Over 48,000 Saudi families move into first home in H1 2025: Sakani

Ministry of Municipality and Housing headquarters

More than 54,000 Saudi families benefited from the Sakani housing program in the first half of 2025, compared to 55,000 in the same period last year, the Ministry of Municipalities and Housing said.

In a statement, the ministry added that over 48,000 Saudi families moved into their first homes during the six-month period.

The number of subsidized mortgage financing agreements rose 63% year-on-year, with more than 27,000 deals signed for low-income individuals in H1 2025, exceeding the program’s target, the ministry said.

It also noted that around 3,800 families benefited from developmental housing programs, with a 90% satisfaction rate, exceeding the annual target of 80%. The ministry maintained an average processing time of no more than 1.5 working days for handling objection requests.

The ministry also highlighted that the achievements made reflect the maturity of the housing support system and the accelerating impact of financing and regulatory policies, in a bid to achieve the goals of the Sakani Program—one of the programs of Vision 2030—to achieve 70% homeownership among Saudi families by 2030.

The homeownership rate among Saudi families reached 65.4% by the end of last year.