Kuwait records over 5,100 real estate deals worth 3.4 bln dinars in 2025
These figures underscore the robust activity in Kuwait’s real estate sector, with private housing and investment properties driving the market, while commercial and industrial transactions remain strategically important.
Kuwait’s real estate market saw active trading from the beginning of January until November 16, with 5,105 transactions worth more than 3.4 billion dinars, according to data from the Ministry of Justice.
The total included 4,820 sales deals, alongside transactions for ownership proof, exit in exchange for compensation, and other purposes.
Private housing accounted for the majority of activity, representing 69.2 percent of transactions. A total of 3,535 deals exceeded 1.2 billion dinars in value. Investment properties ranked second, with 1,302 transactions valued at 1.3 billion dinars, covering buildings, land, and apartments across multiple areas, reports Al-Rai daily.
Apartments were especially sought after, comprising about 560 deals or 10.9 percent of the total, with Mahboula recording the highest concentration of sales. Apartment sizes ranged from 58.7 to 150 square meters, priced between 30,000 and 103,000 dinars.
Commercial real estate accounted for 211 deals, representing 4.1 percent of total transactions and totaling 721.1 million dinars. These included commercial complexes, shops, existing buildings, vacant land, and offices spread across 13 areas.
The highest-value deal in Salmiya’s Block 9 involved a commercial property covering 15,754 square meters, sold for 70 million dinars.
Notable commercial transactions also included land allocated to a commercial bank in Al-Dajeej, valued at 8.3 million dinars. Key hotspots for commercial deals included Al-Fahaheel, Sharq, Al-Qibla, Sabah Al-Ahmad Sea City, Salmiya, Al-Dajeej, Egaila, Regai, Dasman, Farwaniya, and Hawally.
The industrial sector recorded 66 transactions totaling 117.9 million dinars, covering warehouses, craft plots, vacant land, existing buildings, and shops in Fahaheel, Ardhiya Industrial Area, and West Abu Fatira Industrial Area.
Coastal properties saw 15 transactions totaling 29.5 million dinars, including houses, land, residential complexes, and buildings. Among notable deals were a residential building in Mahboula for 4.5 million dinars, a Funaitees house on 2,871 square meters for 3.8 million dinars, and a Mahboula residential complex spanning 5,940 square meters for 7 million dinars. Land in Salwa’s Block 13, covering 1,914 square meters, sold for 4 million dinars.
These figures underscore the robust activity in Kuwait’s real estate sector, with private housing and investment properties driving the market, while commercial and industrial transactions remain strategically important.
