Every project in Makkah and Madinah
We list 24 property projects in Makkah and Madinah, 11 of them inside the designated zones, where a Muslim from abroad may buy in their own name. The other 13 are outside the zones, where the way in is a share in a listed company or a unit in a licensed fund. Each city is listed nearest to its mosque first, by the least walk from the project's zone.
Prime locations
Within 15 minutes’ walk of the Grand Mosque or the Prophet’s Mosque, from the zone’s nearest edge.
Selling7–8 min walk on foot to the Grand Mosque
Registration open10–11 min walk on foot to the Prophet's Mosque
Taking registrations10–12 min walk on foot to the Grand Mosque
Selling12–14 min walk on foot to the Grand Mosque
Selling12–14 min walk on foot to the Grand Mosque
Selling12–14 min walk on foot to the Grand Mosque
SellingIllustration — not the developer’s design12–14 min walk on foot to the Grand Mosque
The developers’ films
All 24 projects
Makkah
15 projects, 8 of them inside the zones. Buying property in Makkah
King Salman Gate
King Salman Gate
10–12 min on foot
Taking registrations
Render: Rua Al Haram Al Makki (PIF)
777 branded residences (Masar)
Masar
12–14 min on foot
Selling
Illustration — not the developer’s design
El Bayet (Al Bait Abr Al Mamlaka)
Makkah
Outside the zones
Selling
Render: National Housing Company (NHC)
Nothing in Makkah matches this filter.
Madinah
9 projects, 3 of them inside the zones. Buying property in Madinah
Al-Alya (Knowledge Economic City)
Knowledge Economic City
Beyond an hour on foot
Selling
Render: Knowledge Economic City Co.
Nothing in Madinah matches this filter.
Two different boundaries
The ownership zones
Mapped areas fixed by the Cabinet and published by REGA, inside which a non-Saudi may buy. In Makkah and Madinah a purchase is only possible inside one of them, so this line decides who may own.
The Haram boundary
The edge of the sacred precinct around Makkah, marked on the ground and followed by the ihram rules and, in Makkah, by the restriction of entry to Muslims. It is a religious and geographic line, and it says nothing about ownership.
"Outside the zones" does not mean "outside the Haram", and a development deep inside the precinct can still be closed to a buyer from abroad in their own name. Both terms, in the glossary.
A project outside the zones
Four of the seven ways to own stop at the zone line: the deed in your own name, off-plan, usufruct and a Saudi company you set up all live inside the designated scope, and the article that governs company purchases outside it excludes Makkah and Madinah by name.
Two do not stop there. A Tadawul-listed company and a CMA-licensed fund may own real estate across the Kingdom, the two cities included, so a building outside every zone can still be held as a share in one of them. Shares and funds lists the companies and funds that already own near the Haram, and every legal way to own sets all seven side by side.
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Sources
REGA — law text, Art. 2(3) · 25 Jul 2025
In Makkah and Madinah, non-Saudi purchases are only possible inside the designated geographic zones; the 'one residence outside zones' right for residents does not apply to the two holy cities.REGA — system enters into force · 22 Jan 2026
In Makkah and Madinah, non-Saudi ownership and real rights are limited to Muslim natural persons (Law Art. 2(4)); REGA states this applies whether residing inside or outside the Kingdom.REGA — law text · 25 Jul 2025
Tadawul-listed companies, licensed funds and SPVs may own real estate Kingdom-wide including Makkah and Madinah under CMA rules (Law Art. 4).Umm Al-Qura — Executive Regulations, Art. 8(1)–(2) · 3 Jul 2026
Outside the designated scope, Executive Regulations Art. 8(1)–(2) let a non-listed Saudi company with non-Saudi shareholders own property only to carry on its activities or to house its workers, and only with prior Ministry of Investment approval — a purpose test that does not apply to its purchases inside the zones.Saudi Properties portal — zone boundaries
Zone areas and distances on this site come from the boundaries the Saudi Properties portal publishes for each zone; a distance is the straight line from the nearest point of that boundary to the Grand Mosque or the Prophet's Mosque, so the walk is always longer.FHWA — Capacity Analysis of Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities (FHWA-HRT-98-107) · 1 Feb 1998
The US Federal Highway Administration's pedestrian capacity study recommends a walking speed of 1.2 metres per second for most conditions, and 1.0 metres per second where more than a fifth of the people using a facility are aged 65 or over.Reported by بوابة تعظيم البلد الحرام
بوابة تعظيم البلد الحرام — حدود الحرم المكّي الشريف
The boundary of the sacred precinct of Makkah (the Haram) runs along the rainwater divide on the surrounding ridges and is marked on the ground by boundary markers; the nearest marker is at Al-Tan‘eem to the north, about 5.2 km from the Kaaba, and the farthest is on Jabal al-Muwashshah on the western boundary, about 21.2 km away.
Where each fact above comes from, with the source’s own date where it gives one.