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A studio in Sky Central costs a median AED 966,160.

Satellite view of Sky Central, Barsha Heights, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.
Satellite view of the registered pin · Apple Maps

Studio · typical price

966,160AED

AED 3,202/sqft · +0.3% on a year

vs Barsha Heights
43% above the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 1.03M
Price
AED 966,160
DLD fee 4%
AED 38,646
Agent 2% + VAT
AED 20,289
Trustee
AED 4,200

Against this building’s registered sales of the same type.

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Is Sky Central a good investment?Little new supply nearby, with nothing to watch; no record of the yield and the rent trend

  1. Does it pay a good rent?No Ejari lease registered here in 12 months, so any yield quoted is an estimateNo record
  2. Are rents going up?No lease registered in 12 months, so no rent trend to readNo record
  3. Are prices going up?Studio: AED 3,191/sqft a year ago, 3,202 now+0.3%Fair
  4. How fast do fees pay back?AED 63,135 in fees to buy a studio: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 63,135
  5. Can I sell easily?36 sales in 12 months (23 the year before)36
  6. Is a lot being built nearby?752 apartments are planned in Barsha Heights from 2026 to 2028, equal to 13% of the 5,585 homes let there today. Barsha Heights supply by year →14%Strength
  7. Did earlier buyers gain?Up 23% for buyers 5 years ago; launch buyers still 14% down, before fees+23.4%Context

Readings use published thresholds · studio figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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Sky Central prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 966,160

TypeMedian priceGross yieldNew rent12-month changeSales
StudioAED 966,1603,202/sqftlaunch 3,704 -13.5%not yet letnot yet let+0.3%36
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

Studio · price per sqft · Barsha Heights · area median AED 2,234/sqft

3 years
+20.9% · +6.5%/yr
5 years
+23.4% · +4.3%/yr
vs area median
+43.3%

Read with care

  • No rental contracts are registered here yet, so there is no yield and the prices are launch pricing — a pre-handover building. Price growth from launch is not comparable with a let building's.

Price history and sales

As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.

Median price paid, Studio, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

Chart data, Studio: Nov 2013, AED 1,026,200; latest, Oct 2026, AED 990,506; peak, Oct 2014, AED 1,427,525.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 3,202 · before fees

Launch, 2013–20
3,704
−14%
5 years ago
2,595
+23%
3 years ago
2,648
+21%
Previous 12 months
3,191
0%
Last 12 months
3,202
today

The change is what a buyer at each median would be up or down at today’s median. A shift in the unit mix can move a median without any unit changing price.

36 resales in the last 12 months, against 26 a year on average over 2023–2025.

DateTypeSqftPriceAED/sqft
5 Oct 2026Studio297AED 773,5132,606
2 Oct 2026Studio297AED 1,099,0003,703
10 Sept 2026Studio297AED 1,289,5094,345
10 Sept 2026Studio297AED 800,0002,695
31 Aug 2026Studio297AED 780,0022,628
31 Aug 2026Studio293AED 972,2523,318
18 Aug 2026Studio297AED 767,0002,585
21 Jul 2026Studio295AED 1,239,0004,196
10 Jul 2026Studio297AED 1,029,8653,470
10 Jun 2026Studio275AED 878,1673,197

36 resales in the last 12 months.

Comparables in Barsha Heights

Every Barsha Heights building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Sky Central places 1st of 12; the nearest 4 are shown.

RankBuildingMedian priceAED/sqftGross yield12-month changeSales
1Sky Central · this buildingCompleted 2016 · off-plan 3,763/sqftAED 966,1603,202—+0.3%36
2The Chedi Private Residences0% · Q1 2029 · off-plan 1,883/sqftAED 14.86M2,612-18.4%——3
3Franck Muller Vanguard28% · Q4 2027 · off-plan 2,662/sqftAED 1.86M2,535-20.8%3.5%-4.8%14
4The First CentralCompleted 2011 · off-plan 1,920/sqftAED 868,0552,199-31.3%5.0%-10.2%20
5Grand CentralCompleted 2012AED 932,0001,951-39.1%—+9.6%11

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Sky Central (AED 3,202/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At studio, Sky Central has registered sale prices 43% above the Barsha Heights median price per square foot of 2,234 AED, across 5 eligible buildings.

Market context in Barsha Heights

Registered sales activity

156 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+19.4% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 156 current and 149 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

0 known registered units across 0 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

0 projects had already passed their planned date; 0 have unknown timing.

Explore planned supply

Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

752 apartments are planned in Barsha Heights from 2026 to 2028, equal to 13% of the 5,585 homes let there today.

How these are counted
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Direct locality, all apartment bedroom types. Area context is not building performance. Planned dates are relative to the register date, not a delivery forecast; project unit counts can include mixed uses. Sales activity is not time on market or occupancy.

About Sky Central

Sky Central is an apartment building completed in 2016 in Barsha Heights. 730 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

Pinned from Google's place record for the registered name.Open in Google Maps

The building, as registered

Floors
28
Lifts
7
Parking bays
230
Pools
1

Drive times · typical

Downtown
20 min · 18 km
DXB Airport
26 min · 33 km
DIFC
17 min · 21 km
Dubai Marina
13 min · 7.7 km
Palm Jumeirah
19 min · 12 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro
Dubai Internet City
Mall
Mall of the Emirates
Landmark
Burj Al Arab

Sky Central: AED 3,202 per sq ft, 86% above the median Barsha Heights building

The building's own figures against its area's registered market, last twelve months.

Price per sq ft

Median registered sale price, AED per sq ft, last 12 months

  1. Sky CentralAED 3,202
  2. Barsha Heights, readyAED 1,584
  3. Barsha Heights, off-planAED 2,612
  4. Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Dark: this building. Grey: the area's ready and off-plan medians, and Dubai's ready median. Source: DLD registered sales.

Upcoming supply in Barsha Heights, by handover quarter

Nearby in Barsha Heights

Prices per sq ft around Sky Central, on the map
Pills show median sale price, AED. 10 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Sky Central is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

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Common questions

What is the rental yield in Sky Central?
No gross yield is published for Sky Central as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 36 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Barsha Heights median is 5.5% gross.
How much does a studio in Sky Central cost?
The median registered sale price is AED 966,160 (3,202 AED/sqft), from 36 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Sky Central selling for right now?
Registered sales of ready units in Sky Central over the last 12 months have a median of 3,202 AED/sqft, across 36 sales. That uses the same trailing year as the rent and yield figures, requires at least five sales, and excludes off-plan. Floor, view and condition move a specific unit's price around it.
Have prices in Sky Central risen or fallen?
Median price per square foot moved +0.3% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 36 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How do launch and resale median prices in Sky Central compare?
The resale median is -14.9% against the all-history launch median (launches 2013–2020), at Studio, from 144 launch sales and 36 ready resales in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. These are unpaired transaction groups, before costs, not realised buyer returns.

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Sky Central sale record

Record type
Building-level property market record
Data date
· refreshed
Evidence base
36 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
Sources
Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts; public Airbnb search results for forward short-term rates
Canonical record
/sale/apartments/dubai/barsha-heights/sky-central
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Sky Central sale prices and yield.” Barsha Heights, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/barsha-heights/sky-central

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