The market is cooling: deals and mortgage lending are well down on a year ago, and prices and rents have softened.
A live temperature reading from official data, Vision 2030 housing targets against progress, the supply pipeline, a dated record of targets and forecasts, and the events that will shape demand to 2034.
Refreshed weeklyReviewed by hand 27 Sept 2026Every source link and quoted figure re-checked weekly
Four year-on-year signals from the Ministry of Justice, SAMA, GASTAT and Ejar, updated as each source publishes.
Deals, lending, prices and rents are mostly falling year on year.
The Housing Program's headline target, against the latest published rate.
How much housing exists, what's coming and what's needed, per Knight Frank.
Housing units today across the Kingdom's five largest city markets.
About 400,000 more units in four years.
To reach 70% home ownership, by Knight Frank's estimate.
Who said what, when, and how it turned out. We add entries only with a public source and date.
65% of Saudi families will own their home by 2025.
Latest: 65.4% in 2024 — a year early.
70% home ownership by 2030.
Latest: 66.24% at the end of 2025.
115,000 new homes are needed every year to reach the 70% ownership target by 2030.
Residential stock in the five major markets grows from 3.5 million to about 3.9 million units by the end of 2028.
Riyadh needs 305,000 new homes for Saudi nationals between 2024 and 2034, as its population grows to 9.6 million by 2030.
Policy changes and events that move demand — past and upcoming.
Knight Frank reports villa prices near stations up as much as 78% since 2023.
Implementing rules issued; Riyadh zones charged 2.5–10% a year.
No rent increases in Riyadh for five years; automatic renewal Kingdom-wide.
Foreign buyers can own in designated zones; rules and zones approved June 2026.
7 January – 5 February 2027 in Riyadh, Jeddah and Al Khobar.
1 October 2030 – 31 March 2031; the organisers expect 40 million visits.
70% of Saudi families owning their home.
Confirmed 11 December 2024; host cities Riyadh, Jeddah, Al Khobar, Abha and NEOM.
