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Photograph of a row of completed villas with glass and stone facades in Al Bahr, Al Khobar

Beside Dhahran · Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Al Khobar

Gulf-coast city of the Eastern Province

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From SAR 739k
Completed apartments, Al Bahr
+23.7%
Sales volumes, year on year
25 km
Causeway to Bahrain
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The coast that works

Al Khobar is the Kingdom’s working Gulf coast: a corniche city beside Saudi Aramco’s Dhahran, a causeway from Bahrain, and homes you can walk through before you buy. Its case is not a giga-project but steady corporate demand at a gentler entry than the capital.

Omnia Capital Group · Saudi Desk

What we do here

Services built around the Al Khobar decision.

On this coast the homes are already standing. Four ways the desk stays useful in Al Khobar, from the first viewing to the transfer of title, and after.

  • Viewings of the actual home

    We hold the current price list and arrange viewings of the specific homes still available, so you choose the outlook and the floor rather than a render.

  • The ownership check

    For a non-Saudi, eligibility turns on residency and on whether the plot sits inside one of REGA’s designated zones. We confirm both before any money moves.

  • Reservation to title

    A completed home has no construction timetable to chase. We manage the reservation, the payment terms and the transfer at the notary and registry.

  • Letting and management

    Once you own, we handle the long-term tenancy through Ejar, the service charge and the paperwork, for an owner who lives in Bahrain, Riyadh or further away.

Developments · available now

Residences to know in Al Khobar.

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Al Majdiah 158
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Al Majdiah 158

Saudi Arabia · Al Khobar · Al Bahr

Al Majdiah 158 is a completed scheme of 116 homes in six buildings in Al Bahr, Al Khobar: 98 apartments and 18 villas. Apartments from SAR 739,100, villas from SAR 2,399,000.

SAR 739,100
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Ready
Stage
Now selling
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The city, in full

The Al Khobar story.

A fishing village that oil turned into the Kingdom’s Gulf-coast address, and a market that has grown steadily rather than spectacularly.

In this story

  1. I.A market that moves steadily
  2. II.Homes you can walk through
  3. III.Who may own

Omnia Saudi Desk · October 2026

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Al Khobar grew up beside the oil. Dhahran, home to Saudi Aramco’s headquarters, sits on its western edge, and Dammam, the seat of the Eastern Province, to the north; together the three make one coastal metropolis. Al Khobar is the part of it that faces the water, with a long corniche along the Gulf, and since 1986 the 25-kilometre King Fahd Causeway has carried traffic between its southern edge and Bahrain. It has never needed a giga-project to justify itself. Its demand comes from the people who work here.

I.

A market that moves steadily

JLL’s mid-2025 reading shows the shape of it. In the second quarter of 2025 apartment prices in Al Khobar rose 5.8% year on year and villa prices 2.2%, while annual sales volumes climbed 23.7%, against a weaker quarter for Dammam next door. That is a market where activity is outpacing price, which tends to favour a buyer who can see what they are paying for.

II.

Homes you can walk through

Most of what is sold to international buyers in the Kingdom today is off-plan. Al Khobar offers the other thing. Al Majdiah 158 in Al Bahr is finished: 116 homes in six buildings, 98 apartments and 18 villas, photographed complete rather than rendered. On 1 October 2026 three-bedroom apartments were listed from SAR 739,100, two-bedroom apartments from SAR 899,100 and five-bedroom villas from SAR 2,399,000, all before the 5% transaction tax, with 25 homes still available.

Buying a completed home removes the questions that dominate an off-plan purchase. There is no construction timetable and no escrow schedule: you inspect the home, agree the price, and title passes at the notary and registry once payment is complete.

Al Khobar has never needed a giga-project to justify itself. Its demand comes from the people who work here.
Photograph of a villa living room at Al Majdiah 158 with a staircase and a chandelier
A villa living room at Al Majdiah 158, Al Bahr, photographed complete.

III.

Who may own

Al Khobar follows the national rules rather than the holy-city ones. Since 22 January 2026 the Law of Real Estate Ownership by Non-Saudis lets non-Saudis own inside the designated zones REGA publishes on the Saudi Properties platform, and a legally resident non-Saudi, including a Premium Residency holder, may own one home for personal use outside them. Budget roughly 10% in combined transaction taxes and fees, plus registration. We check the specific plot against the published map before you reserve.

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Related reading

Guides and reports on Al Khobar.

Everything the desk has written on this market, from long-form intelligence to the investor guides, kept current as it moves.

Investor guides

Plot, built-up and internal area: reading a Saudi home plan.Process · Saudi ArabiaPlot, built-up and internal area: reading a Saudi home plan.
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Reports

Mohammed Al Habib residential portfolio atlas, 2026.Saudi ArabiaMohammed Al Habib residential portfolio atlas, 2026.
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The case for Al Khobar

Why buy here, and why now.

There is a quiet privilege in arriving early, while a city writes its next chapter.

  • Activity ahead of price

    In 2Q 2025 Al Khobar’s sales volumes rose 23.7% year on year while apartment prices rose 5.8% and villas 2.2%, on JLL’s figures.

  • Corporate demand next door

    Dhahran, home to Saudi Aramco’s headquarters, sits on the city’s western edge, anchoring the Eastern Province’s steady tenant depth.

  • Finished, not forecast

    Completed homes in Al Bahr, photographed rather than rendered, so you inspect the actual outlook and finishes before you pay.

