Saudi retail mortgage loans more than double in January 2019

07/03/2019 Argaam Special

 

Mortgage loans provided to retail clients by banks in Saudi Arabia saw an over twofold increase year-on-year (YoY) to SAR 4.43 billion in January 2019, data issued by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) showed.

 

On a month-on-month basis, mortgage lending jumped 32 percent from SAR 3.37 billion.

 

New Retail Housing Loans (SAR mln)

Period

2018

2019

Variation

January

1643

4431

+170%

February

1908

 

 

March

2416

 

 

April

2479

 

 

May

2252

 

 

June

959

 

 

July

2267

 

 

August

1510

 

 

September

1873

 

 

October

3054

 

 

November

3287

 

 

December

3366

 

 

*Doesn’t include interest

 

Villa mortgages accounted for 79 percent, or SAR 3.52 billion of total housing loans provided in the same month.

 

Apartments and land plots followed with SAR 562 million and SAR 349 million, respectively.

 

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

Period

Villas

Apartments

Land

January 2018

1286

229

128

February

1451

298

159

March

1906

335

175

April

2016

286

176

May

1864

225

164

June

791

104

64

July

1921

189

157

August

1251

144

115

September

1532

192

149

October

2511

324

219

November

2677

360

250

December

2788

355

224

January 2019

3520

562

349

*Doesn’t include interest

 

A total of 9,062 contracts were signed between banks and retail clients in January 2019 - a rise of over three times YoY.

 

The Number of New Retail Housing Loans Contracts By Banks (SAR mln)*

Period

2018

2019

Variation

January

2553

9062

+255%

February

2959

 

 

March

3716

 

 

April

3894

 

 

May

3707

 

 

June

1675

 

 

July

4031

 

 

August

2742

 

 

September

3490

 

 

October

5695

 

 

November

6307

 

 

December

6116

 

 

*Doesn’t include interest

 

Financing firms provided new mortgages for residential units worth SAR 355 million, a YoY increase of more than three times.

 

SAMA issued new directives in May 2018 obligating all banks and mortgage companies to provide mortgages to individuals, as per the due regulations. 

 

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

Period

2018

2019

Variation

January

90

335

+272%

February

171

 

 

March

178

 

 

April

256

 

 

May

287

 

 

June

107

 

 

July

225

 

 

August

136

 

 

September

171

 

 

October

352

 

 

November

276

 

 

December

240

 

 

*Doesn’t include interest                                                                                            

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