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