Highlighting various investment opportunities in the Sultanate and across the world, IPE is a networking platform that showcases premier real estate and industrial projects, investment opportunities, as well as the latest products, services, technologies and solutions for the real estate, financial and investment sectors.

The property pavilion serves to educate potential investors on industry trends and on the advantages of purchasing international properties and holiday homes not only in the Sultanate but around the world.

The investment zone caters to investors looking for professional advice to generate long term wealth and on financial growth opportunities.

• The country’s total investments into the real estate sector reached RO 1.61 billion (US $ 4.2 billion) in 2007, up from RO 290 million (US$750 million) in 2005. It is expected to grow into 2010 and beyond.
  (Sources: Business Intelligence and Times of Oman)
  
  
• Investments in securities (both domestic and foreign) increased sharply by 62.9 per cent to RO 1.26 billion.
  (Source: Times of Oman)
  
  
• Combined assets of the commercials banks in the country expanded to RO 12.3 billion in July 2008, representing a strong growth of 49.1 per cent on a year-on-year basis.
  (Source: Times of Oman)
  
  
• The average price per square metre for residential land in Oman increased by 253 per cent, reaching RO 52 per square metre in 2007 compared to RO 16.3 in 2006 and RO 14.7 in 2005. Oman’s residential property sector captured the biggest share, thereby further underlining the competitiveness of Oman-based projects across the AGCC.
  
  
• With residential properties emerging as the highest income-yielding investment, the country expects massive investments in real estate by both domestic as well as international investors.
  (Source: Business Intelligence and Times of Oman)