Doha, Qatar–The volume of real estate trading in sale contracts registered with the Real Estate Registration Department at the Ministry of Justice in January amounted to $521 million.
The data of the real estate analytical bulletin issued by the Ministry of Justice revealed that (362) real estate transactions were recorded during the month. Compared to December 2023, the index of sold real estate registered an increase of 10 percent, and the index of traded areas registered an increase of 21 percent.
Doha, Al Rayyan, and Al Dhaayen municipalities topped the most active transactions in terms of financial value in January, according to the real estate market index, followed by Al Wakrah, Umm Salal, Al Shamal, Al Khor and Al Dhakira.
The real estate market index for January revealed that the financial value of Doha municipality’s transactions amounted to $324 million. The financial value of Al Rayyan municipality’s transactions amounted to $104 million; while the financial value of Al Dhaayen municipality’s transactions amounted to $37 million.
The financial value of Al Wakrah municipality’s transactions amounted to $29 million. Umm Salal municipality recorded transactions with a value of $20 million, while Al Shamal municipality recorded trading with a value of $6.74 million and Al Khor and Al Dhakira municipality recorded transactions with a value of $4.50 million.
In terms of the traded space index, indicators reveal that Doha, Al Rayyan, and Al Wakrah municipalities recorded the most active municipalities in terms of traded real estate spaces during January, with 36 percent for Doha, followed by Al Rayyan municipality with 30 percent, and Al Wakrah with 12 percent. Al Dhaayen recorded 10 percent, Umm Salal recorded 6 percent, Al Shamal 4 percent, and Al Khor and Al Dhakira recorded 2 percent of the total traded spaces.
In terms of the index of the number of real estate transactions (sold properties), trading indices revealed that the most active municipalities during January were Doha (33 percent) followed by Al Rayyan (22 percent), Al Dhaayen (15 percent), Al Wakrah (13 percent), Umm Salal (8 percent), Al Shamal (6 percent), and Al Khor and Al Dhakira (3 percent) of the total real estate transactions.
Average per square foot prices for January ranged between (546-913) in Doha, (228-530) in Al Wakrah, (322-536) in Al Rayyan, (277-407) in Umm Salal, (267-476) in Al Dhaayen, (221-347) in Al Khor and Al Dhakira, (158-280) in Al Shamal.
The trading volume revealed the highest value of (10) properties sold in January, recording (9) properties in Doha and (1) property in Al Rayyan.
As for the volume of mortgage transactions that took place in January, the number of mortgage transactions amounted to 122 transactions. Al Rayyan recorded the highest number of mortgage transactions with (37) transactions, equivalent to 30.3 percent of the total number of mortgaged properties, Doha followed with 35 transactions equivalent to 28.7 percent, Umm Salal with (26) transactions equivalent to 21.3 percent, Al Wakrah with (16) transactions equivalent to 13.1 percent, Al Dhaayen with (6) transactions equivalent to 12.9 percent, and both Al Khor and Al Dhakira and Al Shamal with (1) transactions each equivalent to 0.8 percent of the total properties mortgaged during the month.