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Enter the members’ areaOman · Muscat · Sultan Haitham City
Own an early home in Sultan Haitham City, Oman's SOM-masterplanned new city near Muscat: apartments, twin-houses and villas, one to six bedrooms. Freehold, off-plan for 2028, from about £65,000.
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There is a quiet privilege in choosing the road less travelled. Oman offers the Gulf without the glare: a calm, safe, nature-led country of mountains, fjords and long empty beaches, where foreign freehold has opened within a handful of designated coastal communities.
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Yes, within designated Integrated Tourism Complexes (ITCs) such as Al Mouj, Muscat Bay and Hawana Salalah, where foreign nationals can hold registered freehold in their own name. Outside the ITCs, freehold is generally reserved for Omani and GCC nationals, though long-term expatriate residents can hold usufruct of up to 99 years in some approved buildings.
It is an early-stage, lifestyle-led market: calm, safe, beautiful and scarce, a quieter alternative to the busier Gulf. The appeal is nature, residency and a second home by the sea. The trade-off is a smaller, less liquid market, so it suits patient buyers more than those seeking a quick exit.
Muscat leads for marina and waterfront living and the deepest demand, Musandam for dramatic scenery and scarcity, Salalah and Dhofar for the green south and resort living, and Yiti for new, sustainable masterplanned homes.
Entry varies by community and type. As an indicative guide, ITC apartments begin around £250,000, Al Mouj villas from roughly £600,000, and prime Muscat Bay homes from about £1m. Tell us your budget and we will shortlist to it.
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Related reading
Investor guides
Integrated Tourism Complexes grant foreign freehold and residency: the model, and where it applies.
Investor guides
From reservation to registered title inside an ITC: the stages and realistic timelines.
Investor guides
How an ITC purchase secures renewable residency for owner and family, with no minimum stay.
Reports
Oman transport and connectivity projects, from the 303 km Hafeet Rail to the Muscat Metro and the Batinah Expressway, are reshaping where property value accrues. The 2026 read, verified against the sources.
Reports
GCC high net worth buyers are turning to the Muscat property market for value beyond Dubai: ITC freehold ownership, a property residency visa, prime yields near 5-8%, and a stable, expat-majority capital.
Reports
Who buys property in Oman in 2026: the nationalities most active in Muscat freehold ITCs, where they buy and why, set against a multi-year upswing and OMR 3.38 billion of total real-estate trading in 2024.
