Qatar real estate, in clear numbers.
Qatar publishes some of the most detailed property data in the Gulf, buried in weekly PDFs and unstyled tables. We pull it straight from the official registry and present it the way it deserves: visual, free and refreshed automatically whenever the registry publishes.
Qatar Real Estate Price Index
Official trading value, Jun 2026
Deals registered, Jun 2026
Average gross rental yield
Qatar's official property price index.
The Qatar Central Bank's Real Estate Price Index is the mix-adjusted, like-for-like measure of where prices are actually heading: the quality-adjusted complement to the transaction averages below.
Published monthly by the Qatar Central Bank, the index tracks price movements based on actual buy-and-sell transactions registered with the Ministry of Justice. It calculates average prices from recorded deals, classified by property type and location, and converts them into a single figure that reflects broader market trends. The Central Bank introduced the current monthly series in June 2021, which is the series shown here.
Where the market has been heading.
Activity on this page comes from one source: the Ministry of Justice's own monthly bulletin. Its official totals put 2025 at about QAR 21.0B across 5,154 registered sale deals, and 2026 so far at QAR 10.7B across 2,644 deals through Jun 2026. These totals cover the full registry and are computed by the ministry itself, so they differ from the open-data price figures further down; the two series are never mixed.
Official trading value, 2025
2026 to date (through Jun 2026)
Mortgages, Jun 2026 · 109 deals
Deals registered per month
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Feb 2023 | 382 |
| Mar 2023 | 340 |
| Apr 2023 | 157 |
| May 2023 | 337 |
| Jun 2023 | 301 |
| Jul 2023 | 258 |
| Aug 2023 | 297 |
| Sep 2023 | 300 |
| Oct 2023 | 332 |
| Nov 2023 | 321 |
| Dec 2023 | 329 |
| Jan 2024 | 362 |
| Feb 2024 | 350 |
| Mar 2024 | 268 |
| Apr 2024 | 201 |
| May 2024 | 322 |
| Jun 2024 | 285 |
| Jul 2024 | 246 |
| Aug 2024 | 249 |
| Sep 2024 | 303 |
| Oct 2024 | 355 |
| Nov 2024 | 324 |
| Dec 2024 | 283 |
| Jan 2025 | 382 |
| Feb 2025 | 365 |
| Mar 2025 | 283 |
| Apr 2025 | 374 |
| May 2025 | 565 |
| Jun 2025 | 372 |
| Jul 2025 | 411 |
| Aug 2025 | 329 |
| Sep 2025 | 516 |
| Oct 2025 | 571 |
| Nov 2025 | 530 |
| Dec 2025 | 456 |
| Jan 2026 | 428 |
| Feb 2026 | 508 |
| Mar 2026 | 226 |
| Apr 2026 | 516 |
| May 2026 | 425 |
| Jun 2026 | 541 |
Trading value across Qatar.
Where property changed hands, by municipality, quarter by quarter. Doha, Al Rayyan and Al Daayen take the large majority of the value, but the split shifts noticeably between quarters. Switch quarters to watch the map redraw. The Ministry of Justice quarterly bulletins break out all eight municipalities, including Al Shahaniya that the monthly figures sometimes leave out.
Prime freehold zones, by price per m².
The Pearl, Lusail and the freehold districts where non-Qataris can own outright, at registered apartment prices straight from the Ministry of Justice registry, not a brochure.
Not just the municipality. District by district.
What property actually sold for per m² in the most-active districts in 2025, computed from the last published open registry records. This is the granularity the market reports charge for. Here it is free, sourced and dated.
Explore prices by area: a focused price tracker for every district with enough sales.
- Al WakraQAR 3,897/m²
- Al WukairQAR 3,275/m²
- Umm GarnQAR 4,952/m²
- Al KhorQAR 3,850/m²
- Umm Slal AliQAR 3,641/m²
- Al Thumama 50QAR 3,787/m²
- Al KharaitiyatQAR 4,524/m²
- Al Thumama 46QAR 4,778/m²
- Muaither 53QAR 4,725/m²
- Al RuwaisQAR 1,777/m²
What property sold for, by municipality.
- DohaQAR 7,755/m²
- Al RayyanQAR 4,366/m²
- Al WakraQAR 3,504/m²
- Al DaayenQAR 4,870/m²
- Umm SlalQAR 4,100/m²
- Al Khor & Al ThakhiraQAR 3,479/m²
- Al ShamalQAR 1,856/m²
The market by property type.
