Real Estate & Ejar
Real estate and leasing in Saudi Arabia: documented Ejar contracts, tenant eviction, early termination, and maintenance — per the Ejar platform and related laws.
Leases and real estate in Saudi Arabia: the documented Ejar contract, eviction, early termination, maintenance, and security-deposit recovery — with the Ejar platform's role in each issue.
Tenant or landlord, start with the guide closest to your problem; most disputes here trace back to a clause in the documented contract itself.
Tools for this section
- Start hereEvicting a Non-Paying or Holdover Tenant via EjarTenant not paying rent or refusing to leave in Saudi Arabia? The claim and eviction path via Ejar and Najiz: grace periods, notices, execution requests, and the one-party cancellation service.
- Start hereEnding a Lease Early: Fees and LiabilityIs there a fixed penalty for ending a Saudi lease before its term? The defined termination cases, Ejar's mutual termination service, contract assignment, and the liability of a tenant who leaves early.
- Start hereGetting Your Rental Security Deposit BackWhen must a Saudi landlord return the security deposit? The 30-day return rule in the Ejar residential lease model, what may be deducted, and the evidence checklist that decides disputes.
- Real-Estate Disputes: Where and How Claims Are FiledReal-estate dispute in Saudi Arabia? When a file starts with an enforcement request and when it needs a statement of claim via Najiz, the effect of documenting the lease in Ejar, and the document checklist before filing.
- The Riyadh Rent-Increase Cap: Rule, Scope, DurationCan landlords raise rent in Riyadh? REGA's regulations effective 25 September 2025 for five years: the increase ban inside the urban boundary, vacant units, exceptions, and refusing renewal.
- Subletting in Saudi Arabia: When It Is AllowedCan a tenant sublet a rented property in Saudi Arabia? The default is that subletting needs a contract clause or the landlord's consent — plus the practical safeguards and the master-lease risks for enforcement and eviction.
- Tenant Rights When the Landlord Refuses MaintenanceLandlord refusing to maintain your rented property in Saudi Arabia? What the unified residential Ejar lease establishes: the landlord's maintenance duties, notice via Ejar, and claim options up to court-ordered rescission.
Common questions in this section
I want to leave the apartment before the lease ends — what is the penalty?
Official Ejar sources do not publish a fixed early-termination fee as a general rule. The documented contract is binding on both parties, and the financial settlement on an early exit depends on the contract, any agreement, the damage, and what the competent authority decides — it is not one figure for all cases.
Read the full guideHow long is the grace period before I can terminate for non-payment?
The published wording of the residential Ejar lease refers to 15 or 30 days depending on what the contract states, unless the parties agree via Ejar on a different grace period. The reference in every case is the documented contract itself, not a single figure that applies to all leases.
Read the full guideThe tenant is not paying and my lease is documented in Ejar — lawsuit or enforcement?
Under the triage rule in this file's source material: where the dispute is over rent or eviction under an executable Ejar lease, the file usually starts with enforcement rather than a lawsuit, since Ejar confirms that the unified electronic contract is an executable instrument.
Read the full guideCan my landlord raise my rent in Riyadh right now?
Per REGA's published provisions, the landlord may not increase the total rent in contracts existing when the provisions took effect or contracts concluded afterwards, within the scope of the announced Riyadh regulations. Defined exceptions exist, and their route is an objection before the Authority.
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