Sawiris: Developers Are Shrinking Unit Sizes as Affordability Bites

Egyptian developers are shifting to smaller unit sizes to navigate rising construction costs, persistent inflation and eroding purchasing power, Ora chairman Naguib Sawiris said, as reported by Daily News Egypt in March 2026.

This is a structural shift with a resale angle: as new launches shrink, existing resale units with generous layouts become genuinely scarce stock — one reason well-sized older units in mature compounds hold value.