Dashboards

Residential Market Dashboards

Riyadh’s residential real estate market generates vast quantities of data across pricing, transactions, mortgage origination, rental activity, supply delivery, population growth, and affordability metrics. Dashboards transform this raw data into visual analytics that reveal patterns, trends, and anomalies that tabular data alone cannot convey. This section provides interactive dashboards tracking every major dimension of Riyadh’s residential market performance — from the SAR 4,850 per square meter citywide average price to the 310,000-unit supply pipeline, from the 6.84 percent average rental yield to the 65.4 percent homeownership rate that is tracking toward the government’s 70 percent Vision 2030 target.

Pricing Dashboards

The pricing dashboards track residential prices across neighborhoods, property types, and time periods with per-square-meter granularity. The primary pricing dashboard displays the north-south price gradient that defines Riyadh’s residential geography — from ultra-premium northern districts like Hittin (SAR 9,000 to 16,000 per square meter for villas), Al-Malqa (SAR 9,000 to 15,000), and the Diplomatic Quarter (SAR 9,000 to 18,000, with villas commanding SAR 12,000 to 18,000) through mid-premium central districts including Al-Sulaimaniya and Al-Malaz (SAR 6,600 to 10,500) down to southern budget districts like Al-Shifa (SAR 3,200 to 5,000) and Al-Aziziyah (SAR 3,200 to 5,500). The 3x to 4x price ratio between premium northern and budget southern districts is rendered visually through heat-map overlays on Riyadh’s geographic map.

Price trend dashboards display year-on-year growth rates across the market cycle: 17.7 percent in 2022, 8.6 percent in 2023, 8.6 percent in 2024, and 2.9 percent in 2025. The moderation from aggressive double-digit appreciation to a more sustainable growth trajectory is visualized alongside the key drivers of each phase — corporate relocations under the Regional Headquarters Program, mortgage market expansion, interest rate movements, and supply delivery. The January 2025 to January 2026 nominal price growth of 8 percent (6 percent in real terms) provides the most current benchmark.

Apartment pricing dashboards distinguish between citywide averages (SAR 4,971 to 5,200 per square meter) and premium segment pricing (SAR 6,600 to 15,000). Villa pricing dashboards show the citywide average of SAR 5,824 to 6,000 per square meter alongside premium villa markets (SAR 9,500 to 13,500). The 12 percent new-home premium over existing stock is tracked as a supply quality indicator. Neighborhood-specific dashboards provide granular price tracking for each of the twelve profiled districts, enabling comparative analysis of appreciation rates, price volatility, and value relative to amenity density and infrastructure quality.

Transaction Volume Dashboards

Transaction dashboards track the 45,000-plus annual residential transactions in Riyadh using data sourced from the Tadawul real estate exchange. Volume is displayed as time-series charts showing monthly and quarterly transaction counts, with seasonal pattern overlays identifying recurring demand cycles. The 61 percent growth in annual transactions from 28,000 in 2020 to 45,000-plus in 2025 is contextualized against population growth, mortgage origination trends, and regulatory changes.

Transaction value distribution dashboards segment deals by price band — affordable (SAR 500,000 to 1,000,000), mid-market (SAR 1,000,000 to 2,500,000), premium (SAR 2,500,000 to 5,000,000), and luxury (SAR 5,000,000-plus) — revealing the market segments driving volume growth and those experiencing demand softening. The H1 2025 transaction volume decline of 31 percent year-on-year is visualized alongside the interest rate environment and mortgage origination data that explain the cyclical contraction.

Cash versus mortgage transaction analysis distinguishes between the declining cash-dominated market of the pre-2017 era and the mortgage-enabled market of 2025 onward. The mortgage share of total residential transactions has grown from negligible levels before the Saudi Real Estate Refinance Company was established to a significant proportion of current activity, fundamentally changing the demand structure and price sensitivity of the market.

Mortgage Market Dashboards

Mortgage dashboards track the transformation of Saudi Arabia’s residential finance market from near-zero origination before 2017 to SAR 951.3 billion in total outstanding loans by 2025, representing approximately 20 percent of GDP. The primary mortgage dashboard displays annual origination volumes, the total outstanding mortgage book, and the origination growth trajectory. The 2025 origination data — 108,795 contracts worth SAR 80.42 billion — is shown alongside the 11 percent year-on-year contraction in contract volume and 11.7 percent decline in value, contrasting with the 17.1 percent growth recorded in 2024.

