RIYADH: Spending on furniture and home supplies in Saudi Arabia saw a 22.5 percent surge during the week ending Sept. 20, keeping total point-of-sale transactions above the $3 billion mark.
Transactions in the category reached SR609.46 million ($162 million), helping overall POS payments hit SR12.40 billion despite a 5.4 percent weekly decline, the Saudi Central Bank, also known as SAMA, said in its latest bulletin.
The surge reflects rising demand in the housing market, which saw nearly 93,700 deals in the first half of 2025 — a 7 percent increase from a year earlier, according to Knight Frank.
The broader real estate sector also maintained steady growth in the second quarter, with residential property prices edging up 0.4 percent, data from the General Authority for Statistics showed.
SAMA’s weekly bulletin showed spending on electronics and electrical devices came second overall, rising 6.8 percent to SR201.34 million. Jewelry sales climbed 10.8 percent to SR352.10 million, though the number of transactions dropped 3.5 percent to 271,000.
