“Among the limits and challenges facing Saudi developers, is for example the regulations concerning the Municipality’s issuance of licenses, which must have a shorter processing time from the current minimum of at least two years up to a maximum of four years. In addition, the government should revise the mortgage law further, as we feel that the implementation of the current draft will have a negative effect on developers and financing companies,” said Riyad Ahmed Al-Thaqafi, CEO, Ewaan, said as he gave the keynote address called.
He added that there is a need for the government to appoint an agency that will regulate land prices to stop price escalation and manipulation. The government should also work to change the community culture of a majority of the population’s belief that they need a 200 or more square-meter home in order to own a house.
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