Saudi retail mortgage loans hit SAR 6.7 bln in July

03/09/2019 Argaam Special

 

Mortgage loans provided to retail clients by banks in Saudi Arabia nearly tripled year-on-year (YoY) to SAR 6.68 billion in July 2019, data issued by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) showed.

 

New Retail Housing Loans (SAR mln)

Period

2018

2019

Variation

January

1,643

4,431

+170%

February

1,908

4,224

+121%

March

2,416

5,199

+115%

April

2,479

6,035

+143%

May

2,252

5,187

+130%

June

959

4,051

+322%

July

2,267

6,678

+195%

August

1,510

--

--

September

1,873

--

--

October

3,054

--

--

November

3,287

--

--

December

3,366

--

--

*Doesn’t include interest

 

Villa mortgages accounted for 79 percent, or SAR 5.28 billion of total housing loans in the same period. Apartments came second with SAR 830 million, then land plots (SAR 569 million). 

 

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

Period

Villas

Apartments

Land

January 2018

1,286

229

128

February

1,451

298

159

March

1,906

335

175

April

2,016

286

176

May

1,864

225

164

June

791

104

64

July

1,921

189

157

August

1,251

144

115

September

1,532

192

149

October

2,511

324

219

November

2,677

360

250

December

2,788

355

224

January 2019

3,520

562

349

February

3,436

466

322

March

4,218

549

432

April

4,910

636

489

May

4,223

610

354

June

3,208

524

319

July

5,279

830

569

*Doesn’t include interest

 

Total contracts signed between banks and retail clients more than tripled YoY in July 2019 to 15,025 contracts.

 

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

Period

2018

2019

Variation

January

2,553

2,553

+255%

February

2,959

2,959

+206%

March

3,716

3,716

+210%

April

3,894

3,894

+252%

May

3,707

3,707

+226%

June

1,675

9,122

%445 +

July

4,031

15,025

+273%

August

2,742

--

--

September

3,490

--

--

October

5,695

--

--

November

6,307

--

--

December

6,116

--

--

*Doesn’t include interest

 

Home financiers provided new mortgages for residential units worth SAR 522 million in July, a rise of 132 percent YoY.

 

SAMA issued new directives in May 2018 compelling 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

397

+132% 

March

178

361

+103%

April

256

384

+50%

May

287

466

+62%

June

107

311

+191%

July

225

522

+132%

August

136

--

--

September

171

--

--

October

352

--

--

November

276

--

--

December

240

--

--

*Doesn’t include interest                         

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