The Lands and Survey Department confirmed on Wednesday that the draft Real Property Law was introduced to facilitate the implementation of common ownership removal procedures, address issues that have remained unresolved for years, and digitize all real estate procedures and transactions, including permitting electronic property sales and adopting digital signatures. It also requires the government, municipalities, and the Greater Amman Municipality to pay expropriation compensation within a maximum period of five years, in addition to paying delay compensation for each year of delay.
In a statement, the department said that the draft Real Property Law is completely different from the Buildings and Land Law that the government withdrew last year. It stressed that the Real Property Law does not impose any new taxes or fees on real estate transactions. Instead, it is intended to support investment, stimulate real estate activity, simplify and accelerate procedures for citizens, regulate the provisions governing promises to sell, and allow the sale of real estate units off-plan within a clear and organized legal framework.
The department indicated that amending the law would contribute to revitalizing the construction, contracting, real estate, and investment sectors.
The Parliamentary Legal Committee, chaired by MP Aref Al-Saaydeh, approved a number of articles of the 2026 Draft Amended Real Property Law during a meeting held on Tuesday as part of its ongoing review of the legislation. The committee will continue discussing and approving the remaining articles during its upcoming meetings.
Al-Saaydeh affirmed that the draft law comes within the framework of developing the legislative system governing the real property sector and modernizing procedures in a way that contributes to simplifying citizens’ transactions, improving the efficiency of real estate services, strengthening the protection of property rights, and keeping pace with the administrative and economic modernization programs.
He explained that the committee discussed the provisions of the draft law in detail and listened to the observations of the concerned parties and members of parliament before approving a number of its articles, in preparation for completing its review and referring it to the House of Representatives after finishing its study.
