According to Al-Riyadh newspaper (June 19, 2005), the weekly real estate index shows a 40% rise in the value of the signed real estate deals and a 17% rise in the number of the signed real estate deals in Riyadh through the last week. The index reveals that SR 1.638 billion worth of real estate deals were signed in Riyadh over the past five days. The same source reveals that SR 77 million worth of real estate deals were signed in Dammam in the same period.