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Saudi Arabia's New Foreign Real Estate Ownership Law: What Changed in 2026

For years, foreign ownership of real estate in Saudi Arabia was a patchwork of exceptions and residency-linked workarounds. That changed in a real, structural way this year. The Non-Saudi Real Estate Ownership Law took effect on 22 January 2026, and by the summer, the Cabinet had approved the specific geographical zones and implementing regulations that make it usable in practice, not…

01 Aug 2026