Interest rate dashboards track the SAMA repo rate (currently 5.00 percent, unchanged since December 2025 after six consecutive cuts from August 2024) alongside bank-specific mortgage rates: Al Rajhi at 4.64 percent over 25 years, Alawwal at 4.55 percent over 30 years, and NCB at 4.40 percent over 20 years. The market range of 4.10 to 5.00 percent is displayed as a rate band with historical trend lines showing the relationship between SAMA policy rates and retail mortgage pricing.

Floating versus fixed rate composition dashboards show the 14.4 percent growth in floating-rate mortgages compared to 3.1 percent for fixed-rate products, revealing borrower expectations of further rate reductions. LTV ratio dashboards track the evolution from 30 percent minimum down payments in 2012 to the current 5 percent minimum under the Dhamanat guarantee program for first-time Saudi buyers, with the 30 percent minimum for foreign residents displayed separately.

The SRC refinancing dashboard tracks the secondary mortgage market institution’s loan portfolio growth from SAR 4 billion in 2019 to SAR 28 billion by September 2024, currently representing 4.2 percent of retail mortgages against a target of 20 percent by 2026 to 2027. The August 2025 RMBS deal is flagged as a structural milestone expected to increase bank appetite for mortgage origination.

Banking sector dashboards display the top three banks’ 80 percent market share of new mortgage originations, the 113 percent loan-to-deposit ratio across Saudi banks, private sector credit growth of 10.4 percent against deposit growth of 8.7 percent, and the net interest margin compression to 2.99 percent in H1 2025 (down 40 basis points). These metrics provide the financial system context for mortgage market analysis.

Rental Market Dashboards

Rental dashboards track Riyadh’s rental market using Ejar platform data — the mandatory digital rental registration system operated by REGA that has processed over 10 million contracts since launch, averaging 19,000 daily registrations. The 8.3 million residential contracts (82.3 percent of total) and 1.7 million commercial contracts (17.6 percent) provide the data foundation for rental market analytics.

Citywide rental rate dashboards display average monthly rents by unit type: studios from SAR 2,100 (up to SAR 6,000 in premium northern areas), one-bedroom apartments at SAR 2,750, two-bedroom apartments from SAR 3,000 to 7,000, three-bedroom apartments from SAR 3,500 to 7,000-plus, villas from SAR 10,000 to 30,000-plus, and compound housing from SAR 8,000 to 20,000-plus. Annual rental averages — SAR 30,832 for apartments and SAR 88,715 for villas — provide benchmark reference points.

Neighborhood rental dashboards highlight the premium tier: Al-Malqa and Hittin two-bedroom apartments at SAR 7,000 to 10,000 per month, high-end apartments at SAR 6,500 to 11,000, and villas at SAR 16,000 to 30,000 — levels 40 to 50 percent above city averages. Al-Olaya one-bedroom apartments at SAR 3,000 to 5,000, with 35 percent rental increases recorded over 18 months pre-freeze.

Rental growth dashboards display the pre-freeze appreciation rates: 19.6 percent year-on-year for apartments, 17.2 percent for villas, 40 percent in Al-Sulaymaniyah, 37 percent in Al-Malqa, 22 percent on the rental index by September 2023. The five-year rent freeze effective September 25, 2025, is marked as a structural break in the rental growth time series, with post-freeze projections of 0 to 3 percent growth for Riyadh.

Yield dashboards map gross rental yields across the city: 7 to 11 percent for apartments, 5 to 8 percent for villas, and 6 to 8 percent for premium area properties. The national average gross yield of 6.84 percent is benchmarked against GCC comparators and global markets.

Supply Pipeline Dashboards

Supply dashboards track the 310,000-unit residential pipeline in Riyadh, segmented by developer, market segment, geographic location, and development stage. The Cavendish Maxwell forecast of 57,000 new units in 2026 to 2027 is visualized as the near-term delivery wave against the annual demand requirement of 75,000 to 100,000 units.

