{"id":37104,"date":"2025-07-10T08:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/?p=37104"},"modified":"2025-07-10T08:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:03:34","slug":"saudi-arabia-to-allow-foreigners-to-buy-property-starting-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/saudi-arabia-to-allow-foreigners-to-buy-property-starting-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia to Allow Foreigners to Buy Property Starting 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <strong>new law in Saudi Arabia will soon allow foreign individuals and companies to own property in the Kingdom<\/strong>, starting from January 2026. This marks a major policy shift aimed at supporting Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia\u2019s national strategy to grow the economy beyond oil and attract more international investment.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new rules, <strong>expats living in the Gulf and foreign investors abroad will be able to purchase real estate in approved areas<\/strong>, even without Saudi citizenship. The law covers both individuals and companies, making this open to a broad range of buyers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25374\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jeddah-e17370212179961-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jeddah-e17370212179961-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jeddah-e17370212179961-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jeddah-e17370212179961-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jeddah-e17370212179961-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jeddah-e17370212179961-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jeddah-e17370212179961.jpg 1710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the moment, a list of approved zones is being finalised. So far, the <strong>confirmed locations include<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Riyadh<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jeddah<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Other designated areas<\/strong> to be announced<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, Makkah and Madinah will have special restrictions due to their religious and cultural importance. Specific approvals will likely be required for any property ownership in these cities.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Saudi government will release full details before the new law comes into effect<\/strong>. Within the next 180 days, a draft of the rules and the list of permitted locations will be published on a public consultation platform called Istitaa. Residents and stakeholders will have the chance to review and comment before the rules are finalised.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9537\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Riyadh-skyline-2-e1752134064372-1024x512.webp\" alt=\"Riyadh-skyline-2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Riyadh-skyline-2-e1752134064372-1024x512.webp 1024w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Riyadh-skyline-2-e1752134064372-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Riyadh-skyline-2-e1752134064372-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Riyadh-skyline-2-e1752134064372-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Riyadh-skyline-2-e1752134064372.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This move aligns Saudi Arabia with other Gulf cities such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha, where <strong>foreign property ownership in designated zones has already brought in billions<\/strong> in international investment.<\/p>\n<p>With this upcoming change, Saudi Arabia is opening a new door for foreign property ownership \u2014 setting the stage for broader investment and new opportunities across the Kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new law in Saudi Arabia will soon allow foreign individuals and companies to own property in the Kingdom, starting from January 2026. This marks a major policy shift aimed at supporting Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia\u2019s national strategy to grow the economy beyond oil and attract more international investment. Under the new rules, expats living [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":12243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15507,"slug":"ksa","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/ksa\/","api_id":215,"title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia"}}],"cities":[{"id":15508,"slug":"riyadh","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/ksa\/riyadh\/","api_id":283,"title":{"rendered":"Riyadh"}},{"id":15509,"slug":"jeddah","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/ksa\/jeddah\/","api_id":296,"title":{"rendered":"Jeddah"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}