The Sustainable City – Yiti is Oman’s flagship net-zero masterplan, developed by Diamond Developers in partnership with OMRAN, Oman’s state tourism development company, along the Arabian Sea coastline southeast of Muscat. Spanning studios, apartments, Nikki Beach-branded residences and 300 exclusive villas across a 1,657-property masterplan, Yiti is Oman’s clearest bet on...
This is the comparison we are asked for more than any other, and it is usually answered badly — either by an agent who sells only one of the two, or by a listicle that repeats "Dubai is dynamic, Oman is authentic" without a single number. Here is the short answer. Dubai and Oman are far more similar than most comparisons admit: both are dollar-pegged, both charge no income tax on rent, no annual property...
Oman has quietly become one of the Gulf's most interesting freehold real estate stories. Full foreign ownership, zero annual property tax, a currency pegged to the US dollar, and a residency programme that starts at just OMR 200,000 have turned a handful of purpose-built Integrated Tourism Complexes (ITCs) into genuine alternatives to Dubai and Cyprus — usually at a fraction of the entry price. The...
Twenty minutes east of Salalah city, on Oman’s southern coast, a resort masterplan spanning 13.6 million square metres has grown into one of the country’s most distinctive freehold destinations for years to come. Hawana Salalah is not built for Muscat’s business crowd — it is built around Dhofar’s Khareef monsoon season, a marina, an aquapark, and 7 kilometres of sandy beach that...
Al Mouj Muscat — Arabic for “The Wave” — is Oman’s largest and most established freehold waterfront community, and the benchmark against which every newer Integrated Tourism Complex (ITC) in the Sultanate is measured. With a working 400-berth marina, a Greg Norman-designed championship golf course, a W Muscat hotel, and more than a decade of delivered residential phases, it is the...
Oman now truly offers two distinct, property-linked routes to residency, and confusing them can genuinely cost you time, paperwork, or the wrong permit for your situation. One is a long-established investment-residency programme with a high threshold and a 10-year renewal. The other is a genuinely brand-new, sponsor-free permit introduced in mid-2026 for anyone who simply owns a home in the Sultanate....
Rental yield is the number everyone asks about first and the number most often quoted badly. Published figures for Oman range from 5% to 10% depending on which source you read, and the spread is not noise — it reflects genuine differences in area, property type, and above all whether a foreign buyer can actually purchase there. That last point is the one this guide is built around, because it is the...
Freehold property in Oman is fully open to foreign buyers inside designated zones known as Integrated Tourism Complexes (ITCs), where non-Omani nationals can own an apartment, townhouse or villa with full title in their own name. For international investors, ITCs are the single most important concept to understand before buying, because they define exactly where you can and cannot hold freehold ownership...
Forty-five minutes southeast of Muscat, a resort community built around a 117-berth marina, a golf course, and 5.5 kilometres of coastline has become one of Oman's most established freehold destinations for foreign buyers. Jebel Sifah is not a new announcement or an off-plan concept – it is already built, already selling, and already home to residents and holidaymakers. For investors comparing Oman's...
Oman is truly building an entirely new city from scratch, a short drive from Muscat International Airport. Sultan Haitham City, a multi-billion-dollar 14.8 square kilometre masterplan designed for 100,000 residents, is quickly becoming genuinely one of the most talked-about property stories in the Gulf. For investors watching Oman real estate, understanding Sultan Haitham City is now the single biggest...
