Saudi banks’ retail mortgage loans rise 83% to SAR 136.2 bln in 2020

04/02/2021 Argaam Special


Mortgage loans provided to retail clients by banks in Saudi Arabia saw an increase of 83% year-on-year (YoY) to SAR 136.2 billion during 2020, according to data issued by the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA).

 

New Retail Housing Loans (SAR bln)*

Period

Value

Variation

2016

14930

--

2017

18923

+27%

2018

27015

+43%

2019

74350

+175%

2020

136199

83%

 

 

Mortgage loans reported higher growth across the 12 months, led by June with a hike of 220% to SAR 13.1 billion.  

 

Meanwhile, December posted the largest financing of SAR 15.4 billion over the last year.

 

New Retail Housing Loans (SAR mln)*

Period

2019

2020

Variation

January

4462

9692

+119%

February

4271

10590

+151%

March

5267

10894

+110%

April

6148

7650

+27%

May

5252

7791

+28%

June

4097

13120

+220%

July

6762

10776

+59%

August

4892

9866

+102%

September

6640

12993

+96%

October

8721

12148

+39%

November

8523

15266

+79%

December

9314

15412

+65%

Total

74350

136199

+83%

*Does not include interest

Villa mortgages accounted for 81%, or SAR 110.3 billion of total housing loans provided in 2020.

 

Apartments and land plots followed with SAR 18.8 billion and SAR 7.1 billion, respectively.

 

New Retail Housing Loans by Product Type (SAR mln)*

Period

Villas

Apartments

Land

January 2020

7750

1270

672

February

8460

1418

711

March

8701

1714

479

April

6287

1041

322

May

6217

1237

337

June

11012

1367

741

July

8559

1572

645

August

7788

1518

561

September

10490

1863

640

October

9897

1597

654

November

12383

2184

700

December

12721

2013

678

Total

110265

18794

7140

*Doesn’t include interest

 

According to SAMA, a total of 289,300 contracts were signed between banks and retail clients in 2020, a rise of 70% YoY.

 

Number of New Retail Housing Loans Contracts by Banks

Period

2019

2020

Variation

January

9054

23471

+159%

February

9044

24676

+173%

March

11505

23141

+101%

April

13765

17856

+30%

May

12068

15462

+28%

June

9117

26137

+187%

July

15018

23909

+59%

August

11737

21755

+85%

September

16012

27390

+71%

October

20888

25483

+22%

November

19659

30017

+53%

December

22411

29960

+34%

Total

170278

289257

+70%

*Doesn’t include interest

 

Financing firms provided new mortgages for residential units worth SAR 4.55 billion in 2020, a drop of 14% YoY.

 

Number of New Retail Housing Loans Contracts by Financing Firms (SAR mln)*

Period

2019

2020

Variation

January

335

565

+69%

February

397

459

+15%

March

361

325

(10%)

April

384

90

(77%)

May

466

201

(57%)

June

311

742

+139%

July

522

350

(33%)

August

332

261

(21%)

September

483

339

(30%)

October

562

342

(39%)

November

549

436

(21%)

December

569

441

(22%)

Total

5271

4551

(14%)

*Doesn’t include interest

 

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