The ratio of rent burden to household income in Riyadh fell to around 15% from more than 17.5% in September 2025, Real Estate General Authority CEO Abdullah Al-Hammad said, describing it as one of the first measured effects of the real estate balance decisions, more than 18 months after they were approved. He said the most financially vulnerable households had been spending more than 30% of their income on rent.
Investors looking at Riyadh residential yields should adjust their rent-growth expectations from above 17.5% to about 15%. This change is important because the authority has now linked its credibility to this target.
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Six quarters down
Tadawul Group Q2 profit −4% to SR92M, sixth straight annual decline, while data services grew 13.7%.
An exchange earning less in a market this active is a warning about volumes, the thin tape has landed in someone's earnings.
AlUla opens the door
Phase two shifts to private-sector partnerships: triple hotel capacity to 3,000+ rooms, 1M visitors by 2030 from ~320,000
The takeaway: If PPP works here, it becomes the funding model for every destination that follows; the developers who learn the Royal Commission's playbook now will be first in line everywhere else
SAR 3.323 trillion in circulation
Saudi money supply (M3) reached SAR 3.323 trillion at the end of September 2026, up 4.9% in the first nine months, an increase of SAR 155.47 billion from SAR 3.168 trillion at the end of 2025. Year on year it rose 4.76%, according to SAMA data.
Steady M3 growth gives banks room to keep lending, so if you are a CFO planning 2027 borrowing, test what your bank will offer before rates move.
