Yiti, Muscat

Yes — Yiti is a designated Integrated Tourism Complex (ITC), and inside an ITC non-Omani buyers of any nationality can own property on a 100% freehold basis with full rights to occupy, rent, sell and bequeath. The Sustainable City - Yiti is sold as freehold to all nationalities. This is the key route by which non-GCC nationals can hold freehold real estate in Oman — outside designated ITC zones, foreign freehold ownership is restricted.

It is Oman's first operationally net-zero master-planned community and the flagship of Yiti. A roughly USD 1-billion joint venture between Diamond Developers — the team behind the original Sustainable City in Dubai (2016) — and the Oman Tourism Development Company (OMRAN Group), delivered through the Sustainable Development & Investment Company SAOC (SDIC). The community is built to reach net-zero carbon by 2040, in line with Oman Vision 2040, and combines villas, apartments, a marina resort, hotels, a school, clinics, an equestrian centre and a walkable green core on the Gulf of Oman coast.

The Sustainable City - Yiti is engineered to operate at net-zero carbon through both passive and active design. Homes are handed over with high-efficiency heating, double-glazed insulated windows, water- and energy-efficient fixtures and built-in appliances, and the community is connected to 100% renewable energy at community level, with EV charging, recycled/greywater for irrigation, humidity harvesting, waste recycling, and urban farms and greenhouses along a 'Green Spine'. A car-light layout lets residents walk or cycle to the school, mosque, clinics and Sports Complex without crossing a road. The practical upside for owners is significantly lower electricity and water bills.

Entry on Palmera starts from OMR 85,971 for a 1-bedroom apartment (~78 m²) at The Plaza, the urban core of The Sustainable City - Yiti, with larger apartments up to roughly OMR 223,705 for a 3-bedroom. In the Sustainable District, net-zero-ready villas run from OMR 238,747 for a 3-bedroom Courtyard villa (256 m² built-up) to OMR 524,103 for a sea-view 4-bedroom Garden villa. All figures are from the developer's April 2026 price list and are quoted in Omani Rial — they are for reference and subject to change.

Yes — a purchase of OMR 200,000 or more makes you eligible for Oman's 10-year Golden Residency. Oman reduced the property threshold to OMR 200,000 in 2025, and the visa includes first-degree family members and offers benefits such as fast-track lanes at airports. Many Yiti villas clear this threshold outright; for apartments, you would combine units or choose a larger home to reach it. Because Yiti is a designated ITC, the freehold purchase and the residency route are both fully recognised and regulated.

Oman levies no annual property tax, no capital-gains tax and no inheritance tax on real estate, and there is currently no personal income tax (a 5% tax on personal income above OMR 42,000 is legislated to begin in 2028). Combined with 100% freehold ownership inside the ITC, this makes the net cost of holding and eventually selling a Yiti home unusually low by regional standards. Off-plan purchases are also protected by Oman's escrow framework, under which buyer payments are held in a regulated project escrow account.