What is the rental yield in West Heights 1?

No gross yield is published for West Heights 1 as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 21 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Business Bay median is 6.3% gross.

How much does a 2 bedroom in West Heights 1 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 2.15M (1,509 AED/sqft), from 21 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in West Heights 1 selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in West Heights 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 1,509 AED/sqft, across 21 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 West Heights 1 risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +3.5% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 21 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How many apartments change hands in West Heights 1?

21 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months. Every median on this page rests on those counts.

West Heights 1

A 2 bed in West Heights 1 costs a median AED 2.15M.

2 bed · typical price

2.15MAED

AED 1,509/sqft · +3.5% on a year

vs Business Bay: 27% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 2.29M

Price: AED 2.15M
DLD fee 4%: AED 86,000
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 45,150
Trustee: AED 4,200

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Is West Heights 1 a good investment?Prices rising; lots of new supply is coming; no record of the yield and the rent trend

Does it pay a good rent?No Ejari lease registered here in 12 months, so any yield quoted is an estimateNo record
Are rents going up?No lease registered in 12 months, so no rent trend to readNo record
Are prices going up?2 bed: AED 1,458/sqft a year ago, 1,509 now+3.5%Strength
How fast do fees pay back?AED 135,350 in fees to buy a 2 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 135,350
Can I sell easily?30 sales in 12 months (37 the year before)30
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 63% for buyers 5 years ago, before fees+63.3%Context

Readings use published thresholds · 2 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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West Heights 1 prices and rents by unit typeA two-bed costs about AED 2.15M

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
1 bed	AED 1.43M1,147/sqft	not yet let	not yet let	under 5 sales in a year	2
2 bed	AED 2.15M1,509/sqft	not yet let	not yet let	+3.5%	21
3 bed	AED 3.23M1,465/sqft	not yet let	not yet let	+11.5%	6
4+ bed	AED 7.65M1,298/sqft	not yet let	not yet let	under 5 sales in a year	1

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

Appreciation

2 bed · price per sqft · Business Bay · area median AED 2,061/sqft

12-month change: +3.5%
3 years: +36.2% · +10.9%/yr
5 years: +55.5% · +9.2%/yr
vs area median: -26.8%
Rank by price per sqft: 80th of 102

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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, 2 bed, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,488 · before fees

5 years ago: 911; +63%; 21 sales
3 years ago: 1,103; +35%; 41 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,437; +4%; 37 sales
Last 12 months: 1,488; today; 30 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.

30 resales in the last 12 months, against 41 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
22 Sept 2026	2 bed	1,425	AED 2,110,000	1,481
17 Sept 2026	2 bed	1,578	AED 2,475,000	1,568
24 Aug 2026	3 bed	2,197	AED 3,250,000	1,479
19 Aug 2026	2 bed	1,426	AED 1,980,000	1,388
27 Jul 2026	2 bed	1,427	AED 2,150,000	1,507
22 Jul 2026	2 bed	1,425	AED 2,150,000	1,509
20 Jul 2026	2 bed	1,663	AED 2,550,000	1,533
1 Jul 2026	2 bed	1,425	AED 2,100,000	1,474
24 Jun 2026	3 bed	2,207	AED 3,200,000	1,450
21 May 2026	3 bed	2,207	AED 4,100,000	1,858

30 resales in the last 12 months.

Comparables in Business Bay

Every Business Bay building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. West Heights 1 places 119th of 150; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
115	Churchill Tower 2-ResidentialCompleted 2009 · off-plan 977/sqft	AED 1.70M	1,512+1.6%	5.8%	+8.5%	36
116	Bay Square - 09Completed 2014	AED 1.48M	1,511+1.6%	6.1%	+4.6%	21
117	West Heights 2	AED 2.43M	1,495+0.5%	—	+3.0%	10
118	Water'S EdgeCompleted 2013 · off-plan 1,950/sqft	AED 1.43M	1,490+0.2%	5.4%	-7.8%	16
119	West Heights 1 · this building	AED 2.20M	1,488	—	+3.6%	30
120	Safeer Tower 2Completed 2017 · off-plan 1,695/sqft	AED 750,000	1,487-0.1%	7.5%	+15.1%	15
121	West Heights 4	AED 2.19M	1,482-0.4%	—	+6.8%	20
122	Millennium Binghatti Residences Business BayCompleted 2021 · off-plan 1,252/sqft	AED 1.23M	1,477-0.7%	7.3%	-2.8%	18
123	Mayfair ResidencyCompleted 2011 · off-plan 1,315/sqft	AED 1.00M	1,464-1.6%	6.9%	0.0%	20

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against West Heights 1 (AED 1,488/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 2 bed, West Heights 1 has registered sale prices 27% below the Business Bay median price per square foot of 2,061 AED, across 102 eligible buildings. It ranks 80th of 102 by price per square foot 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 West Heights 1

West Heights 1 is an apartment building in Business Bay. 316 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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Nearest, as registered

Metro: Business Bay Metro Station
Mall: Dubai Mall
Landmark: Burj Khalifa

West Heights 1: AED 1,488 per sq ft, 27% below the median Business Bay 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

West Heights 1AED 1,488
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.

Upcoming supply in Business Bay, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around West Heights 1, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 119 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · West Heights 1 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 · 2 bed
21 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 2 bed
No Ejari contract registered: not yet let
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Service charge
Not on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.
Not on record
Project register
No project number on this building's record, so completion status and developer cannot be joined.
Not on record
Costs not included
4% DLD transfer fee, agency fee, mortgage, vacancy, furnishing. Every yield is gross.
Not in the yield

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Common questions

What is the rental yield in West Heights 1?: No gross yield is published for West Heights 1 as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 21 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Business Bay median is 6.3% gross.
How much does a 2 bedroom in West Heights 1 cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 2.15M (1,509 AED/sqft), from 21 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in West Heights 1 selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in West Heights 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 1,509 AED/sqft, across 21 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 West Heights 1 risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +3.5% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 21 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How many apartments change hands in West Heights 1?: 21 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months. Every median on this page rests on those counts.

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West Heights 1 sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 21 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /sale/apartments/dubai/business-bay/west-heights-1
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “West Heights 1 sale prices and yield.” Business Bay, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/business-bay/west-heights-1

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