Bahrain’s property sales hit BD130.6m in December

TDT | Manama

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Bahrain’s property market recorded BD130.6 million in sales during December, spread across 2,573 transactions, new figures from the Survey and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB) show.

That was up on December 2024, when 1,856 transactions were logged. The year-on-year comparison points to 717 more deals than a year earlier, a rise of 38.6 per cent.

Across 2025, total property trading reached BD1.581 billion through 29,196 transactions, compared with BD1.056 billion and 24,863 transactions in 2024.

Rise

The yearly rise came to BD524.6 million in value, up 49.7 per cent, while the number of deals increased by 4,333, up 17.4 per cent.

The bureau’s data indicates 2025 produced the highest yearly value in the last ten years.

A longer view shows the market has grown since 2016, when total trading stood at BD1.036 billion.

By 2025 it had reached BD1.581 billion, up by BD544 million, or 52.6 per cent.

Over the same period, transactions rose from 17,434 to 29,196, an increase of 11,762, or 67.5 per cent.

Transactions

Monthly figures for 2025 varied. Transaction volumes ranged from 1,799 in January, the lowest point of the year, to 3,229 in Apil, the highest.

December sat around the middle compared with other months.

Third-quarter 2025 data, broken down by property type, shows land took the largest share by value at BD156.7 million across 1,014 transactions.

Deals

Houses accounted for BD107.8 million through 788 deals, while property trades totalled BD82.0 million across 553 transactions.

Apartments were traded for BD66 million through 827 deals, and buildings for BD64.2 million across 141 transactions. By area in the third quarter, the Capital Governorate recorded the highest value at about BD125.9 million.

Muharraq followed at roughly BD111.9 million, then the Southern Governorate with BD109 million.

The Northern Governorate recorded BD55.3 million.

Breakdown

A breakdown by nationality shows citizens’ transactions at BD366.3 million across 2,455 deals.

GCC nationals accounted for BD18.5 million through 138 deals, while other nationalities recorded about BD17.5 million across 212 deals.

The figures also point to a shift in who is buying and selling.

Traders

The average age of traders fell from 51.34 in 2019 to 48.7 in 2025. Ownership by gender moved closer to balance.

Men accounted for 59 per cent of land ownership against 41 per cent for women, while men held 54 per cent of house ownership compared with 46 per cent for women.