Every home here has a name behind it.

• By law the landlord registers the lease with the municipality, unless you both agree that the tenant will do it.
• The fee is the landlord's. If you register the lease yourself, you can take the fee off the rent.
• In Muscat the fee is 3% of the monthly rent times the contract period. A lease of OMR 100 a month for a year costs OMR 36.
• Register within one month of signing. A lease that is not registered cannot be relied on before any official body, and registering late adds a fine of three times the fee for the period of delay.
• Lease services are online: you can register, renew, change or cancel a lease on the Muscat Municipality website. Renewal is also offered in the Baladiyati app and at Sanad offices.

The post on X: "Renting in Muscat? By law the landlord registers the lease and pays the fee: 3% of the monthly rent times the contract period. Register late and a fine of 3x the fee applies."

• A landlord may not raise the rent of a home until three years have passed since the lease began, or since the last agreed increase, unless the contract says otherwise.
• "Lease start" means the day the relationship first began under contract, not each yearly renewal at the municipality.
• One exception: if you asked for improvements and the landlord carried them out, the rent can rise in proportion to their cost.
• We found no percentage cap on increases in the law text. Read your contract closely: the words "unless agreed otherwise" matter.

The post on X: "Omani law: no rent increase until 3 years after the lease starts or after the last agreed increase, unless the contract says otherwise. We found no percentage cap in the law text."

• Rent unpaid 15 days after it is due is a ground for eviction, but none is ordered if you pay the arrears and the landlord's legal costs before the dispute is decided.
• Using the home for another purpose, or subletting it without the landlord's written permission, are grounds too.
• A landlord who needs the home to live in, for themselves, a spouse or a close relative, must give you at least six months to leave.
• A municipal demolition licence is a ground as well, with up to three months to leave for an unsafe building and six months for a rebuild.
• A landlord who does not want to renew after the protected period must tell you at least three months before the lease ends.
• Selling the property does not end your lease: the new owner is bound by the same rules.

The post on X: "Before the lease ends, a landlord can ask you to leave only for set reasons: rent unpaid 15 days, misuse, unapproved subletting, own family use, or a demolition licence."

• Each governorate has at least one Rental Disputes Settlement Committee, chaired by a primary court judge.
• You can file a case online.
• The committee must rule within 90 days, and its decision is final.
• A lease contract now has the force of an enforceable instrument, and decisions must be carried out within 30 days.

The post on X: "Since 2025, rent disputes in Oman go to a committee in each governorate, chaired by a judge. You can file online, it must rule within 90 days, and its decision is final."

• Registering a sale costs 3% of the property value.
• A gift between first-degree relatives, or a will, costs a flat OMR 20.
• Registering a mortgage costs 0.5% of the mortgage value, capped at OMR 100,000.
• The Ministry also lists fixed fees: OMR 5 to apply, OMR 10 for the new title deed, OMR 2 for the contract, and OMR 25 for the sale form when the buyer is not Omani.

The post on X: "Buying in Oman: registering a sale costs 3% of the property value. A gift between first-degree relatives: OMR 20. Registering a mortgage: 0.5%, capped at OMR 100,000."

• Royal Decree 56/2026 issued a new Real Estate Registry Law. It took effect on 18 May 2026 and replaced the 1998 system.
• Any deal that creates or transfers property rights must be registered. An unregistered deal only binds the two people who signed it.
• Off-plan units go into a preliminary register with the same legal force as the main one.
• A title deed can now be paper or electronic.

The post on X: "Oman's new Real Estate Registry Law took effect on 18 May 2026. An unregistered sale only binds the two parties, and off-plan units get a preliminary register with the same legal force."

• You see the home with the agent named on the listing, and agree the price and terms with the owner through them.
• Ask to see the title deed and the survey sketch (kroki). The Ministry asks for both when the sale is registered.
• Both sides sign at the Ministry of Housing, or send someone with a power of attorney. Both must be at least 18.
• The fees are paid and the new title deed is issued in your name. Your agent stays with you until the keys are handed over.

The post on X: "Buying through Tamlik: view with the named agent, check the title deed and kroki, sign at the Ministry of Housing, pay the fees, get your deed."

• Omani and non-Omani buyers may own land or homes inside licensed Integrated Tourism Complexes (ITCs), to live in or as an investment.
• GCC citizens may own homes and land and are treated like Omani citizens.
• By law, non-Omanis may not own in listed places, including Musandam, Al Buraimi, Jebel Akhdar, Jebel Shams and the islands, or own farmland anywhere. The same decree leaves the ITC system untouched.
• Outside ITCs, a non-Omani resident may buy a usufruct right of up to 50 years, renewable to 99 in total, on one flat in a building in an area the Ministry designates.

