{
  "id": 13889860,
  "title": "Aqarat: Real estate sales value falls in 41st week of 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/aqarat-real-estate-sales-value-falls-in-41st-week-of-2026",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-12T06:21:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Peninsula Qatar Business",
    "slug": "the-peninsula-qatar-business",
    "url": "https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/12/10/2026/aqarat-real-estate-sales-value-falls-in-41st-week-of-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Doha, Qatar – Data from the General Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Aqarat) reveals a significant decline in Qatar's real estate market during the 41st week of 2026. Total sales contracts for real estate totaled QR458 million, a 14% decrease compared to the previous week and a 28.1% drop year-over-year. Only 111 sales contracts were recorded, dropping 19.6% week-over-week and 24% year-over-year. Villas led the property types in sales value, accounting for QR221 million or 48.3% of the total, followed by vacant land at QR121.2 million or 26.5%. Residential apartments made up 8.2% of the sales value with QR37.7 million.\n\nMortgage activity saw a sharp decline, with 27 mortgage contracts totaling QR114.56 million. This represents an 89% decrease week-over-week and a 94.3% drop year-over-year. Villas accounted for 72.8% of the mortgage value at QR83 million, while vacant land made up 27.2% at QR31 million. In the rental market, 400 lease contracts with a combined value of QR3.04 million were reported. This represents an 82.3% decrease week-over-week and a 79.6% drop year-over-year. Villas led the rental market, making up 44.1% of the rental value at QR1.34 million, followed by apartments at 35.5% with QR1.08 million.\n\nOverall, the property sales reached QR482.4 million across 118 transactions, a 20% decrease year-over-year and a 30.9% decrease from the previous week. The number of transactions fell 21.9% year-over-year and 15.1% week-over-week. While mortgage activity showed a strong annual increase, with transactions reaching approximately QR1.04 billion across 27 contracts, mortgage values fell 53.8% week-over-year.",
  "summary": "<p>Doha, Qatar: The General Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Aqarat) said some indicators in Qatar’s real estate market declined last week.</p> <p>Data published by the authority on its account on the social media platform X on Sunday showed that the total value of real estate sales contracts during the 41st week of 2026, from October 4 to 10, reached QR458m, down 14 percent week over week and…",
  "key_points": [
    "Real estate sales value in Qatar fell 28.1% year-over-year in 41st week of 2026",
    "Villas accounted for 48.3% of total sales value at QR221 million",
    "Mortgage activity dropped 94.3% year-over-year with 27 contracts totaling QR114.56 million"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The sharp contraction in sales contracts and mortgage activity signals a significant cooling of investor interest and liquidity within the Qatari real estate market.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf Times Business",
        "title": "Real estate sales value reaches QR458mn in 41st week of 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/real-estate-sales-value-reaches-qr458mn-in-41st-week-of-2026",
        "published": "2026-10-11T21:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}