Saudi Arabia’s real estate price index rises 1.6% in Q4 2022

19/01/2023 Argaam Special
Riyadh city

Riyadh city


The Saudi real estate price index edged up 1.6% in the fourth quarter of 2022 to 82.6 points from 81.30 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).

 

The following table shows changes in Saudi Arabia’s real estate price index:

 

Saudi Real Estate Price Index

Period

Price Index (Points)

YoY Change (%)

Q1 2014

98.2

--

Q2

99.3

--

Q3

101.0

--

Q4

101.6

1.6%

Q1 2015

99.2

1.0%

Q2

98.1

(1.2%)

Q3

96.4

(4.6%)

Q4

95.8

(5.7%)

Q1 2016

94.8

(4.4%)

Q2

92.9

(5.3%)

Q3

90.7

(5.9%)

Q4

87.5

(8.7%)

Q1 2017

85.5

(9.8%)

Q2

84.9

(8.6%)

Q3

84.9

(6.4%)

Q4

84.6

(3.3%)

Q1 2018

84.2

(1.5%)

Q2

83.6

(1.5%)

Q3

82.3

(3.1%)

Q4

80.4

(5.0%)

Q1 2019

80.1

(4.8%)

Q2

80.4

(3.8%)

Q3

80.1

(2.7%)

Q4

80.8

0.5%

Q1 2020

81.1

1.2%

Q2

81.0

0.7%

Q3

80.5

0.5%

Q4

80.6

(0.2%)

Q1 2021

81.3

0.2%

Q2

81.3

0.4%

Q3

80.9

0.5%

Q4

81.3

0.9%

Q1 2022

81.7

0.4%

Q2

81.9

0.7%

Q3

82.1

1.5%

Q4

82.6

1.6%

 
 

The real estate price index comprises three sectors: Residential, which includes residential land plots, buildings, villas, apartments and houses; commercial, which covers commercial land plots, buildings, shops and malls; and agricultural that encompasses agricultural land.

 

The increase in real estate price index in Q4 2022 is driven by a 2.6% year-on-year (YoY) jump in the residential sector, due to an increase of 2.7% in residential land prices.

 

The index hike was mitigated by a decline in commercial and agricultural sectors by 0.2% and 0.8% YoY, respectively.

 

The table below demonstrates the changes in the main constituents of the real estate price index in Q4 2022:

 

Change in Saudi Real Estate Price Index Main Sectors (Q4 2022)

Sector

Change

Main Items

Item

Change

Residential

+2.6%

Land plot

+2.7%

Building

--

Villa

+1.7%

Apartment

+2.2%

House

(0.4%)

Commercial

(0.2%)

Land plot

(0.2%)

Building

--

Showroom/shop

(2.3%)

Commercial center

+0.1%

Agricultural

(0.8%)

Agricultural land

(0.8%)

 

The following table indicates the relative importance of the sectors and categories of the real estate price index:

 

Relative Importance of Sectors and Categories

General Index

100.00%

Residential

65.37%

Land plot

62.16%

Building

0.03%

Villa

0.40%

Apartment

2.58%

House

0.21%

Commercial

31.02%

Land plot

30.87%

Building

0.003%

Showroom/shop

0.08%

Commercial center

0.07%

Agricultural

3.61%

Agricultural land

3.61%

 

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