Read more

SAR 27 billion worth of real estate loans provided by companies during the second quarter

Mortgage Loans - Finance Companies

Reading time: < 1 MinuteThe total value of real estate loans from financing companies for the second quarter of 2023 amounted to about 27 billion riyals, a slight increase from the same period in 2022, when it exceeded 26.7 billion riyals, while in 2021 it was about 25.4 billion riyals, according to data issued by the Saudi Central Bank. Retail loans recorded SAR 4.1 billion in the second quarter of 2023, up slightly from SAR 26.7 billion in the same period in ... Read more

A historic milestone. King Abdullah Economic City's first electric vehicle production facility opens

Part of the opening of the Lucid Group factory

Reading time: 3 MinutesLucid Group yesterday inaugurated the AMP-2 electric vehicle production facility in King Abdullah Economic City in Rabigh, in a historic achievement for the Kingdom, which in the first phase will assemble 5,000 Lucid vehicles per year, amid expectations to produce 155,000 electric vehicles per year when the facility's phases are completed. The facility is strategically located in King Abdullah Economic City, and will create hundreds of jobs. Read more

Engineers Authority intensifies meetings with engineering offices to improve services

Saudi Council of Engineers - Engineering Offices

Reading time: < 1 MinuteThe Saudi Commission for Engineers continues to organize its engineering and professional forums in various regions of the Kingdom, which comes out of its keenness to improve services and raise performance rates through direct and continuous communication with the owners of engineering offices and companies and their employees, as part of the Commission's plan for periodic communication with the sector and workers in the building and construction sector. The Secretary-General of the Authority, Vice Chairman of the Committee ... Read more

Shura Council calls on the Real Estate Fund to increase the non-refundable amount it pays to citizens

Shura Council

Reading time: < 1 MinuteIn its third regular session of the fourth year of the eighth session, held today, the Shura Council called on the Real Estate Development Fund to study the possibility of increasing the amount of the non-refundable amount paid by the Fund to the citizen to own his first home. The Shura Council also called on the Fund to study allowing real estate developers with relatively large financial solvency to sell real estate units with suitable and comfortable installments; to enable citizens ... Read more

Sukuk update service available electronically through the real estate exchange around the clock

Ministry of Justice - Real Estate Exchange

Reading time: < 1 MinuteThe Ministry of Justice has made available the service of updating sukuk electronically around the clock through the real estate exchange, to join a wide range of innovative services that aim to develop and improve the transactions and services of the real estate sector. The Ministry of Justice explained that the period of completion of the Sukuk update request does not exceed 10 days, and the service can be availed by accessing the real estate exchange srem.moj.gov.sa, then selecting the service ... Read more