Maison · About
The Maison

Fourteen years.
Six cities. One standard.

AURAYA LIVING is a private real-estate house representing exceptional properties across the Kingdom of Morocco.

A letter from our founder

We were built on few transactions, done very well.

When I opened our first office on Rue de la Liberté in 2012, the brief was simple: bring the standards of European private banking to Moroccan real estate.

In fourteen years we have represented just over two thousand residences. We have turned down many more. Each estate that bears our name has been personally walked by a partner, photographed by an architectural team, and documented in two languages.

If the residence you are seeking is not in our current portfolio, it is in our notebook. Write to us. We will find it — or we will tell you, honestly, when not to buy.

— Khalil El Idrissi, Founding Partner

How we work

Three principles, unchanged since 2012.

01 / Discretion

Off-market by default

Over forty percent of our transactions never reach a public listing. Owners trust us to introduce qualified buyers privately.

02 / Provenance

Every estate is walked

No property bears our name until a partner has visited it, verified the title, and approved the architecture.

03 / Counsel

Patient, frank advice

We earn fees on transactions, not on relationships. Our directors will tell you when to wait, when to renegotiate.

A short history

A maison, year by year.

2012

The house is founded in Marrakech

Khalil El Idrissi and Yasmina Mansouri open AURAYA's first office on Rue de la Liberté, with a single brief: bring private-banking standards to Moroccan real estate.

2014

Casablanca bureau

Expansion to Casa-Anfa with an apartment and building practice; the first €100M of cumulative transactions is signed.

2017

Investment desk launched

A dedicated team for land, development plots and yield assets — pairing fiscal counsel with architectural feasibility studies.

2020

Tanger & Rabat offices

Northern expansion alongside the rise of Tanger Med and the Bouregreg redevelopment.

2023

Coast & resort division

Essaouira and Agadir bureaux open. Short-term concierge programme launches for owners letting seasonal residences.

2026

Today

Six bureaux. €820M transacted to date. A team of 34, four languages, one standard.

The directors

Faces, not a switchboard.

Khalil El Idrissi

Founding Partner
Marrakech · Lead

Yasmina Mansouri

Senior Partner
Marrakech · Estates

Rémi Boutaleb

Partner · Casablanca
Apartments & buildings

Sofia Fassi-Fihri

Head of Investment
Pan-Maroc

Adam Tazi

Partner · Tanger
North & coastal

Leïla Benjelloun

Director · Rabat
Diplomatic quarter

Hicham Reffas

Director · Agadir
Atlantic coast

Omar Zniber

Counsel & notarial
Pan-Maroc · Legal
An introduction

Begin with a conversation.

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