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SRC, Dar Al Tamleek Ink New Agreement for Housing Funds

A man walks past the Kingdom Centre Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
A man walks past the Kingdom Centre Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
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SRC, Dar Al Tamleek Ink New Agreement for Housing Funds

A man walks past the Kingdom Centre Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
A man walks past the Kingdom Centre Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Meeting a growing demand for Saudi housing funds, the Saudi Real Estate Refinance Company (SRC) signed a SAR 1.2 billion (approximately $ 320 million) deal with Dar Al Tamleek.

Dar Al Tamleek was launched in 2008 with a vision to become the Kingdom's leading expert in home financing solutions, helping people realize their goal of purchasing homes. It operates in major cities like Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam along with 12 other branch locations serving over 80% of the Saudi population.

The deal aims to buy a residential finance portfolio currently owned by Dar Al Tamleek and provide short-term financing over 18 months to the company.

It was inked by SRC CEO Fabrice Susini and Dar Al Tamleek CEO Yasser Abu Ateeq. This is the fifth agreement signed by the two parties, confirming the importance of the Saudi public-private sector partnership, which aims to inject more funds into the housing finance market.

SRC said that such agreements aim to empower more citizens to own homes, and to implement the Kingdom Vision 2030’s plan for the housing sector.

This is a step towards the company's goal of enabling lenders to offer more affordable housing solutions, said Fabrice Susini.

He also expressed SRC’s desire to continue its partnership with various residential finance companies and institutions.

Real estate funds are often considered one of the investment fields often seeking liquidity. However, a decline in profitability may bring unit prices downwards, forcing fund managers to increase their efforts to achieve the desired benchmark for profit set by investors.

These developments come as the Saudi economy, the largest in the Middle East, achieved positive growth set at 1.2% in its first quarter of 2018, further consolidating the feasibility of objectives for economic reform, objectives for diversifying the national economy and reducing oil dependence.

Non-oil GDP rose by 1.6% reaching SAR 371.02 billion riyals ($ 98.9 billion) at the end of the first quarter of 2018, compared with the same period in 2017.

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Saudi Arabia Makes History with Adoption of Riyadh Treaty on Design Law

Photo of the Riyadh Diplomatic Conference on the Design Law Treaty (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Photo of the Riyadh Diplomatic Conference on the Design Law Treaty (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Saudi Arabia Makes History with Adoption of Riyadh Treaty on Design Law

Photo of the Riyadh Diplomatic Conference on the Design Law Treaty (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Photo of the Riyadh Diplomatic Conference on the Design Law Treaty (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Arabia has made history by uniting the 193 member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to adopt the Riyadh Treaty on Design Law. This landmark achievement, realized after two decades of deliberation, underscores the Kingdom’s leadership in enhancing the global intellectual property system.

The announcement came at the conclusion of the Riyadh Diplomatic Conference on the Design Law Treaty, a rare event for WIPO, which has not held a diplomatic conference outside Geneva for more than a decade. It was also the first such event hosted in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, representing the final stage of negotiations to establish an agreement aimed at simplifying and standardizing design protection procedures across member states.

Over the past two weeks, intensive discussions and negotiations among member states culminated in the adoption of the Riyadh Treaty, which commits signatory nations to a unified set of requirements for registering designs, ensuring consistent and streamlined procedures worldwide. The agreement is expected to have a significant positive impact on designers, enabling them to protect their creations more effectively and uniformly across international markets.

At a press conference held on Friday to mark the event’s conclusion, CEO of the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property Abdulaziz Al-Suwailem highlighted the economic potential of the new protocol.

Responding to a question from Asharq Al-Awsat, Al-Suwailem noted the substantial contributions of young Saudi men and women in creative design. He explained that the agreement will enable their designs to be formally protected, allowing them to enter markets as valuable, tradable assets.

He also emphasized the symbolic importance of naming the convention the Riyadh Treaty, stating that it reflects Saudi Arabia’s growing influence as a bridge between cultures and a global center for innovative initiatives.

The treaty lays critical legal foundations to support designers and drive innovation worldwide, aligning with Saudi Arabia’s vision of promoting international collaboration in the creative industries and underscoring its leadership in building a sustainable future for innovators.

The agreement also advances global efforts to enhance creativity, protect intellectual property, and stimulate innovation on a broader scale.

This achievement further strengthens Saudi Arabia’s position as a global hub for groundbreaking initiatives, demonstrating its commitment to nurturing creativity, safeguarding designers’ rights, and driving the development of creative industries on an international scale.

The Riyadh Diplomatic Conference, held from November 11 to 22, was hosted by the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property and attracted high-ranking officials and decision-makers from WIPO member states.