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Saudi Arabia's mortgage market has historically faced structural headwinds including high affordability ratios, limited competition among lenders, and regulatory constraints on loan-to-value ratios, making government-backed lending programmes a recurring policy tool to support real estate demand and domestic consumption. Residential credit cycles in the GCC typically correlate with oil price movements and state spending patterns, as they influence household incomes, employment levels, and government incentive programmes targeting national populations. Mortgage market interventions also serve broader economic diversification goals by stimulating construction activity, reducing dependence on hydrocarbon revenues, and supporting the non-oil sectors that contribute to GDP growth and financial
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