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The following table details the value of residential retail mortgages:
| New Residential Mortgages by Banks* | |||
| Month | 2023 | 2024 | Change | 
| January | 8,373 | 7,539 | (10%) | 
| February | 7,138 | 6,941 | (3%) | 
| March | 7,251 | 7,623 | +5% | 
| April | 4,146 | 5,341 | +29% | 
| May | 6,801 | 7,674 | +13% | 
| June | 5,969 | 5,307 | (11%) | 
| July | 5,425 | -- | -- | 
| August | 7,142 | -- | -- | 
| September | 5,837 | -- | -- | 
| October | 6,766 | -- | -- | 
| November | 6,655 | -- | -- | 
| December | 6,237 | -- | -- | 
| Total | 8,373 | 7,539 | -- | 
Mortgages granted for the purchase of villas took the lion’s share of total housing loans provided to individuals in June 2024 at 65% (SAR 3.4 billion). Apartments and land plots followed with SAR 1.62 billion and SAR 263 million, respectively, as indicated below:
| New Residential Mortgages by Product Type (SAR mln)* | |||
| Period | Villas | Apartments | Lands | 
| January 2023 | 5,645 | 2,315 | 413 | 
| February | 4,964 | 1,823 | 351 | 
| March | 5,048 | 1,745 | 457 | 
| April | 2,781 | 1,050 | 314 | 
| May | 4,684 | 1,734 | 383 | 
| June | 4,244 | 1,429 | 297 | 
| July | 3,897 | 1,226 | 301 | 
| August | 4,967 | 1,776 | 399 | 
| September | 3,978 | 1,563 | 297 | 
| October | 4,455 | 1,943 | 367 | 
| November | 4,363 | 1,964 | 328 | 
| December | 4,307 | 1,676 | 255 | 
| January 2024 | 5,132 | 1,967 | 440 | 
| February | 4,529 | 1,980 | 433 | 
| March | 4,912 | 2,237 | 474 | 
| April | 3,681 | 1,389 | 270 | 
| May | 5,114 | 2,153 | 408 | 
| June | 3,427 | 1,616 | 263 | 
According to SAMA, as many as 727,000 mortgage contracts were signed between banks and retail clients in June 2024, a decline of 4% YoY.
| New Residential Mortgages Contracts by Banks | |||
| Month | 2023 | 2024 | Change | 
| January | 11113 | 10505 | (5%) | 
| February | 9574 | 9504 | (1%) | 
| March | 9526 | 10320 | +8% | 
| April | 5270 | 7085 | +34% | 
| May | 8888 | 10123 | +14% | 
| June | 7615 | 7274 | (4%) | 
| July | 7058 | -- | -- | 
| August | 9054 | -- | -- | 
| September | 7767 | -- | -- | 
| October | 9177 | -- | -- | 
| November | 9164 | -- | -- | 
| December | 8647 | -- | -- | 
Financing firms provided new residential real estate loans worth SAR 160 million in June 2024, a decline of 19% YoY.
| New Residential Mortgages by Financing Firms (SAR mln)* | |||
| Month | 2023 | 2024 | Change | 
| January | 310 | 273 | (12%) | 
| February | 284 | 268 | (6%) | 
| March | 228 | 225 | (1%) | 
| April | 167 | 143 | (14%) | 
| May | 235 | 252 | +7% | 
| June | 198 | 160 | (19%) | 
| July | 193 | -- | -- | 
| August | 307 | -- | -- | 
| September | 265 | -- | -- | 
| October | 289 | -- | -- | 
| November | 310 | -- | -- | 
| December | 272 | -- | -- | 
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