Egypt real estate brief
From Land Costs to Branding: Seven Factors Determine Property Prices in Egypt
An RE brief based on a story published by الجريدة العقارية on 14 November 2026.
Read the full story at the sourceThe story in brief
Bassiouni Ahmed, a real-estate expert and founder of the Real Estate Pricing Index, outlined a proposal for a unified guide to pricing residential units in Egypt, using a basket of cost factors and data from official, trusted sources. The proposed index would assign relative weights to items including land, building materials, interest, the developer’s brand and design, to help developers and customers assess price movements.
Key numbers
- 30%
- Land's example share of project cost
- about 20%
- Building materials' example share of cost
- 100 points
- Proposed index total
- 110 points
- Index value in the increase example
- 10%
- Cost increase in the example
- about 5%
- Proposed share for brand and design
Why it matters for brokers
The proposed index would offer a shared reference for measuring property prices in Egypt, where pricing currently depends on each developer's own estimates. It is intended to account for land, building materials, interest, operating and marketing expenses, brand value and design as cost components.
RE's reading of the story. It is not part of the original report and not investment advice.