What is the rental yield in Sol Bay?

Sol Bay returns 4.8% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 95,000 a year (57 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 2.00M (median of 22 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in Sol Bay cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 2.00M (2,215 AED/sqft), from 22 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Sol Bay selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Sol Bay over the last 12 months have a median of 2,215 AED/sqft, across 22 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 Sol Bay risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +21.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 22 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Sol Bay compare with Business Bay?

Its 4.8% gross yield sits -1.8 pts against the Business Bay median of 6.6%, computed the same way at the same bedroom grain. Gross yield divides the median annual rent from new registered Ejari contracts starting in the last 12 months by the median price of the building's registered sales in the last 12 months (at least 3 sales) for the same bedroom type, with ready and off-plan sales counted alike.

Sol Bay

Completed 2015
285 units
1 floors
7 lifts
496 parking bays
1 pool
Master developer SOL Properties

A 1 bed in Sol Bay costs a median AED 2.00M, rents long-let for AED 95,000/yr (4.8% gross), and returns 6.5% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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Street map around Sol Bay, Business Bay, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.

1 bed · typical price

2.00MAED

AED 2,215/sqft · +21.8% on a year

Rent a year: AED 95,000
Yield after service charge: 4.1%
vs Business Bay: 12% above the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 2.12M

Price: AED 2.00M
DLD fee 4%: AED 79,800
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 41,895
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent18 months

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Is Sol Bay a good investment?Rents rising and prices rising; the rent pays below the Dubai median and lots of new supply is coming

Does it pay a good rent?4.8% gross, 4.1% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)4.8%Watch
Is it easy to let?51% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Business Bay building manages 41%51%Fair
Business Bay median 41% · top tenth from 69%Sol Bay · 51%
Across 82 Business Bay buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 41% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 69% or more; Sol Bay is at 51%.
Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 92,000 a year ago, AED 95,000 now+3.3%Strength
Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 1,819/sqft a year ago, 2,215 now+21.8%Strength
How fast do fees pay back?AED 125,895 in fees to buy a 1 bed; net rent covers it in 1.5 years1.5 yrsFair
Can I sell easily?32 sales in 12 months, 11% of the tower (23 the year before)32Fair
Is a lot being built nearby?11,591 apartments are planned in Business Bay from 2026 to 2028, equal to 64% of the 18,176 homes let there today. A further 2,730 are past their planned date. Business Bay supply by year →64%Watch
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 88% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+88.0%Context

Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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Sol Bay prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 2.00M and rents for about AED 95,000 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio98 units · 518 sqft	AED 1.14M2,203/sqft	6.0%-0.9 pts	AED 68,00031 contracts	+10.5%	9
1 bed170 units · 858 sqft	AED 2.00M2,215/sqft	4.8%-1.8 pts	AED 95,00057 contracts	+21.8%	22
2 bed17 units · 1,480 sqft	AED 2.40M1,624/sqft	under 3 sales	not published	under 5 sales in a year	1

Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

1 bed · price per sqft · Business Bay · area median AED 1,985/sqft

12-month change: +21.8%
3 years: +123.4% · +30.7%/yr
5 years: +88.1% · +13.5%/yr
vs area median: +11.6%
Rank by price per sqft: 51st of 121

Rental income

1 bed · Business Bay

Gross yield: 4.8%
Median new rent: AED 95,000/yr
Yield vs area median: -1.8 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): -2.0 pts
Yield rank: 75th of 76
Renewal rent: AED 83,050/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (35 renewals): +14.4%

Short-term income

1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 6.5%
Median nightly rate: AED 672
Net revenue: AED 129,978/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.4×
Listings seen: 5+

Price history and sales

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

Sale price, AED (right axis) Rent on new leases, AED a year (left axis)

Median price paid, 1 bed, as a rolling 3-month median, with the rent on new leases on the same basis. The band along the bottom is the number of sales each month.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 2,214 · before fees

5 years ago: 1,178; +88%; 47 sales
3 years ago: 986; +125%; 16 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,881; +18%; 23 sales
Last 12 months: 2,214; today; 32 sales

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.

32 resales in the last 12 months, against 47 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
11 Sept 2026	1 bed	858	AED 1,452,000	1,692
26 Aug 2026	2 bed	1,478	AED 2,400,000	1,624
13 Aug 2026	Studio	492	AED 940,000	1,911
22 Apr 2026	1 bed	985	AED 2,000,000	2,031
26 Feb 2026	1 bed	985	AED 1,995,000	2,026
26 Feb 2026	Studio	509	AED 1,148,455	2,255
26 Feb 2026	1 bed	849	AED 1,900,000	2,239
26 Feb 2026	Studio	521	AED 1,148,455	2,203
26 Feb 2026	1 bed	972	AED 1,995,000	2,052
26 Feb 2026	1 bed	829	AED 1,900,000	2,293

32 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Sol Bay

Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.

Occupancy assumption70%

Type	Nightly, AED	Net revenue at 70%	Long-let rent	Uplift	Net yield
Studio500 m cluster · 4+ listings seen	3870.75/sqft	AED 74,880	AED 68,000	1.1×	6.6%
1 bed5+ listings seen	6720.75/sqft	AED 129,978	AED 95,000	1.4×	6.5%

Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.

Nightly rate through the year

Comparables in Business Bay

Every Business Bay building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Sol Bay places 66th of 150; the nearest 8 are shown.

