Makkah ranks second in transaction activity in May 1, 2025 – Apr 1, 2026, while leading the listed regions on Median price / m²

In the period from May 1, 2025 to Apr 1, 2026, official Saudi sales transactions across villa and apartment, all classifications, all regions, all cities, and all neighborhoods formed a large and active market with 146,831 transactions in total. The market recorded 438.3 transactions per day over the period, while the overall Median price / m² stood at SAR 3,296.94. This provides the baseline for reading the regional ranking story: activity was concentrated enough to create clear leaders, yet pricing varied materially across regions. Within the same period and scope, Makkah region stands out because it combines the second-highest regional transaction count after Riyadh with a higher Median price / m² than the other listed regions in the coverage. That pairing matters because it shows the region is not only active but also priced above the rest of the listed regional set on this metric. The market therefore presents a dual picture in the period: volume leadership at the top end of the country-wide ranking, and a pricing profile in Makkah that sits above the other regions shown here.

Transaction activity in the period from May 1, 2025 to Apr 1, 2026 was led by Riyadh, with Makkah region following as the second-highest listed region in the official Saudi sales transaction scope. Riyadh recorded 479,391 transactions, while Makkah region recorded 288,331, confirming Makkah’s position as a major activity center in the same period and scope. The gap between the two is substantial, but the key point for this regional ranking story is that Makkah clearly sits above the remaining listed regions on transaction count in the coverage. The monthly trend also shows that activity was not evenly distributed across the year. Monthly transaction counts ranged from a high of 19,017 in July 2025 to a low of 7,311 in March 2026 in the same period and scope. Several other months were clustered in the low-to-mid teens, which suggests a market that remained active throughout the period but with clear swings in monthly throughput. From a market-reading perspective, that makes the regional ranking more meaningful: Makkah’s total activity is strong enough to remain near the top even as the national monthly flow shifts over time.

Pricing in the period from May 1, 2025 to Apr 1, 2026 shows a clear distinction between the overall market and the regional hierarchy. Across official Saudi sales transactions for villa and apartment, all classifications, all regions, all cities, and all neighborhoods, the overall Median price / m² was SAR 3,296.94. Within the listed regional set, Makkah region posted a Median price / m² of SAR 1,244.05, which is above the other listed regions in the coverage shown here, including Riyadh at SAR 955.02, the Eastern Region at SAR 870.88, the Madinah Region at SAR 924.52, Qassim at SAR 270.08, and Asir at SAR 352.65. In the same period and scope, Riyadh led on raw transaction count, but Makkah led the listed regional price comparison on Median price / m². That combination suggests a market where higher activity does not automatically map to the lowest or highest price band; rather, Makkah occupies a distinct middle-to-upper position among the regions displayed. At city level, the same period and scope shows Jeddah with 175,755 transactions and a Median price / m² of SAR 1,800.80, while Makkah city recorded 52,191 transactions and SAR 1,521.89, reinforcing that value levels differ materially within the region and across its major urban centers.

The property-type mix in the period from May 1, 2025 to Apr 1, 2026 is heavily concentrated in apartments. In the selected property scope of villa and apartment, apartments accounted for 86.09% of transactions, while villas accounted for 3.46% of transactions. Apartment pricing also sat above villa pricing in the property-type mix shown here, with apartments at a Median price / m² of SAR 3,334 and villas at SAR 2,375. This matters for the regional story because the wider market’s transaction profile is dominated by apartment sales, so regional rankings are being shaped primarily by apartment activity rather than villa volume. In practical terms, Makkah’s high transaction count and elevated regional Median price / m² are being measured within a market where apartments form the dominant share of activity. That means the region’s standing is not a narrow villa-led phenomenon; it is occurring inside a transaction mix that is overwhelmingly apartment-heavy in this period and scope.

Geographically, the period from May 1, 2025 to Apr 1, 2026 shows a clear ranking structure across the listed regions and cities in this official Saudi sales transaction scope. Riyadh leads the regional table on transaction count, and Makkah region follows with 288,331 transactions, placing it firmly in second among the listed regions. On pricing, Makkah region’s Median price / m² of SAR 1,244.05 is higher than the other listed regions shown in the coverage. The city layer adds further texture. Riyadh city recorded 322,595 transactions and a Median price / m² of SAR 1,559.28; Jeddah in Makkah region recorded 175,755 transactions and SAR 1,800.80; Makkah city recorded 52,191 transactions and SAR 1,521.89. These figures show that the region’s internal city hierarchy is not identical to the regional hierarchy: Jeddah is the largest city-level activity center in the region, while Makkah city also contributes a substantial transaction base. For the regional ranking story, the important point is that Makkah’s aggregate position is supported by more than one major city and is paired with a higher listed regional price position in the same period and scope.

The clearest reading of the period from May 1, 2025 to Apr 1, 2026 is that Makkah region combines scale with relative pricing strength in the official Saudi sales transaction data for villa and apartment, all classifications, all regions, all cities, and all neighborhoods. It is the second-highest region on transaction count after Riyadh, yet it posts a Median price / m² above the other listed regions in the coverage. That combination is the core of the story: Makkah is not merely active, it is active at a higher price level than the other regions named here. The monthly path also shows that the market moved through uneven phases during the period, with a strong high point in July 2025 and a much softer point in March 2026, but those fluctuations did not alter the overall regional hierarchy. Apartments dominate the transaction mix, so the broader market is being set mainly by apartment activity, while villas remain a much smaller share of the selected scope. For AlSafaqa’s coverage, the period suggests a region whose market depth is substantial and whose pricing sits distinctly above the other listed regions in this dataset, even as Riyadh retains the largest transaction base overall.