The overall volume of mortgage transactions of Qatar’s real estate sector registered 99 transactions worth QR4.918 billion in January of the previous year.
Doha Municipal recorded the highest rate of mortgage transactions with 33 (equivalent to 33.3 percent) of the total rate of all mortgaged properties, and Al Rayyan Municipal with 25 mortgage transactions (equivalent to 25.3 percent).
According to data released by the Ministry of Justice, the Umm Slal Municipality had 15 transactions (equivalent to 15.2 percent) of the total number of mortgaged properties.
This was also preceded by Dhaayen 14 transactions (comprising 14.1 percent), Al Shamal 5 transactions (comprising 5.1 percent), Wakrah 4 transactions (comprising 4 percent), and Al Khor and Dhakira municipalities, three transactions (comprising 3 percent) of the overall mortgaged properties.
Concerning the value of mortgages in January 2026, Doha Municipality tops with an amount of QR3.795 billion, and Al Khor and Al Dhakira municipalities registered the lowest with an amount of QR4.6 million.
Therefore, the Al Rayyan remained at QR574 million, Al Dhaayen (QR463 million), Umm Slal (QR61.275 million), Al Shamal (QR9.914 million), and Al Wakrah (QR9.146 million).
Given the indicator of movement of mortgage transactions by examining the ratio of the number of mortgaged properties to the ratio of the financial value of the mortgage transactions across all the municipalities where mortgage transactions were registered, it is established that the percentage of mortgaged properties is higher than the percentage of the value of mortgage transactions.
However, the Doha Municipality registered the highest percentage in the measurement of the rate of mortgage transactions.
A brief look at the track of the movement and volume of mortgage transactions that were registered during January this year showed that Doha Municipality registered seven mortgaged properties, and Al Dhaayen Municipality registered one property of the top ten mortgaged properties.
In the case of Doha Municipality, the percentage of the amount mortgage and the number of real estates stood at 61.2 percent and 39.1 percent respectively. In Al Rayyan and Al Daayen municipalities, the percentage of mortgage amount stood at 28.3 percent and 6.1 percent.
The real estate trading information in the month indicates that the real estate industry is maintaining a robust expansion in several investment and business areas, and it is the movement of trading that has been evident in the sector over the past few months.
This information also proves the robustness and stability of the underpinnings of the Qatari economy, as well as the further development of the real estate market as one of its key elements.
As a nation whose strategic orientation is on economic diversification and long-term urbanization, the real estate market is in a strategic position to excel, providing investors with the prospects of long-term stability and high profitability.
The real estate market has experienced a lot of improvement and significant changes in its regulations, which made it an attractive market in terms of its investment opportunities.