ROSHN pipeline dashboards detail the SEDRA community: 20 million square meters, 30,000 planned homes across 8 phases (5 launched), 400 amenities, projected population of 130,000, total contracts valued at SAR 19 billion-plus. Phase-level tracking covers SEDRA 1A (infrastructure complete, approximately 3,000 homes handed over), SEDRA 3 (3,400 units), SEDRA 4 (2,500 units with the first Saudi Sports for All Federation dome), and SEDRA 5 (sales launched). The Warefa community in East Riyadh (1.4 million square meters, 2,380 homes) is tracked separately.

NHC supply dashboards show the 134,000 new units announced across 25 urban destinations in 17 cities, worth over SAR 100 billion, alongside the 30,000 units delivered by September 2023 and the SAR 60 billion in investment opportunities planned for 2026. NHC’s delivery against its target of 300,000 units by 2025 and 600,000 by 2030 is visualized as progress tracking.

Segment-level dashboards display pipeline composition: affordable housing (SAR 500,000 to 1,000,000) dominated by NHC and ROSHN serving Sakani-eligible buyers, mid-market (SAR 1,000,000 to 2,500,000) spanning government and private developer projects, premium (SAR 2,500,000 to 5,000,000) served by established Saudi and international developers, and luxury (SAR 5,000,000-plus) concentrated in giga-projects including Diriyah Gate (18,000 residential units, 350 branded homes), New Murabba, and KAFD Residential.

Demand Driver Dashboards

Demand dashboards quantify the structural forces driving Riyadh’s residential market. Population growth dashboards display the trajectory from 7.5 million today toward 15 million by 2035 at 3.5 percent annual growth, with decomposition into natural growth, domestic migration, and international migration components. Household formation data provides the bridge between population figures and housing unit demand.

Homeownership dashboards track the progression from 47 percent in 2016 through 60 percent in 2020, 63.74 percent in 2023, and 65.4 percent in early 2025 toward the 70 percent 2030 target. The remaining 4.6 percentage point gap implies hundreds of thousands of additional homeowner households that need to be created through subsidized mortgage programs, affordable housing delivery, and the broader maturation of Saudi Arabia’s owner-occupier housing culture.

Sakani program dashboards show 117,000 families benefited in 2024 (9 percent increase year-on-year), 93,000 families moved in, subsidized mortgage products up to SAR 500,000 interest-free, and the developmental housing donation of SAR 1 billion by the Crown Prince. The May 2025 eligibility age reduction from 25 to 20 years expanded the potential beneficiary pool, creating an additional demand wave tracked in program enrollment data.

Corporate relocation dashboards track the Regional Headquarters Program’s impact on expatriate housing demand, with hundreds of multinational corporations relocating to Riyadh creating concentrated demand for premium northern residential districts closest to KAFD, Olaya, and Tahlia commercial centers.

Affordability Dashboards

Affordability dashboards benchmark Riyadh’s residential market against income levels, mortgage terms, and government subsidy programs. Price-to-income ratio dashboards track affordability across market segments and compare Riyadh against Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, and international benchmarks. Mortgage burden ratio dashboards calculate the share of household income required for mortgage payments at current rates and LTV terms, with sensitivity analysis showing the impact of rate changes on affordability.

The Sakani subsidy impact dashboard quantifies the affordability improvement provided by up to SAR 500,000 in interest-free financing, 5 percent minimum down payment under Dhamanat, and access to developed residential land. The SAR 5 million liquid asset exclusion threshold and the points-based priority system (with families earning under SAR 3,000 monthly receiving 20 priority points) are visualized as program parameters affecting demand distribution.

GCC Comparison Dashboards

Comparative dashboards benchmark Riyadh against Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Kuwait City, and Muscat across multiple dimensions. Price-level comparisons use per-square-meter data to show relative value positioning. Yield comparisons display Riyadh’s 6.84 percent average against GCC peers. Transaction liquidity comparisons use volume and turnover rate data. Regulatory framework comparisons evaluate foreign ownership access, transaction costs, and investor protections across the six markets.

The Saudi residential market’s total value — USD 155 billion in 2025 projected to reach USD 214 billion by 2030 at 6.7 percent annual growth — is contextualized against GCC market sizes. Riyadh’s 41.5 percent share of the national market, the highest of any Saudi city, is benchmarked against Dubai’s share of the UAE market and Doha’s share of Qatar’s residential sector.

