His Excellency Mr. Abdullah bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Attiyah, Minister of Municipality, confirmed that the Qatari real estate market witnessed remarkable growth during the year 2025, as the value of transactions in the second quarter amounted to about 8.9 billion riyals, an increase of 29.8% on an annual basis, while residential transactions increased by 114 percent, explaining that these numbers reflect the maturity and sustainability of the market, and that the real estate sector represents a major pillar in the implementation of the Qatar National Vision 2030, as it contributes by It ranges between 7 and 8 percent of GDP, with annual growth of about 4 percent. Yesterday, the Minister of Municipality opened the activities of the third edition of the Qatar Real Estate Forum, which is held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center and lasts for 3 days, under the slogan “Real Estate of the Future,” in the presence of Gulf Arabs and an elite group of developers and real estate investors from the region and around the world.
The Minister of Municipality participated, along with His Excellency Mr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Hogail, Minister of Municipalities and Housing of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in a discussion session entitled “The Real Estate Sector Roadmap towards Achieving Vision 2030.”
The Minister of Municipality explained that real estate development contributes to diversifying the national economy by stimulating the contracting, services, finance and urban innovation sectors, noting that a stable legislative environment enhances investor confidence and attracts foreign capital.
He pointed out that digital transformation has become an essential focus for business development through adopting technologies such as smart contracts, blockchain, and real estate property segmentation, which allow investors to enter with small amounts, which enhances liquidity and increases trading opportunities.
He stressed that innovation and modern technologies such as artificial intelligence and 3D virtual display contribute to enhancing transparency and simplifying procedures, stressing that real estate will remain one of the most solid and stable sectors in the face of economic challenges.
His Excellency the Minister stressed that the real estate sector is a flexible sector and that challenges such as high interest rates can be transformed into opportunities through innovative financing tools, and that the smart investor is the one who is able to read the market and anticipate future trends.
He stressed that the real estate sector will remain a major pillar in achieving sustainable development and improving the quality of life in Qatar and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.
He added that talking about Qatar National Vision 2030 requires highlighting its axes, which are human development, economic development, in addition to environmental development, and social development, which means Qatar’s focus on achieving high growth rates in various fields, including the real estate sector, in which the process of social development cannot be completed without raising its efficiency to the highest possible levels.
Al-Attiyah stressed that real estate development plays a pivotal role in achieving Qatar’s future vision, as it contributes directly to the domestic product, in addition to opening new financing doors for the national economy away from liquefied natural gas exports, and its participation in promoting local and foreign investments. He said that Doha’s real estate market has been characterized by a distinctive movement during the recent period, thanks to the adjustments it has witnessed in this sector in various aspects.
He praised the procedures recently implemented by “Aqarat” and the technologies it uses, which enabled investors to access all the real estate information they were looking for, and directed developers to provide products that are in line with market demands.
Al-Attiyah pointed out that the Lusail and Musheireb projects, in addition to Semaisma, have strengthened the position of Qatar and the Gulf in general in the global real estate market, through its adoption of the great developments witnessed in this field and its great use of technology to enhance the infrastructure and provide high-quality real estate products that did not exist previously, which qualified these countries to attract foreign investors, and enhanced their competitiveness in this field in particular, noting the positives that Digital transformation has brought a significant impact on the real estate sector in Qatar.
