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Saudi Property and Construction Insights

1150 articles on construction, property, finance and technology.

Jul 10, 2025 3 min read

Commercial Leases: Terms Landlords Get Wrong

Commercial tenancies run for years on terms agreed in an afternoon. The clauses that matter and the ones that are missed.

End-of-Service Benefit in Saudi Arabia: How the Calculation Works

Investing in Saudi Arabia

Jul 10, 2025 3 min read

End-of-Service Benefit in Saudi Arabia: How the Calculation Works

A worked example of how the Saudi end-of-service gratuity is built up and reduced on resignation, using illustrative assumptions you should confirm.

Bonds, Guarantees and Retention: What Each Security Really Costs

Building and Developing in Saudi Arabia

Jul 10, 2025 6 min read

Bonds, Guarantees and Retention: What Each Security Really Costs

The security an owner takes on a construction contract, what each instrument protects against, and why every one of them is paid for in the contract sum.

Holding Property Through a Company for Succession: A Worked Comparison

Property Ownership in Saudi Arabia

Jul 10, 2025 5 min read

Holding Property Through a Company for Succession: A Worked Comparison

Putting an asset into a company is often suggested as a succession solution. The arithmetic shows what it costs and what it actually changes.

What a Slow Purchase Costs a Buyer, Line by Line

Real Estate

Jul 10, 2025 5 min read

What a Slow Purchase Costs a Buyer, Line by Line

A transaction that drags is not free. The cost lines that accumulate between an agreed price and a registered deed, and the ones a buyer can actually control.

Employee Health Insurance in Saudi Arabia: Costs and What Drives Them

Investing in Saudi Arabia

Jul 9, 2025 3 min read

Employee Health Insurance in Saudi Arabia: Costs and What Drives Them

How mandatory employee health insurance works in Saudi Arabia, the role of the Council of Health Insurance, and the factors that set premium costs.

Financing a Self-Build: Matching Funds to Construction Stages

Property Finance

Jul 7, 2025 3 min read

Financing a Self-Build: Matching Funds to Construction Stages

Construction finance is drawn in stages against progress. The sequence, and the point where owners run short.

Can a Dependant Spouse Work in Saudi Arabia? A Household Example

Investing in Saudi Arabia

Jul 7, 2025 3 min read

Can a Dependant Spouse Work in Saudi Arabia? A Household Example

How a dependant spouse can take up work in Saudi Arabia, and an illustrative household calculation of what a job adds after costs.

Claim Notices Owners Ignore, and the Money They Cost Later

Building and Developing in Saudi Arabia

Jul 7, 2025 4 min read

Claim Notices Owners Ignore, and the Money They Cost Later

Most construction disputes are lost in the correspondence months before anyone mentions a dispute. The notice habits that quietly decide the outcome.

The Three Assumptions That Decide Most Saudi Property Deals

Investing in Saudi Arabia

Jul 7, 2025 6 min read

The Three Assumptions That Decide Most Saudi Property Deals

In most Saudi property models, achievable rent, the exit value and the cost base carry the answer. These are the ways each one is got wrong and how to pin them down.

Writing a Snag List the Developer Will Actually Act On

Real Estate

Jul 7, 2025 6 min read

Writing a Snag List the Developer Will Actually Act On

Long lists of complaints get ignored; specific, located, evidenced items get fixed. How buyers write themselves out of a remedy at handover.

Buying Off-Plan in Saudi Arabia as a Foreigner: Mistakes Under the Wafi Programme

Investing in Saudi Arabia

Jul 6, 2025 4 min read

Buying Off-Plan in Saudi Arabia as a Foreigner: Mistakes Under the Wafi Programme

The errors foreign buyers make with off-plan units: unlicensed projects, payments outside escrow, vague specifications and handover terms that favour the developer.