Developer Activity Dashboards

Developer activity dashboards track construction progress, contract awards, and delivery milestones across Riyadh’s major residential developers. ROSHN contract dashboards display the SAR 37 billion in total contracts signed by the third anniversary, including the USD 2.06 billion China Harbour Engineering Company contract for 6,700 residential units at SEDRA and Warefa, the February 2025 USD 400 million award covering 1,900 units, sports facilities, 300 premium units, SEDRA’s first retail mall, and 700 additional homes. The RESTATEX 2026 deals — SAR 2.14 billion in total including SAR 548 million for Warefa land and SAR 262 million for SEDRA plots — are tracked as pipeline indicators.

NHC delivery dashboards show the trajectory from 30,000 units delivered by September 2023 toward the 300,000-unit 2025 target and 600,000-unit 2030 target. Revenue tracking displays the SAR 26 billion 2024 result (higher than 2022 and 2023 combined) and the doubling target to approximately SAR 52 billion in 2025. The 600,000 jobs added in 2024 and 150,000 additional planned for 2025 are visualized as economic impact indicators.

Private developer dashboards track market share composition: Al-Akaria at 15 percent, Emaar Economic City at 14 percent, Jabal Omar at 13 percent, Dar Al Arkan at 12 percent, and Al Andalus at 10 percent. Project-specific tracking includes Dar Al Arkan’s Shams Ar Riyadh (5 million square meters, SAR 600 million value, Roberto Cavalli-designed villas) and the Trump Organization partnership valued at USD 10 billion across Riyadh and Jeddah projects.

Regulatory Change Impact Dashboards

Regulatory impact dashboards track the market effects of policy changes on transaction activity, pricing, and demand composition. The January 2026 foreign ownership reform dashboard monitors foreign buyer registrations, transaction volumes in approved zones, and pricing impacts in neighborhoods with the highest international buyer concentration. The branded residences market — with over 1,000 units in Riyadh’s pipeline and projected buyer pool expansion of 40 to 60 percent — provides a high-sensitivity indicator of foreign demand activation.

The rent freeze impact dashboard tracks rental market conditions following the September 2025 implementation: actual versus permitted rental rates, vacancy rate changes, landlord investment behavior, and tenant mobility patterns. Pre-freeze growth rates (19.6 percent apartments, 17.2 percent villas) are benchmarked against post-freeze outcomes to assess policy effectiveness and market adaptation.

Sakani program dashboards track the 117,000 families benefited in 2024, eligibility changes including the May 2025 age reduction from 25 to 20 years, and the Crown Prince’s SAR 1 billion developmental housing contribution. Program enrollment rates, product selection patterns, and geographic distribution of beneficiaries provide demand forecasting inputs for developer pipeline analysis.

Data Sources and Refresh Cadence

Dashboard data is sourced from the Saudi General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), REGA, SAMA, SRC, Tadawul real estate exchange records, developer disclosures, and credible market research. Transaction and pricing dashboards are refreshed quarterly. Mortgage data dashboards are updated monthly following SAMA’s statistical releases. Rental data is updated quarterly using Ejar platform statistics. Supply pipeline dashboards are refreshed upon significant developer announcements or delivery milestones. Population and demographic dashboards are updated annually following GASTAT census and survey releases.

All dashboard visualizations are designed for cross-device accessibility and provide data export functionality for professional users requiring raw data for their own analytical models. Historical data series are maintained within dashboards to enable longitudinal trend analysis spanning multiple market cycles. Dashboard methodologies are documented to ensure analytical transparency, with data source attribution, calculation methods, and update timestamps displayed alongside every visualization.

The Saudi residential market — valued at USD 155 billion in 2025 and projected to reach USD 214 billion by 2030 at 6.7 percent annual growth — generates the data volumes and analytical complexity that demand sophisticated visual analytics. Riyadh Residential’s dashboard suite is designed to meet this analytical requirement, providing the visual intelligence layer that complements the detailed written analysis available across the platform’s market data, neighborhood, developer, investment, and regulatory sections.

Maintained by Donovan Vanderbilt. Last updated March 24, 2026.