Traded value of real estate in Oman increases by 27% to OMR235.8mn

Muscat: The total traded value of real estate in the Sultanate of Oman reached OMR235.8 million by the end of January 2026, compared to OMR185.5 million during the same period in 2025, recording an increase of 27.1 percent.

Indicators issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) revealed that the traded value of sales contracts rose by 37.5 percent by the end of January 2026 to record OMR109.9 million, compared to OMR79.9 million during the same period in 2025. Furthermore, the number of sales contracts increased slightly by 0.7 percent, reaching 5,725 contracts compared to 5,688 contracts during the corresponding period last year.

Meanwhile, the traded value of mortgage contracts witnessed a 20 percent increase, recording OMR125.4 million across 2,179 contracts, compared to OMR104.5 million across 1,705 contracts during the same period in 2025.

Conversely, the traded value of swap contracts declined by 50.4 percent to record OMR0.5 million across 100 contracts by the end of January 2026, compared to OMR1 million across 152 contracts in the same period of 2025.

The number of title deeds issued by the end of January 2026 decreased by 24.9 percent, reaching 15,469 title deeds compared to 20,588 title deeds during the similar period in 2025. Additionally, title deeds issued to citizens of the GCC countries fell by 59.1 percent, recording 83 title deeds compared to 203 title deeds by the end of January 2025.