Blog

04/10/2025

$49.19 billion inflows into global equity funds on interest rate cut expectations

US equity funds led inflows with USD 36.41 bn, with investments concentrated in technology and financial services.

03/10/2025

SAMA's assets rise to SAR 1.98 trillion and Saudi banks' assets touch SAR 5 trillion

SAMA records a 3.1% annualized and 3.7% monthly rise in August 2025, while reserves fell 2.8%.

Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan - Real Estate Transaction Tax Executive Regulations

30/09/2025

Ministry of Finance announces preliminary statement for the 2026 budget with expenditures of SAR 1,313 billion and revenues of SAR 1,147 billion

The report forecasts real GDP growth of 4.6% in 2026 with continued expansionary spending policy to support the goals of Vision 2030.

30/09/2025

The real estate bourse reveals details of deals in the Kingdom's cities last week

The bourse recorded weekly transactions of about 3.5 billion riyals and an average of 158 riyals/meter, with a wide disparity between cities

30/09/2025

Saudi Real Estate Refinance succeeds in its largest international Sukuk issuance of USD 2.5 billion

Split into two tranches (3.5 and 10 years), oversubscribed by 5.5x and listed on London's ISM market with strong credit ratings

30/09/2025

The Saudi market closed higher by more than 200 points. And 7.9 billion riyals worth of trades

Trading volume was 350 million shares distributed among more than 250 companies, 205 companies rose while Nomu closed slightly lower.

29/09/2025

Saudi Arabia's FDI inflows rose 14.5% in the second quarter of 2025

Net inflows 22.8 billion riyals in 2Q2025, down 3.5% quarter-on-quarter as inflows declined.

28/09/2025

Tomorrow. Government press conference to host the ministers of municipalities and housing, media, and the head of the Real Estate Authority

Monday, September 29, 2025: A discussion on real estate balance, rent control and answering questions from the media, broadcast live.

25/09/2025

Record issuance for Saudi banks as loans surpass deposits and interest rate cuts loom

Fitch: Gulf banks have raised $55 billion so far and Saudi Arabia alone has issued $28.3 billion

25/09/2025

Why Saudi Arabia's stock market posted its biggest gains since 2020

The index rose 5.1% after announcing the lifting of the foreign ownership limit above 49% and expecting an inflow of $10.6 billion.

24/09/2025

What is the impact of raising the percentage of foreign ownership in the Saudi market?

The announcement of allowing majority foreign ownership pushed the market higher and attracted expectations of huge inflows and improved corporate performance

Abdulhakim Al-Kharji - 95th National Day

22/09/2025

Variation in the nominal value of stocks: Between corporate freedom and market transparency

The impact of the par value difference between 1 and 10 riyals on the clarity of information for investors and ways to regulate it

17/09/2025

VIDEO. Al-Haqeel: Real estate endowments are within their normal range and we have seen reverse endowments

Registration ends at the end of October, billing begins in January, and failure to register may incur fines of up to 100%.

24/08/2025

“SAMA allows Saudi Mortgage Refinance Company to launch its first local securitization program

It aims to convert housing finance portfolios into securities to broaden the investor base and enhance financing capacity in the local market.

11/08/2025

Citizen account: 3 billion riyals deposited to the beneficiaries of the August payment

More than 9.7 million beneficiaries fulfill the conditions, the average family support is SAR 1475 and the total payments exceed 250 billion