Qatar property sales rise 15.6% in week to 17 October 2026
Qatari property sales reached 696.5 million riyals in the week to 17 October 2026, up 15.6% on the week but 12.3% lower than the same week a year earlier.
The facts
- Property sales contracts in Qatar were worth 696.5 million riyals in week 42 of 2026, covering 11 to 17 October, +15.6% week on week and -12.3% year on year, according to figures from Aqarat, the country's real estate regulator, relayed on 18 October 2026.
- The number of sales contracts was 131, -7.1% on the week and -11.5% on the year.
- By asset type: villas 197.6 million riyals (28.4%), vacant land 190.5 million (27.4%), residential units 162.8 million (23.4%) and other property 145.6 million (20.9%).
- Mortgage contracts numbered 18, with a combined value of 861.7 million riyals, -36.7% year on year. By share, vacant land accounted for 47.4%, apartment buildings 45.7% and other property 7.0%.
- Al Daayen led sales value with 239.5 million riyals, ahead of Doha at 209.3 million and Al Rayyan at 170.9 million.
What it means for your money
- A single week tells you little: value is up 15.6% but contracts are down 11.5% on the year. The yearly direction is still downward.
- Glopra's data put Qatar's total transaction cost at 4.3% of the purchase price, a fixed charge on entry that does not move with weekly swings in turnover like this one.
- The 18 mortgage contracts carried more value, 861.7 million riyals, than the entire week's sales, so the headline rests on bank lending rather than on buyer demand.
- Falling contract counts are a liquidity signal for an exit: 131 sales in a week, -11.5% on the year, means fewer counterparties when you want to sell.
What to watch
- Aqarat keeps a weekly cadence, so the week 43 bulletin follows on the next Sunday.
- The published mortgage breakdown does not reconcile: the stated sub-amounts add up to roughly 1.85 times the 861.7 million riyal total, so only the total and the percentage shares are used here.
- The municipality figures above are the three highest values, not shares of the whole market.
Sources: Aqarat via The Peninsula http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/18/10/2026/real-estate-sales-value-rises-in-42nd-week-of-2026-aqarat; Qatar Tribune https://www.qatar-tribune.com/article/259730/latest-news/real-estate-sales-value-rises-in-42nd-week-of-2026