Inheritance for foreign property owners in Dubai works very differently from what most buyers assume, and the difference matters far more than in most markets. Unlike some jurisdictions where courts simply have discretion over how a foreigner's estate is handled, Dubai's default position is explicit: without a registered will, UAE courts apply Sharia inheritance rules to your Dubai property, regardless of...
Inheritance for foreign property owners in Oman is one of the most overlooked parts of buying real estate in the Sultanate, and one of the most important. Foreign buyers routinely research freehold zones, financing and rental yields in detail, then give almost no thought to what happens to that same property when they die. Oman does not charge inheritance tax, and non-Muslim foreign owners are not...
A mortgage in Dubai for foreigners is available from most major banks operating in the UAE, and financing has become one of the most common ways international buyers complete a purchase, alongside developer payment plans and outright cash. Unlike some markets where non-resident buyers are quietly excluded from mainstream lending, Dubai's banking sector actively competes for foreign mortgage business, with...
Buying off-plan property in Oman means purchasing a unit before construction is complete, usually straight from the developer, most often inside one of the Sultanate's Integrated Tourism Complexes (ITCs) or, under newer rules, in a qualifying special economic zone project, at a price below what the same unit will cost once it is finished and handed over. It is how most international buyers enter the Omani...
Oman's real estate price index rose 15.9% in Q1 2026, transaction values reached RO 678.1 million by March — up 18.4% year-on-year — and foreign buyers now account for roughly a quarter to a third of all sales in the country's freehold zones. Behind those numbers sits a market at a genuinely early stage of its growth curve: a government actively opening the country to foreign ownership through Royal...
Dubai closed the first half of 2026 with AED 286.43 billion in property sales — the second-highest H1 total in the emirate's history — after a Q1 that saw transactions surge 31% year-on-year to AED 252 billion and average price per square foot climb to AED 1,759, up 12.5% from a year earlier. For anyone weighing whether Dubai still makes sense as a place to put capital, the honest answer is that the...
Muscat and Salalah are Oman's two flagship real estate markets, and they offer genuinely different investment cases rather than simply competing on price. Muscat is the capital: a diversified, year-round economy anchored by government, energy, finance, and an expanding freehold property sector built around Integrated Tourism Complexes (ITCs). Salalah is the south's tourism powerhouse, transformed every...
Off-plan property has become the default way most investors enter the Dubai real estate market — and for good reason. Developers now sell the majority of new supply before a single floor is built, buyers can secure a unit with as little as 5-10% down, and post-handover payment plans stretch the remaining balance over years rather than months. But off-plan buying also carries risks that ready property...
Most conversations about buying property in Oman start and end in Muscat — Al Mouj's marina towers, Jebel Sifah's golf villas, Muscat Bay's cliffside residences. That's not surprising: Muscat's Integrated Tourism Complexes were the first freehold zones opened to foreign buyers, and they remain the most polished, most photographed corner of the Omani market. But roughly 550 kilometres south of the...
Almost every major real estate story in Oman right now — Sultan Haitham City, The Sustainable City – Yiti, the growing list of Integrated Tourism Complexes, the push into Duqm and Sohar — traces back to a single government strategy: Oman Vision 2040. Understanding what Vision 2040 actually commits to, and how real estate fits into it, is one of the most useful things a foreign investor can do before...
