Eastern real estate rises 4.2%… and Riyadh is retracting from the top

The general record for real estate prices in Saudi Arabia witnessed a slowdown in the pace of growth during the second quarter of 2025.
According to the report issued by the Statistics Authority, the annual change rate reached 3.2%, compared to 4.3% in the first quarter of the same year.

The residential sector

The largest percentage of the relative weight of the record, a decrease in the annual change rate of 5.1% in the first quarter to only 0.4% in the second quarter.
On the other hand, the rest continued to record altitudes in change rates
The annual, and the rate of change in the commercial sector increased from 2.5% in the first quarter to 11.7% in the second quarter.
Real estate prices in the commercial sector recorded an increase in the second quarter of 2025
Compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
The rate of rise in this sector, which weighs in the index (925.4), was about 11.7%, driven by the increase in the prices of commercial land parts by 12.7%, which weighs in the index (22.8%).
Buildings prices increased by 2.7%, and exhibition prices by 4.1%.
As for the housing sector, real estate prices recorded an annual growth rate of 0.4% during the second quarter of 2025 AD compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
Residential land prices increased by 0.2%, villa prices by 3.2%, and prices
Residential roles by 1.5%, while the prices of apartments decreased by 0.7%.

Raising real estate prices on a quarterly basis

Real estate prices recorded 0.1% on a quarterly basis
During the second quarter of 2025 AD, compared to the previous quarter, the first quarter of 2025 AD.
This increase came to increase the prices of the commercial sector by 7.9%, while it increased
Commercial land prices at 98.6 and buildings prices by 3.0%.
The agricultural sector recorded a rise in prices by 1.7%, as a result of the high prices of agricultural lands for the same.
On the other hand, the residential sector recorded a decrease in prices by 2.6% compared to a quarter
The first of 2025 AD.
The prices of residential lands decreased by 4.0%, the prices of apartments by 1.2%, and the prices of residential roles by 0.9%, while villa prices increased by 1.8%

Real estate price movements

The annual change rate in the index of real estate prices at the level of Saudi Arabia
3.2%, due to the increase in prices in the eastern region by 4.2%, followed
Makkah Al -Mukarramah region by 3.9%, then Riyadh, with 3.6%.
The Riyadh region recorded a higher annual change rate in the first quarter of 2025 AD of 10.7%.
At the level of the rest of the regions, the regions of Tabuk, Hail and Al -Qassim recorded the highest annual increase in the index of real estate prices by 4.7%, 2.99%, and 1.1%, respectively.
On the other hand, the Asir and Madinah regions, and Jazan recorded annual decline rates of 3.9%, 3.2 and 2.8%, each, respectively.