REGA
الهيئة العامة للعقارThe Real Estate General Authority, Saudi Arabia’s regulator for the property sector. It licenses brokers, developers’ marketing and property platforms, and a buyer from abroad deals with it through the Saudi Properties portal, which takes non-Saudi ownership applications and publishes the zone maps.
Also called Real Estate General Authority
Looking this up because you mean to buy? Your next question is Am I allowed to buy?
Where you meet it
- Why the checks workVerify before you pay
- How a non-Saudi can own near the Haram
- Who can buyCan foreigners buy property in Makkah and Madinah?
- Confirm you are eligibleHow to buy a property in Makkah or Madinah, step by step
- Buying to rent it outOwn use or investment near the Haram
- Paying through the portalPaying for property in Makkah or Madinah
- The holy-city questionPremium Residency and property near the Haram
- Questions to ask a sales centreProjects open to buyers from abroad
- What a zone is, legallyWhere foreigners can buy in Makkah and Madinah
- Law tracker
Related words
- Saudi Properties portal
- REGA’s online service for non-Saudi ownership, covering the eligibility enquiry, the zone check, the application, fee payment and the progress of a request.
- Zone (geographic scope)
- A mapped area inside which non-Saudis may buy real estate or real rights, and in Makkah and Madinah the only places they can.
- FAL licence
- The licence REGA issues for real-estate work, from brokerage and marketing to property management.
- Ejar
- REGA’s national platform for rental contracts.