Saudi retail mortgage loans surge 79% to SAR 15.27 bln in November: SAMA

31/12/2020 Argaam Special


Mortgage loans provided to retail clients by banks in Saudi Arabia surged 79% year-on-year (YoY) to SAR 15.27 billion in November 2020, data issued by the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) showed.

 

When compared to the previous month, mortgage loans grew by around SAR 3.12 billion in November.

 

New Retail Housing Loans (SAR mln)*

Period

2019

2020

Variation

January

4462

9692

+ 117%

February

4271

10590

+ 148 %

March

5267

10894

+ 107 %

April

6148

7650

+ 24 %

May

5252

7791

+48%

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

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--

*Does not include interest

 

 

 

Villa mortgages came on top, accounting for 81%, or SAR 12.38 billion of total housing loans provided in November.

 

Apartments and land plots followed with SAR 2.18 billion and SAR 700 million, respectively.

 

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

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

*Does not include interest

 

A total of 30,017 contracts were signed between banks and retail clients in the same month, a rise of 53% YoY.

 

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

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

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--

*Does not include interest

 

Financing firms provided new mortgages for residential units worth SAR 436 million in November, a decline of 21% YoY.

 

Number of New Retail Housing Loans Contracts By Financing Companies (SAR mln)*

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

--

--

*Does not include interest

 

 

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