Saudi Arabia Real Estate Falls for First Time Since 2020

2026-01-20 06:18 By Czyrill Jean Coloma 1 min. read

Real estate prices in Saudi Arabia fell by 0.7% year-on-year in Q4 2025, reversing a 1.3% gain in the previous quarter.

This marked the first annual decline since Q4 2020, as residential property prices continued to decline (-2.2% vs -0.9% in Q3) amid lower prices for residential land (-2.4%), apartments (-2.5%), villas (-1.3%), and residential floors (-0.2%).

In addition, a sharp slowdown was recorded in both commercial property prices (3.6% vs 6.8%) and the agricultural sector (4.3% vs 15.3%).

Among administrative regions, the Hail region posted the steepest annual price decline at 8.9%, while the Eastern region recorded the highest increase at 4%.

Elsewhere, the Riyadh region saw a 3% decrease.

On a quarterly basis, real estate prices fell by 0.4% in Q4, easing from a 1.1% drop in the previous quarter.



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