Finding an apartment in Rabat is becoming a challenge for many residents. Affordable housing is becoming scarcer at a time when rents remain high and food, transportation, and everyday expenses are already taking up an increasing share of household budgets.
Since July 16, a new rule has applied to real estate transactions in Morocco. Sales, promises of sale, and special powers of attorney must now be drawn up as authentic instruments. Otherwise, the deed may be deemed null and void.
In Martil, rental prices are soaring in the middle of August . Some apartments are being offered at more than 1,000 dirhams a night, while holidaymakers are denouncing accommodations whose condition does not always match the prices being charged.
In the middle of August, having the budget is not always enough to find a rental in Martil or M’diq, in northern Morocco. Young single people are being refused apartments because some landlords prefer to accommodate families.
Recipients of Dutch social assistance must report their bank accounts held in Morocco. But the service that coordinates checks abroad acknowledges a clear limitation: it cannot obtain or transmit information about their balances.
Transferring a house or plot of land in Morocco after an investigation has begun is not enough to erase the past. Dutch municipalities may still seek to establish that the social assistance beneficiary owned this property while receiving benefits.
At Essaouira, an affordable and social housing project launched in 2009 for around 400 families is facing a new development. Several apartments from its first phase have just been subject to a court-ordered seizure over a debt exceeding 25 million dirhams.
A Casablanca shopkeeper risked losing his premises over six months of unpaid rent. Messages saved on his daughter’s phone ultimately proved that he had attempted to pay and led to the cancellation of his eviction.
In Casablanca, certain zoning changes cause the land value of villas to soar, sometimes tripling it. Developers are calling for an annual tax to encourage owners to sell or rebuild.
The Ministry of Housing is launching an in-depth assessment of Daâm Sakane. Beyond the number of beneficiaries, the study will determine whether the housing acquired through public assistance is genuinely suited to households’ needs.
MREs who own apartments in Fnideq claim that excavation work at a neighboring construction site has caused major cracks in their building. Despite the announcement that the work had been suspended, they say that workers are still on site.
Housing prices fell in Morocco in the first quarter of 2026. This decline nevertheless failed to revive the market: the number of residential transactions plunged by 38.4% in three months.