Highest rental yields in Business Bay →

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
62	West Five Businessbay ResidenceCompleted 2025 · off-plan 2,171/sqft	AED 2.00M	2,279+2.9%	5.0%	+6.7%	17
63	Luxury Family Residence IICompleted 2023 · off-plan 2,577/sqft	AED 1.30M	2,257+2.0%	6.8%	-16.8%	22
64	Prive by DAMAC (B)Completed 2019 · off-plan 2,483/sqft	AED 1.05M	2,228+0.6%	7.1%	-6.3%	49
65	Urban Life71% · Q2 2026 · off-plan 2,186/sqft	AED 1.96M	2,226+0.6%	—	+4.3%	79
66	Sol Bay · this buildingCompleted 2015	AED 1.90M	2,214	4.7%	+17.7%	32
67	Chic Tower48% · Q3 2025 · off-plan 2,131/sqft	AED 1.20M	2,189-1.1%	—	+1.7%	24
68	Urban OasisCompleted 2023 · off-plan 1,829/sqft	AED 2.25M	2,162-2.3%	5.0%	-1.1%	39
69	Zada TowerCompleted 2023 · off-plan 1,540/sqft	AED 1.00M	2,147-3.0%	7.1%	+2.2%	51
70	Royal RegencyCompleted 2025 · off-plan 1,961/sqft	AED 2.16M	2,122-4.2%	4.9%	+3.4%	24

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Sol Bay (AED 2,214/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, Sol Bay has registered sale prices 12% above the Business Bay median price per square foot of 1,985 AED, across 121 eligible buildings. It ranks 51st of 121 by price per square foot and 75th of 76 by gross yield in Business Bay.

Market context in Business Bay

Registered sales activity

2,705 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+5.4% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 2,705 current and 3,581 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

10,312 known registered units across 12 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

10 projects had already passed their planned date; 6 have unknown timing.

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

11,591 apartments are planned in Business Bay from 2026 to 2028, equal to 64% of the 18,176 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 50% of 131 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Business Bay with sales in both years; the typical one moved −0.1%.

The pooled median moved +5.4%: 5.5 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.

New-lease rents fell in 79% of 124 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −5.6%.

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 Sol Bay

Sol Bay is an apartment building completed in 2015 by SOL Properties in Business Bay with 285 registered units. 318 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 14.73/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 1
Lifts: 7
Parking bays: 496
Pools: 1
Master developer: SOL Properties

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 11 min · 7.0 km
DXB Airport: 15 min · 17 km
DIFC: 9 min · 10 km
Dubai Marina: 18 min · 20 km
Palm Jumeirah: 24 min · 25 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Business Bay Metro Station
Mall: Dubai Mall
Landmark: Downtown Dubai

Sol Bay: AED 2,214 per sq ft, 8% above the median Business Bay building, and a 4.7% gross yield, in the bottom tenth of the area

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

Sol BayAED 2,214
Business Bay, readyAED 1,869
Business Bay, off-planAED 2,685
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.

Gross yield against the area's buildings

Axis: gross yield, % of price

Sol BayBusiness Bay median building

Business Bay4.7% vs 6.6%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 87 buildings in Business Bay. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Business Bay, by handover quarter

Nearby in Business Bay

Every building in Business Bay →

Prices per sq ft around Sol Bay, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 119 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Sol Bay is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Peninsula Four

Business Bay · 215 sales, 12 months

2.04M

AED, resale median · 2,517/sqft

Al Habtoor Tower

Business Bay · 205 sales, 12 months

3.44M

AED, resale median · 2,733/sqft

Peninsula Three

Business Bay · 164 sales, 12 months

1.74M

AED, resale median · 2,656/sqft

Regalia By Deyaar

Business Bay · 105 sales, 12 months

1.28M

AED, resale median · 1,782/sqft

Before you decide

The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.

Sales and rents to
2026-10-12 — Dubai Land Department and Ejari, trailing 12 months
On record
Sales evidence · 1 bed
22 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 1 bed
57 new and 35 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
On record
Service charge
AED 14.73/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 4.1% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Sol Bay: recorded complete 2015-01-15 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Developer
SOL Properties · delivery record
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 5 listings seen; the dial above changes every short-term figure on this page
Read with care
Building record
DLD building record · data to 2026-10-13
On record
Costs not included
4% DLD transfer fee, agency fee, mortgage, vacancy, furnishing. Every yield is gross.
Not in the yield

Rent or buy

What owning a 1 bed here costs against renting it, at stated assumptions you can change.

Monthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rate

Prefilled from Sol Bay’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of 2026-09-17. Change any figure.

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Annual rent, AED

Down payment, %

Residency

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Interest rate, % a year

Term, years

Horizon, years

Annual service charge, AED

The site does not hold this building’s service charge; type yours to include it. Residency sets the default down payment: typical bank floor, not a rule.

Monthly mortgage: 8,871AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 7,917AED; AED 95,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 547,845AED; 20% down plus AED 148,845 in fees

Owning costs AED 288,542 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.

Buying overtakes renting in year 3.

Cumulative cost by year: renting (solid) against owning net of a sale that year (dashed), at the assumptions above.

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Common questions

What is the rental yield in Sol Bay?: Sol Bay returns 4.8% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 95,000 a year (57 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 2.00M (median of 22 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 1 bedroom in Sol Bay cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 2.00M (2,215 AED/sqft), from 22 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Sol Bay selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Sol Bay over the last 12 months have a median of 2,215 AED/sqft, across 22 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 Sol Bay risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +21.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 22 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Sol Bay compare with Business Bay?: Its 4.8% gross yield sits -1.8 pts against the Business Bay median of 6.6%, computed the same way at the same bedroom grain. Gross yield divides the median annual rent from new registered Ejari contracts starting in the last 12 months by the median price of the building's registered sales in the last 12 months (at least 3 sales) for the same bedroom type, with ready and off-plan sales counted alike.

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