Jordan's real estate trading rose by 26 percent in the first six months of 2013, compared to that of the same period last year, official figures showed on Tuesday.

The figures indicated that trading in the sector reached 3.133 billion dinars (about 4.420 billion U.S. dollars) during the first half of this year, up from 2.494 billion dinars (3.519 billion dollars) during the same period last year, according to the figures.

The Iraqis were the most active in Jordan's real estate market with their transaction value reaching about 105 million dinars ( 148.1 million dollars) in the first half of 2013, followed by the Saudi Arabians with 30.5 million dinars (43.0 million dollars), the Americans with 10.2 million dinars (14.4 million dollars) and the Syrians with 10 million dinars (14.1 million dollars) worth of transactions.