The national urban land market is regaining color with a general increase in prices and transactions in the third quarter of 2025. But this statistical improvement masks a very contrasting geographical reality, where the surge of certain cities like Tangier is accompanied by the marked decline of other hubs like Oujda.
The Moroccan residential market is showing robust health with rising prices and transactions in the third quarter of 2025. While apartments are driving this growth, the villa segment stands out with an inverse trajectory: slightly declining prices that have triggered a rush of buyers.
The major real estate developers in the city of Tanger have been in the sights of the inspectors of the Ministry of Finance for a few weeks now, who are closely examining their tax review operations over the past five years.
A land affair is currently shaking the municipality of Casablanca. At issue is a large plot of land belonging to the municipality and intended for a public green space in Aïn Sebaâ, whose ownership has curiously been transferred to a real estate company. A judicial investigation could be opened.
Housing is a constitutional right, but it is becoming an inaccessible luxury for many Moroccans. Faced with a price surge described as record-breaking and the erosion of purchasing power, MP Loubna Sghiri questioned the Minister of Housing, pointing to the failure of current policies and the urgency of regulating a market left to speculation.
The authorities of M’diq have this week initiated legal proceedings to demolish several luxury villas located in the Tangier, Tetouan and Al Hoceima regions, belonging to a well-known millionaire in the region. The reason cited is urban planning violations and suspicions of illegal expropriation of collective lands and public property.
The Minister of Housing presented the new orientations of the national housing policy to Parliament on Monday. Fatima Zahra El Mansouri has recorded a break with the old models, announcing a priority now given to the rental sector for the middle class while making a critical assessment of the previous social programs.
Fatima Zahra El Mansouri, Minister of Territorial Planning, Urbanism, Housing, and City Policy, recently took stock of the housing assistance program, indicating that the number of beneficiaries currently stands at 75,760, including Moroccans from the diaspora.
The Moroccan real estate market is showing positive momentum in the third quarter of 2025. According to the latest data jointly published by Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) and the National Agency for Land Conservation (ANCFCC), the sector is recording a simultaneous increase in asset prices and transaction volume compared to the previous year.
The 2026 finance bill marks a turning point in the Moroccan government’s strategy to reduce the circulation of cash outside the banking system. The government is introducing coercive tax measures, including a specific surcharge on untraceable real estate transactions , in order to force the bankarization of the economy and combat the informal sector.
The real estate market in Tangier is going through a period of strong tensions, marked by a growing controversy over price levels. Acquiring a home has become a complex, even impossible equation for the middle class and low-income households, pushing many families to turn to renting rather than attempting the adventure of bank loans.
Faced with illegal occupations, the Ministry of the Interior is trying to protect soulaliyate lands against dispossession , before integrating them into the socio-economic development dynamics of Morocco. In this sense, through its Directorate of Rural Affairs, it has launched a large-scale operation to census and regularize collectively-owned properties exploited outside any legal framework.