The post on X: "Foreigners can own freehold in Integrated Tourism Complexes. By law some places stay closed to non-Omani ownership, including Musandam, Al Buraimi, Jebel Akhdar and all farmland."

• Since 22 June 2026, a foreigner who owns a registered unit, or one still being registered, can get residence without a sponsor.
• The decision text sets no minimum property price.
• A buyer of a plot, or of a unit still being registered, can get a sponsor-free visa valid six months to a year, extendable.
• Owner residence ends when the unit is sold or transferred, and family residence ends with it.
• The owner's residence is granted on a certificate from the competent authority. The decision does not set how long each permit lasts.
• This is separate from Golden Residency, a renewable 10 year residency for investments from OMR 200,000 (Ministry of Commerce, 2025).

The post on X: "ROP Decision 87/2026: a foreigner who owns a registered unit, or one still being registered, can get residency with no sponsor. It ends when the unit is sold. The text sets no minimum price."

• The Tax Authority lists income tax, excise, VAT and personal income tax. It lists no property tax.
• Residential rent is exempt from VAT.
• From 1 January 2028 a 5% personal income tax applies, and only on income above OMR 42,000 a year.
• From then, rent and gains from selling property both count as income. Gains on your main home are exempt if you sell at least two years after telling the Tax Authority it is your main home, and a second home is exempt once in a lifetime.
• Landlords may deduct a flat 15% of rental income as costs, or their actual costs instead.

The post on X: "Oman's Tax Authority lists no property tax. From 1 Jan 2028 a 5% personal income tax applies above OMR 42,000 a year, and rent and property gains count as income."

• The landlord must carry out the repairs and maintenance that keep the home fit for its purpose.
• If a home is handed over unfit, the tenant can ask the disputes committee to cancel the lease and return the rent paid.
• Utility accounts move to the tenant's name once the registered lease is shown.
• At the end, the tenant returns the home as received, except normal wear, and repairs damage from misuse.

The post on X: "Omani law: the landlord does the repairs that keep a home fit to live in. The tenant hands it back as received, normal wear excepted, and fixes damage from misuse."

• Tell an agent about your home by WhatsApp or a call.
• It gets one listing page on tamlikoman.com, in six languages, with the agent's name and number on it.
• We show it where people look: our site, Tamlik's Instagram, and Dubizzle or OpenSooq when it fits.
• Your agent runs the viewings and the paperwork with you. When it is rented or sold, it leaves the site within seconds.

The post on X: "Listing with Tamlik: one agent, one page in six languages, shown on our site, Instagram and the big portals. Rented or sold? It leaves the site within seconds."

• Your agent confirms the home is still available and checks the terms with the owner.
• You see it together, then agree the rent, the start date and who pays what.
• The owner and you sign the lease. It must be registered with the municipality within one month of signing.
• With the registered lease, the electricity and water accounts can move to your name.

The post on X: "Renting through Tamlik: confirm, view, agree, sign, register the lease within one month, move the utilities to your name."

• Who registers the lease and pays the 3% fee? The law says the landlord, unless your contract says otherwise.
• When is rent due? If the lease names no date, it is due at the start of each month, in advance.
• Which repairs are the owner's, and who do you call when something breaks?
• When can the rent change? Look for the words "unless agreed otherwise" in the contract.
• What condition should the home be in when you leave? Take photos on day one.

The post on X: "At a viewing in Oman, ask: who registers the lease, when rent is due, which repairs are the owner's, when rent can change, and how the home must be returned."

• In 2025 total real estate trading was RO 3,367.8 million, almost flat on 2024, while sales contracts rose 16% to RO 1,270.3 million.
• From January to August 2026, sales contracts reached RO 952.1 million, up 14.5%, while total traded value fell 6.4% as mortgage value fell 20%.
• The residential property price index rose 24.6% year on year in the second quarter of 2026 (provisional).

The post on X: "Oman property, Jan to Aug 2026 (NCSI): sales contracts RO 952.1m, up 14.5%. Total traded value RO 1,988.5m, down 6.4%, as mortgage value fell 20%."

• In January 2026 the city issued three new tenders, after eight infrastructure packages worth RO 205 million had been awarded.
• The Ministry of Housing says its Hai Al Wafa neighbourhood (1,800 units) offers freehold to Omanis and non-Omanis.

The post on X: "Sultan Haitham City: 8 infrastructure packages worth RO 205m awarded, 3 new tenders in Jan 2026, and MOHUP says Hai Al Wafa offers freehold to Omanis and non-Omanis."