The National Real Estate Registration Services Company (RER) is playing a central role in Saudi Arabia’s real estate transformation under the ambitious socio-economic transformation agenda named “Vision 2030,” establishing a modern, trusted, and technology-driven registration framework that strengthens market confidence and supports long-term economic growth.
As a wholly owned entity of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), RER holds government authorisation to implement real estate registration operations, positioning it as a cornerstone of institutional trust within the Kingdom’s real estate ecosystem.
Aligned with the objectives of “Vision 2030,” RER’s mandate extends well beyond conventional registry functions. The company is tasked with building a unified national real estate registry that safeguards property rights, enhances transparency, and improves market efficiency.
Through this role, RER contributes directly to economic diversification, regulatory clarity, and the creation of an investment-ready real estate environment that attracts long-term local and international investments.
Commenting on the company’s strategic direction, Dr. Mohammad Al-Suliman, Chief Executive Officer of RER, told Global Business Outlook, “RER’s priorities focus on centralising real estate data, enabling digital services, enhancing service quality, and ensuring sustainable operations. Our approach supports the advancement of accurate and modern real estate registration practices while fostering coordinated engagement across the real estate ecosystem.”
RER’s ambition is demonstrated by its “EASE Strategy,” a structured roadmap guiding the organisation’s transformation journey. EASE is built on four strategic pillars: enhancing the foundation, accelerating the core mandate, sustainable growth, and ecosystem partnership.
The strategy integrates institutional capabilities, digital tools, and stakeholder collaboration to facilitate a transparent, efficient, and sustainable real estate ecosystem that delivers consistent value across the real estate sector.
RER’s service portfolio is anchored in three fundamental principles: efficiency, transparency, and legal certainty. Through its “First Registration Service,” RER maintains comprehensive real estate registries for all property types, including residential, commercial, agricultural, and public assets, supported by advanced geospatial data and spatial mapping capabilities. Each property is documented on a dedicated registry page reflecting its legal and physical status, forming a reliable foundation for ownership protection and market trust.
Complementing this is RER’s “Subsequent Transactions Services,” which governs all post-registration changes such as ownership transfers, splits and mergers, and the management of rights, restrictions, and responsibilities. By digitising and standardising these processes, RER ensures accuracy, traceability, and consistency throughout the property lifecycle, significantly reducing administrative complexity and legal ambiguity.
In parallel with its core registration mandate, RER delivers a suite of digital services that enhance accessibility and support data-driven decision-making.
Dr. Mohammad Al-Suliman said, “Through secure transaction and verification APIs, authorised stakeholders can access accurate and comprehensive real estate data, enabling more efficient transactions, strengthened due diligence, and enhanced market oversight. Within the national real estate ecosystem, RER serves as a trusted and authoritative source of real estate data.”
A defining element of RER’s digital leadership has been its extensive integration of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. By combining geospatial data, aerial imaging, and digital surveying, the venture has established and continues to maintain a national cadastral map covering the Kingdom’s urban and non-urban areas.
“This initiative represents one of the largest geospatial undertakings in the region, with anticipated coverage exceeding eight million properties and multiple petabytes of structured data. The result is unprecedented accuracy in property boundaries, land usage rights, and ownership records—enhancing transparency, reducing human error, and strengthening regulatory confidence,” Dr. Mohammad Al-Suliman noted.
RER’s commitment to service excellence is further reflected in its user-centric digital platforms, which streamline property research, registration, and transaction processes. Through intuitive interfaces and automated workflows, users can now complete complex procedures with greater speed and clarity, significantly reducing turnaround times while enhancing accessibility and overall experience.
Looking ahead, RER continues to pursue ambitious national objectives, aiming to register approximately 80% of properties across the Kingdom by 2028, apart from expanding geospatial coverage, and further enhancing data precision to support urban planning, investment growth, and long-term economic resilience.
“As Saudi Arabia advances toward a smart and diversified economy, RER stands as a critical enabler of institutional trust and digital governance. By combining regulatory authority, advanced PropTech capabilities, and a clear strategic vision, in addition to placing a strong emphasis on Enterprise Risk Management as a critical enabler of informed decision-making and organisational resilience. RER is not only modernising real estate registration—it is shaping the future foundation of property ownership and investment in the Kingdom,” Dr. Mohammad Al-Suliman concluded.