Saudi Arabia’s real estate index rises 0.9% in Q4 2021

20/01/2022 Argaam Special

Riyadh city


The Saudi real estate price index edged up 0.9% in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 81.3 points, from 80.6 points a year earlier, data issued by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) showed. 

  

The base year for the index is 2014 (100 base points). 

  

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Q1 2021 

81.3 

Q2  

81.3 

0.4% 

Q3 

80.9 

0.5% 

81.3 

0.9% 

The real estate index comprises three segments: Residential sector, which covers residential land plots, buildings, villas, apartments, and houses; the commercial sector, which covers commercial land plots, buildings, shops and malls; and the agricultural sector that covers agricultural land.

 The residential sector came on top, with a 1.7% increase in Q4, while commercial and agricultural sectors fell by 0.7% and 0.2%, respectively. 

Change in Saudi Real Estate Price Index Main Sectors (Q4 2020/2021)

Sector

Variation (%)

Main Items

Item

Variation (%)

Residential

1.7%

Plot of land

+2.0%

Building

(0.1%)

Villa

(6.3%)

Apartment

(3.6%)

House

(1.4%)

Commercial

(0.7%)

Plot of land

(0.7%)

Building

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Showroom/shop

+0.5%

Commercial center

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Agricultural

(0.2%)

Agricultural land

(0.2%)

 

Relative Importance of Sectors and Items

Sectors and items

Relative importance (%)

General index

100.00

Residential

65.37

Plot of land

62.16

Building

0.03

Villa

0.40

Apartment

2.58

House

0.21

Commercial

31.02

Plot of land

30.87

Building

0.003

Showroom/shop

0.08

Commercial center

0.07

Agricultural

3.61

Agricultural land

3.61

 

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