A real estate mortgage is the most common security for financing a property purchase in Saudi Arabia, whether through banks or licensed real estate finance companies. The mortgage grants the financier an in-rem right over the property allowing enforcement against it if payment defaults, without actually transferring the property's ownership to the financier as long as the debtor keeps up payments.
A real estate mortgage needs official registration with the notary public or the real estate registry to be enforceable against third parties, and for the financier to retain priority in satisfying their right from the mortgaged property when creditors compete. An unregistered mortgage can lose this priority against other creditors who properly registered their rights.
When the debtor defaults on payment, the financier can't directly seize the property; they must go to the Enforcement Court to sell the mortgaged property at public auction per specific procedures ensuring the best possible price, with the debt paid from sale proceeds and any surplus returned to the debtor. These procedures protect the debtor from their property being sold below its actual value.
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