27 billion dirhams of Sharjah real estate trading 48.1% during the first half
Sharjah on July 24 / WAM / The real estate sector in the Emirate of Sharjah witnessed during the first half of the year 2025 remarkable activities, where the trading volume recorded about 27 billion dirhams, achieving a growth of 48.1% compared to the same period in 2024, in which trading reached 18.2 billion dirhams, while the number of transactions completed by the Real Estate Registration Department reached 48.059 transactions with a growth of 3.3% compared to 46,524 transactions during the same period last year.
This outstanding performance reflects the extent of escalating confidence in the investment system in Sharjah, which is characterized by its economic stability and the flexibility of its legislation supporting investors, as well as the diversity of the nationalities invested in the emirate’s image as an attractive real estate destination that is characterized by the diversity of real estate opportunities and the integration of modern infrastructure in a way that meets the needs and aspirations of investors from all over the world.
His Excellency Abdulaziz Ahmed Al Shamsi, Director General of the Real Estate Registration Department in Sharjah, said in a statement to the Emirates News Agency “WAM”, that the distinguished performance of the real estate sector in the Emirate of Sharjah during the first half of 2025 reflects the vitality of the market and its continuous development, as market indicators indicate strong and noticeable growth in various aspects, where the Emirate of Sharjah recorded standard real estate trades with a value of 27 billion dirhams, which represents a comparative qualitative leap The same period last year.
He added that this great rise is a direct translation of the established confidence enjoyed by the real estate sector in the emirate locally and internationally and continuous support by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah and the continuous follow -up of His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, Chairman of the Executive Council of the Emirate, which placed Sharjah on the map of regional and international real estate investment.
Al -Shamsi pointed out that the sales transactions alone amounted to 15.686 transactions worth 21.1 billion dirhams, and included 214 regions with an area of 90 million square feet, which reflects the geographical diversity in real estate investment within the emirate, and that growth in the number of mortgage transactions, which amounted to 2.582 transactions of approximately 5.7 billion dirhams, reflects the depth of partnership between the real estate sector and financing institutions in the emirate.
He stressed that the global gravity of Sharjah is clearly embodied in the increasing demand from foreign investors, who represent 109 different nationalities, and said that the emirate is continuing to enhance this growth by developing its real estate system, and upgrading the standards of transparency and integration, in a way that serves the achievement of sustainable real estate development goals.
He explained that the month of January 2025 witnessed an exceptional performance, to lead the list of the most active months in the first half of the year, noting that this performance was to record real estate trades worth about 7 billion dirhams, through 11,116 transactions, which included the sale of real estate with a total area of 10.4 million square feet.
This great activity attributed several factors, most notably the Sharjah Real Estate Exhibition “Iker 2025”, which reached the value of its real estate deals during its days to 4.3 billion dirhams, as the exhibition gave a wide opportunity for real estate companies and developers to display their new projects and promote the latest real estate innovations in front of a variety of investors and visitors.
He said that the stimulating decisions of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Sharjah also contributed to enhancing the demand, especially the decision to reduce the sale fees to 0.5% on real estate developers, 1% on citizens and citizens of the Gulf Cooperation Council states and 2% on other nationalities, which led to stimulating the movement of sale and increasing the activity in the real estate market during this distinguished month.
The total sales transactions of all kinds “selling and selling benefit and initial sales contracts” in the Emirate of Sharjah during the first half this current reached 15,686 transactions with a growth rate of 45.1% compared to the same period in the year 2024, which numbered 10,809 transactions, and the volume of sales transactions during the first half of the current year reached 21.1 billion dirhams distributed over 214 regions and an area of 90 One million square feet.
As for the highest regions of the emirate in the number of transactions, the commercial area of Mawil was topped with 2.898 transactions with a trading value of 3.5 billion dirhams, followed by the Blida region with 1.593 transactions with a trading value of 1.3 billion dirhams, then the Al -Mashraq area with a number of 1.387 transactions and a value of about 430 million dirhams.
With the classification of real estate in sales transactions during the first half of 2025, housing real estate acquired the highest percentage with 11,459 transactions by a rate of 74.6% of the number of total transactions, followed by industrial real estate with 3.195 transactions and a rate of 20.8%, and commercial real estate came third with 603 transactions by 4% and finally agricultural real estate with 95 transactions and a rate of 0.6%.
The number of mortgage transactions during the first half amounted to 2.582 transactions with a total value of 5.7 billion dirhams through 24 financing entities, and for the highest regions in terms of the number of mortgage transactions, the “Talal” area topped with 194 transactions with a value of 339.2 million dirhams, followed by the “Mouleeh Commercial” area with 167 transactions with a value With a value of 222.6 million dirhams, and the “Al -Saja -Industrial” area, with 71 transactions, with a value of 204.8 million dirhams.
By looking at the statistics of real estate projects, eight new real estate projects were registered in Sharjah during the first half of this year, including 4 residential complexes in the commercial, “Al-Tai” and “Al-Tai” areas, and 4 new towers were recorded, including Brajan with an industrial classification in the industrial Al-Sujaa and Brajan area with a residential-commercial classification in the areas of Blida and Al-Wahah.
As for the nationalities of traders, their number in the first half amounted to 109 nationalities from different parts of the world, the investments of the citizens of the UAE of the total monetary trading constituted about 12.2 billion dirhams at 14.307 real estate, representing 45.2% of the total, while the Gulf people came in investments of 1.3 billion dirhams by 889 properties and a percentage of 4.6%, while investments increased by Arab citizens To 5.4 billion dirhams, at 4.057 real estate, equivalent
3.878 properties, which constitute 30.1% of the total value of investments.
The Emirate of Sharjah witnessed a noticeable increase in the number of investors of other nationalities, as they numbered 6.662 investors in the first half, with a growth rate of 39.4% compared to the same period last year, which reflects the increasing demand for investment and ownership in the emirate, while the number of real estate that investors of other nationalities were traded during the same period 7,448 properties, a growth rate of 40.6% compared to the same period last year, and returns This great demand by investors for multiple factors, most notably the durability of the infrastructure, the diversity of the available real estate product, and the decision to own non -citizens and the Gulf real estate in the Emirate of Sharjah.
As for the number of real estate circulating, the Emirati investors issued the list at 14,307 real estate, after which investors from India came with 1.525 properties, then the Syrian investors with 969 properties followed by investors from Egypt with 685 properties and Jordan with 678 properties, then Iraq with 576 properties.
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