AMMAN — The number of real estate ownership transactions by non-Jordanian investors in the Kingdom rose in the first eight months of 2026, with Iraqi nationals topping the property owners list, according to data released on Saturday by the Department of Lands and Survey (DLS).

 

Non-Jordanian investors made 1,515 real estate ownership transactions in the first eight months of the year, including 953 apartments, marking a 7 per cent increase from the previous year.

 

The estimated value of these reached around JD147.11 million, a 1 per cent increase from the same period last year, including JD64.76 million for apartments and JD82.35 million for land, ACI cited.

 

Iraqis led non-Jordanian property owners, with 373 properties, followed by Saudis, 195, Syrians, 181, Palestinians, 141 and Americans 121, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

 

In August alone, non-Jordanian ownership transactions totalled 257 properties, an increase of 31 per cent from the same month in 2025, and 18 per cent, compared with the preceding month of July.

 

The August transactions included 167 apartments as well as 90 land plots, marking a 13 per cent increase, compared to August of the previous year and a slight decrease of less than 1 per cent from the previous month, according to the department.