Celia Residence
- Completed 2024
- 5 floors
- 2 lifts
- 112 parking bays
- 1 pool
- Master developer Abou Eid
A studio in Celia Residence costs a median AED 550,000, rents long-let for AED 48,000/yr (8.7% gross), and returns 13.4% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
Studio · typical price
550,000AED
AED 1,248/sqft
- Rent a year
- AED 48,000
- Gross yield
- 8.7%
- vs Dubai Studio City
- 21% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 587,750
- Price
- AED 550,000
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 22,000
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 11,550
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by rent9 months
Is Celia Residence a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median, easy to let and rents rising; prices are slipping and lots of new supply is coming
- Does it pay a good rent?8.7% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)8.7%Strength
- Is it easy to let?78% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Dubai Studio City building manages 58%78%Strength
Dubai Studio City median 58% · top tenth from 76%Celia Residence · 78% Across 12 Dubai Studio City buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 58% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 76% or more; Celia Residence is at 78%.
- Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 46,000 a year ago, AED 48,000 now+4.3%Strength
- Are prices going up?All types: AED 1,474/sqft a year ago, 1,221 now-17.1%Watch
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 37,750 in fees to buy a studio; rent covers it in 0.8 years0.8 yrs
- Can I sell easily?6 sales in 12 months, 5% of the tower (12 the year before)6Fair
- Is a lot being built nearby?1,080 apartments are planned in Dubai Studio City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 53% of the 2,040 homes let there today. A further 1,060 are past their planned date. Dubai Studio City supply by year →53%Watch
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 11% for launch buyers, before fees+11.3%Context
Readings use published thresholds · studio figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Celia Residence prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 550,000 and rents for about AED 48,000 a year
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
Studio · price per sqft · Dubai Studio City · area median AED 1,586/sqft
- vs area median
- -21.3%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 19th of 21
- Off-plan price gain, 2023–2024
- +13.6% · +5.2%/yr
Rental income
Studio · Dubai Studio City
- Gross yield
- 8.7%
- Median new rent
- AED 48,000/yr
- Yield vs area median
- +0.6 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- +2.0 pts
- Renewal rent
- AED 44,759/yr
- New tenants pay vs sitting (17 renewals)
- +7.2%
Short-term income
Studio · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m
- Median nightly rate
- AED 376
- Net revenue
- AED 73,788/yr
- vs long-let rent
- 1.5×
- Listings seen
- 6+
Read with care
- Thin sample — 3 sales in 12 months. Treat these figures as indicative.
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)
Chart data, Studio: Jan 2023, AED 385,718; latest, Jul 2026, AED 475,146; peak, Jan 2026, AED 615,000. Rent on new leases: Aug 2020, AED 44,000 a year; latest, Oct 2026, AED 41,000.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,221 · before fees
- Launch, 2023–24
- 1,097
- +11%
- 95 sales
- 3 years ago
- 1,097
- +11%
- 92 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 1,474
- −17%
- 12 sales
- Last 12 months
- 1,221
- today
- 6 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.
6 resales in the last 12 months, against 45 a year on average over 2023–2025.
6 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around Celia Residence
Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.
Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.
Nightly rate through the yearNightly rate through the year
Comparables in Dubai Studio City
Every Dubai Studio City building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Celia Residence places 20th of 25; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Celia Residence (AED 1,221/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At studio, Celia Residence has registered sale prices 21% below the Dubai Studio City median price per square foot of 1,586 AED, across 21 eligible buildings. It ranks 19th of 21 by price per square foot in Dubai Studio City.
Market context in Dubai Studio City
Registered sales activity
499 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+17.4% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 499 current and 177 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
666 known registered units across 3 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
3 projects had already passed their planned date; 0 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
1,080 apartments are planned in Dubai Studio City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 53% of the 2,040 homes let there today.
New-lease rents fell in 77% of 13 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −4.5%.
How these are countedDirect 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 Celia Residence
Celia Residence is an apartment building completed in 2024 by Abou Eid in Dubai Studio City. 140 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Floors
- 5
- Lifts
- 2
- Parking bays
- 112
- Pools
- 1
- Master developer
- Abou Eid
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 27 min · 25 km
- DXB Airport
- 29 min · 33 km
- DIFC
- 25 min · 28 km
- Dubai Marina
- 22 min · 18 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 28 min · 22 km
Nearest, as registered
- Landmark
- Motor City
Celia Residence: AED 1,221 per sq ft, 19% below the median Dubai Studio City building, and a 7.2% gross yield, below the area's median 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
- Celia ResidenceAED 1,221
- Dubai Studio City, readyAED 1,393
- Dubai Studio City, off-planAED 1,560
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
Celia ResidenceDubai Studio City median building
- Dubai Studio City7.2% vs 8.2%
More from Abou Eid
Nearby in Dubai Studio City
Prices per sq ft around Celia Residence, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Celia Residence, on the map
Azizi Mirage 1
Dubai Studio City · 228 sales, 12 months
522,000
AED, resale median · 1,412/sqft
AZIZI Mirage 1 - TOWER 2
Dubai Studio City · 158 sales, 12 months
519,580
AED, resale median · 1,387/sqft
Azizi Vista
Dubai Studio City · 56 sales, 12 months
1.13M
AED, resale median · 1,345/sqft
Laya Heights
Dubai Studio City · 29 sales, 12 months
690,000
AED, resale median · 1,547/sqft
Before you decide
The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.
- Sales and rents toOn record
- Sales evidence · StudioRead with care
- Rental evidence · StudioOn record
- Service chargeNot on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.Not on record
- Project registerOn record
- DeveloperOn record
- Short-term assumptionRead with care
- Building recordOn record
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
Rent or buy
What owning a studio here costs against renting it, at stated assumptions you can change.
Monthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rateMonthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rate
Prefilled from Celia Residence’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of . Change any figure.
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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
- 2,446AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 4,000AED
- AED 48,000 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 156,250AED
- 20% down plus AED 46,250 in fees
Owning costs AED 190,126 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.
Buying overtakes renting in year 2.
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in Celia Residence?
- Celia Residence returns 8.7% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 48,000 a year (24 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 550,000 (median of 3 sales in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a studio in Celia Residence cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 550,000 (1,248 AED/sqft), from 3 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- How does Celia Residence compare with Dubai Studio City?
- Its 8.7% gross yield sits +0.6 pts against the Dubai Studio City median of 8.2%, 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.
- What is the registered annual rent for a studio in Celia Residence?
- The median new annual rent is AED 48,000, from 24 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. The evidence is recorded for this building. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.
- Have registered rents in Celia Residence risen or fallen?
- The median new annual rent changed +4.3% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 24 new Ejari contracts in the current period to 2026-10-12. Different homes can appear in the two periods; this is not the change on an individual tenancy.
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Celia Residence sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 3 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/dubai-studio-city/celia-residence
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Celia Residence sale prices and yield.” Dubai Studio City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-studio-city/celia-residence
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