- Villas & houses3,620
- Residential buildings & compounds470
- Commercial & mixed-use96
- Residences85
- Private areas3
Most deals are smaller than the average.
The average registered sale in 2025 was QAR 4.45M, yet 81% of deals were smaller than that. A thin tail of very large sales (1.6% above QAR 25M, up to hundreds of millions) pulls the average well above the typical deal. Switch years to see how the shape has shifted.
Beyond transactions: the money behind the market.
Official financing signals that the transaction registry doesn't show, cited from the source and dated.
Bank credit to the real-estate sector
Mortgage registrations · 131 deals
Who's buying into Qatar.
By the end of 2024, 1,025 GCC nationals owned property in Qatar, 260 of them having bought in during 2024 alone. The UAE leads on both the running total and the newest arrivals.
- UAE287
- KSA264
- Bahrain253
- Oman115
- Kuwait106
| Nationality | Total owned since 2016 | New in 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| UAE | 287 | 90 |
| KSA | 264 | 64 |
| Bahrain | 253 | 64 |
| Oman | 115 | 23 |
| Kuwait | 106 | 19 |
Own from USD 200k. Residency within days.
Qatar opened freehold ownership to non-Qataris and tied residency to it. Here is what an international owner needs to know before buying in.
Freehold from USD 200k
Non-Qataris can own freehold in designated zones, including The Pearl, Lusail and West Bay Lagoon, with usufruct (99-year) rights in many more.
Residency that follows the deed
An investment from ≈ QAR 730k (USD 200k) unlocks renewable residency; from QAR 3.65m (USD 1m), permanent residency, with title and permit now issued within days.
A near-zero tax base
0% capital gains tax, 0% annual property tax and 0% personal income tax for individual owners; a one-off 0.25% registration fee on transfer.
The questions investors and owners ask.
- Can foreigners buy property in Qatar?
- Yes. Non-Qataris can own freehold in designated zones such as The Pearl, Lusail and West Bay Lagoon, with 99-year usufruct rights in many more areas. A property investment of about USD 200,000 (QAR 730,000) can qualify the buyer for renewable residency. This is indicative information, not legal advice.
- What is the average property price in Qatar?
- In 2025, registered whole-property sales in Doha averaged QAR 7,755 per m². Prime freehold apartments trade higher, with The Pearl at about QAR 12,820 per m² (registered sale prices, not asking prices).
- What rental yields does Qatar real estate offer?
- Gross rental yields in Qatar average about 5.2%, with prime freehold areas such as The Pearl and Lusail typically in the 4.5-6.5% range depending on the area (Global Property Guide, Q1 2026, asking-rent basis). These are cited market benchmarks: Qatar's registry publishes no rent data, so no yield here is computed from registered transactions.
- How much do I need to invest for residency in Qatar?
- About QAR 730,000 (USD 200,000) in property qualifies for renewable residency, and about QAR 3.65 million (USD 1 million) for permanent residency. Indicative only. Confirm with a licensed Qatari advisor.
- Are property prices in Qatar rising?
- The official price-direction benchmark is the Qatar Central Bank Real Estate Price Index, up 8.1% year-on-year as of June 2026 (qcb.gov.qa). Our own open transaction data measures registered activity and price levels by area, not a like-for-like price trend: total registered value reflects volume and the mix of what sold, not price per m².
- Where does this Qatar real estate data come from, and how current is it?
- One source per question. Market activity (monthly trading value and deal counts) is cited from the Ministry of Justice's own monthly bulletin, currently through Jun 2026. Price levels by area come from Qatar's official open-data portal, the Ministry of Justice real-estate registry (CC BY 4.0), and refresh automatically whenever the registry publishes; the latest published records run through 2025-12-31, and the source has not published newer records since. Price direction is the QCB Real Estate Price Index; yield benchmarks are cited from Global Property Guide.
Every figure here is sourced, dated and self-updating.
We don't guess. Price levels are computed from Qatar's official open-data portal under an open licence and refresh automatically whenever the registry publishes new records; market activity is cited from the Ministry of Justice's monthly bulletin; the index and yield benchmarks are cited from named sources and reviewed each quarter.
Read how we calculate every figure: what we measure, its limitations and how the Qatar Real Estate Price Index fits.
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