In contrast to the increase in ownership rates, rented and occupied homes in Saudi families during the same period declined by 35.49 percent by 1.3 million families, compared to 37.63 percent in the first half of last year, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The number of concrete homes owned by Saudi nationals increased to more than 1.9 million in the first half of 2019, bringing the proportion of concrete houses owned by Saudis to about 53.31 percent as of mid-2019, compared to 51.7 percent during the same period in 2018.
GaStat pointed out that these percentages do not reflect the percentage of individuals owning houses. The report pointed out that the number of houses occupied by Saudi families in the Kingdom increased in mid-2019 by 1.6 percent compared to mid-2018.