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The Foreign Ownership Law Is real estate investment and buying residential units in Mecca and Medina allowed?

Reading time: 2 MinutesThe General Real Estate Authority (GRA) announced the entry into force of the Real Estate Ownership System for Non-Saudis and the start of the application of its provisions within the system of real estate legislation regulating the real estate market in the Kingdom. Read more

The new system outlines the rules for non-Saudis to own real estate in the Kingdom, with special requirements for Mecca and Medina.

26/01/2026

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