Mortgage lending in Saudi Arabia has ramped up sharply in recent years as the government has tried to push up homeownership among Saudi nationals. This has not provided much of a boost to property prices and there are reasons to think that they will remain subdued over the coming years. But in the meantime, banks are now far more exposed to developments in the property sector than in the past.
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