1150 articles on construction, property, finance and technology.
Seasons, Ramadan, year-end and waiting for a correction. Which timing beliefs have something behind them and which ones just keep buyers out of the market.
Read MoreWhich hires in Saudi Arabia need professional accreditation, from engineers to healthcare staff, and the cost elements employers should plan for.
Read MoreStanding behind someone else's obligation is a commitment with consequences. The assumptions that cause harm.
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A contractor who is late will offer to recover the time. Recovery is never free, and knowing where the cost lands tells you whether to accept it.
Read MoreThe operating expense ratio is the fastest sense check on a property statement. Here is what it does and does not prove, and the ratios that signal a missing cost.
Read MoreA retention only works if it is proportionate to the work outstanding. An illustrative calculation of what to hold, what it buys and what it risks.
Read MoreThe order of checks a foreign buyer should run on a Saudi title deed: ownership, identity of the seller, encumbrances, boundaries and eligibility, before any money moves.
Read MoreA first financing arrangement is entered with the least experience and the longest consequences. The order that protects you.
Read MoreThe 2025 measures limiting rent increases in Riyadh, separated from the misreadings: what investors should check, and how to adjust a purchase plan.
Read MoreBonds, guarantees and advances all shift risk between owner and contractor, and each of them has a price that ends up inside your construction cost.
Read MoreWho pays the operating costs changes the rent, the risk and the value. This compares an all-inclusive rent with a lease that pushes costs to the tenant.
Read MoreFurnishing changes the rent, the tenant profile, the length of stay and the wear you carry. A practical comparison for an owner deciding before the first letting.
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