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Hello readers. Saudi Arabia just built the most comprehensive national infrastructure for tokenized real estate capital formation.
A sovereign law, and a digitized registry now exist as a functioning pathway.
The question for developers with GCC exposure is no longer whether compliant tokenization is possible in the region, but whether your assets and investor base fit the emerging framework.
In this weeks ReFi Brief:
The Big Read: What Saudi Arabia’s Digital Ownership Law Means For Your GCC Capital Strategy
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THE BIG READ
Saudi Arabia Opens Its Property Market to Foreign Digital Capital
On January 22, 2026, Saudi Arabia’s Real Estate General Authority brought into force the Law on Non-Saudis’ Ownership of Real Estate, creating the first sovereign framework to digitally formalize fractional ownership as a primary investment pathway.
While the law broadens ownership rights for non-Saudis, its true innovation lies in the Saudi Properties portal, a digital gateway that integrates fractional interests directly into the national Real Estate Registry.
For developers seeking international capital and foreign investors evaluating Gulf Cooperation Council exposure, this is not an incremental policy adjustment. It is a structural rewiring of how capital enters the Kingdom’s $1 trillion pipeline of giga-projects.
The framework matters because it solves a specific problem: Saudi developers have historically relied on narrow pools of local high-net-worth capital, while foreign participants faced opaque procedures and uncertain legal standing.
The new law connects both sides through a digital gateway that links fractional stakes directly to the national Real Estate Registry’s title-based system.
Let’s explore.