  • Entry below the capital

    Completed three-bedroom apartments listed from SAR 739,100 and five-bedroom villas from SAR 2,399,000, before tax, on 1 October 2026.

  • Bahrain across the water

    The 25-kilometre King Fahd Causeway, open since 1986, links Al Khobar to Bahrain, and King Fahd International Airport serves the region.

  • Light on tax

    A flat 5% transaction tax on purchase, no annual property tax on residential ownership and no individual capital gains tax on personal real estate.

Where in Al Khobar

Where to buy in Al Khobar.

The coastal district selling completed homes today, and the wider city sourced to your brief. For a non-Saudi buyer, each property is checked against REGA’s published zones.

Buying for
  • Photograph of completed white apartment buildings under slate mansard roofs along a street in Al Bahr25 homes available

    Al Bahr

    From SAR 739k
    Price from

    Coastal, completed

    A coastal district 13.5 km in a straight line from Dhahran, where completed apartments face the sea or the street and villas run to five bedrooms.

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  • Sourced on brief

    Across Al Khobar

    On application
    Price from

    Resale, on brief

    Established apartments and villas beyond Al Bahr, from the corniche to the inland districts, sourced against your brief and checked against the zone map rather than listed.

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Indicative entry prices by district. Open the full listing for live stock, maps and filters.

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Photograph of a shared roof terrace with lounge seating at Al Majdiah 158, Al Khobar

Al Bahr · Al Khobar

A finished home on the Gulf coast, inspected before it is bought.

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The market

The Al Khobar property market.

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Al Khobar is the steadier Saudi story: corporate demand from Dhahran, a causeway to Bahrain and prices that have risen without overheating. The distinctive thing for an international buyer is completed stock, which turns the decision from a forecast into a viewing.

Three-bedroom apartment
From SAR 739k
Two-bedroom apartment
From SAR 899k
Five-bedroom villa
From SAR 2.4m

List prices at the completed Al Majdiah 158, Al Bahr, on 1 October 2026, before the 5% transaction tax; in that price list some three-bedroom homes start below the cheapest two-bedroom home. Market movement from JLL, 2Q 2025. Illustrative, not investment advice.

64/100
A steady, working coast

Our overall read out of 100. Strong on corporate demand, completed stock and entry price, more measured on the depth of foreign-eligible supply and on price growth that trails the capital. Offered for context, not as a recommendation.

Apartment prices, 2Q 2025
+5.8% y/y
Villa prices, 2Q 2025
+2.2% y/y
Sales volumes, 2Q 2025
+23.7% y/y
Transaction tax
5%
Capital gains tax
0%
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However you're buying

The right district, for the right reason.

Tell us what you are hoping for, and an adviser tailors the shortlist, the numbers and the next step to you. No generic forms, no pressure.

  • Yield

    Investing for income

    A completed apartment let long-term through Ejar, in a city whose tenants come with the jobs at Dhahran.

    • Al Bahr
    • Apartments
    • Long lets

  • Lifestyle

    A family home by the sea

    Five-bedroom villas with maid’s and driver’s rooms and a shaft ready for a lift, a short drive from the corniche.

    • Villas
    • Five bedrooms

  • Residency

    Living and working here

    For a legal resident of the Kingdom, one home for personal use outside the zones, with the eligibility confirmed in writing first.

    • Residents
    • Premium Residency

  • From Bahrain

    Across the causeway

    For a buyer based in Bahrain, a Saudi home a causeway away, with the zone check and the transfer handled for you.

    • King Fahd Causeway
    • Zone check

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Life here

Life in Al Khobar.

A coastal city that lives outdoors in the cooler months, along a corniche of parks and promenades facing the Gulf. Dhahran and Dammam run into it, Bahrain is a causeway away, and the Eastern Province’s beaches, Half Moon Bay among them, are within an easy drive.

  • Al Khobar Corniche
  • King Fahd Causeway
  • Dhahran
  • Khobar Water Tower
  • Half Moon Bay
  • King Fahd International Airport

From Al Bahr, straight line

Dhahran
13.5 km
King Fahd Causeway
24.9 km
Manama, Bahrain
~39 km
King Fahd International Airport
44.7 km

Questions

Buying property in Al Khobar, answered.

Who can own property in Al Khobar under the 2026 law?

Yes. Since 22 January 2026 non-Saudis can own inside the designated zones REGA publishes on the Saudi Properties platform, and a legally resident non-Saudi, including a Premium Residency holder, may own one home for personal use outside them. Omnia checks the specific plot against the published map before you reserve.

What does property cost in Al Khobar?

At the completed Al Majdiah 158 in Al Bahr, on 1 October 2026, three-bedroom apartments were listed from SAR 739,100, two-bedroom apartments from SAR 899,100 and five-bedroom villas from SAR 2,399,000, all before the 5% transaction tax.

What taxes and fees apply?

A 5% real estate transaction tax applies to most sales, and non-Saudis face a fee of up to 5% on top, so budget roughly 10% in combined taxes and fees, plus registration. There is no annual property tax on a home and no individual capital gains tax on personal real estate.

How is the Al Khobar market performing?

Steadily. On JLL’s figures for the second quarter of 2025, apartment prices rose 5.8% and villa prices 2.2% year on year, while annual sales volumes rose 23.7%.

Why buy a completed home rather than off-plan?

You inspect the actual home, its outlook and finishes before you pay, and there is no construction timetable or escrow schedule to follow: title passes at the notary and registry once payment is complete.

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