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Laya Heights

A 1 bed in Laya Heights costs a median AED 920,000, rents long-let for AED 75,000/yr (8.15% gross), and returns 14.11% short-let at the assumed 80% occupancy — +0.1 pts vs Dubai Studio City's 8.07% and +1.2 pts vs Dubai's 6.97% — from 78 sales and 174 rental contracts registered in the last 24 months through 26 Aug 2026.

Registered data
Sales · 1 bed
23 in 12 months
Rental contracts · 1 bed
81 in 12 months
Buy
920,000AED
AED 1,266/sqft
Long-let
8.15%
AED 75,000/yr
Short-let
14.11%
AED 569/night · 0.90/sqft

Price per sqft: Median of 5 registered sales of ready units in the last 3 months, most recent August 2026.

Priced off 5 sales in the last 3 months.

Yield spread
+0.1 pts
vs the Dubai Studio City median for this unit type
Turnover upside
+2.0%
new tenants pay more than sitting ones — 94 renewals
AED/yr/sqft
AED 115
Sales
78
Rental contracts
174
Renewal rent
AED 73,500/yr
12 months
+0.8%
3 years
+29.8%+9.1%/yr

Based on 78 sales and 174 rental contracts in the last 24 months.

Laya Heights is an apartment building in Dubai Studio City, Dubai. The closest metro station is Sharaf Dg Metro Station and the nearest landmark Motor City. Land Department records for it run from 2022 to 2026, 986 registered sales in all — the 78 in the last 24 months are what every median above is computed from.

Yield by bedroom type

TypeMedian priceAED/sqftYield12moSales
StudioAED 650,00016658.73%
+0.3 pts
-5.0%53
1 bedAED 920,00014638.15%
+0.1 pts
+0.8%78

Deltas compare each yield with the Dubai Studio City median for the same unit type. How these yields are computed

How these yields are computed
Each yield divides the median rent by the median of the last 3 months of sales — or of the last 5 sales where the last 3 months hold fewer than three. Off-plan and ready sales count alike, and each bedroom type is priced off its own sales.

Short-let rates around Laya Heights

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

How short-let rates are measured
Rates are sampled for every month of the coming year, so the figure carries the full season rather than a winter or summer slice. Listing counts are what those searches returned on the first page — a floor on what the building actually lists, not a count of it. Airbnb publishes approximate coordinates, so even the tightest set — listings within 50 metres — is the building and its immediate neighbours. Where that set is too small to measure a bedroom type, the row widens to the surrounding 500-metre cluster and is marked “500m”.
TypeNightly (AED)AED/night/sqftNet revenue at 80%Long-let rentUpliftShort-let yieldListings seen
Studio5031.29AED 117,440AED 53,0002.2×18.07%2+
1 bed5690.90AED 129,848AED 75,0001.7×14.11%6+

Net revenue assumes 80% occupancy — an assumption, not a measurement.

What the net revenue deducts
Occupancy is an assumption because no Dubai source publishes it per building — at half the occupancy, halve the revenue and the yield. From the nightly rate a guest sees, net revenue deducts Airbnb's 15.5% fee, then cleaning at 2 turnovers a month and utilities, both scaled to the unit's measured floor area. Service charge and mortgage are deliberately not deducted: neither comes out of the long-let rent beside it, and a service charge is owed whichever way the unit is let, so taking it off one side only would break the comparison. Neither figure is net of income tax or furnishing.

Off-plan vs resale

Units sold off-plan in Laya Heights between 2022 and 2026 went for a median of AED 1,221/sqft (AED 620,000). The same building resells today at AED 1,537/sqft (AED 830,000) — an uplift of +35.5%.

Based on 261 off-plan sales across the building's full history.

Why this uses the full history
This comparison is deliberately not restricted to the 24-month window used elsewhere on the page — off-plan launches mostly predate it, so the window would erase the sales being compared.

Recent transactions

As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-08-26.

39 resales in the last 12 months, against 150 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Sales

DateTypeSqftPriceAED/sqft
4 Aug 20261 bed738AED 920,0001,247
3 Aug 2026Studio363AED 655,0001,802
31 Jul 20261 bed603AED 56,937—
29 Jul 2026Studio445AED 607,0001,365
28 Jul 20261 bed651AED 72,780—
24 Jul 2026Studio368AED 570,0001,547
8 Jul 2026Studio496AED 650,0001,311
7 Jul 20261 bed743AED 1,075,0001,446
2 Jul 20261 bed742AED 940,0001,266
19 Jun 2026Studio383AED 565,0001,477

10 resales in the last 3 months.

Rental contracts

StartTypeSqftAnnual rentAED/sqftContract
11 Nov 2026Studio368AED 69,500189Renewal
9 Oct 2026Studio380AED 69,500183New
9 Oct 2026Studio380AED 69,500183Renewal
13 Sept 2026Studio372AED 69,500187Renewal
13 Sept 2026Studio370AED 69,500188Renewal
13 Sept 2026Studio405AED 69,500171Renewal
13 Sept 2026Studio370AED 69,500188Renewal
13 Sept 2026Studio381AED 69,500183Renewal
13 Sept 2026Studio382AED 69,500182Renewal
13 Sept 2026Studio422AED 69,500165New
13 Sept 2026Studio383AED 69,500182New
13 Sept 2026Studio422AED 69,500165New
13 Sept 2026Studio367AED 69,500189Renewal
13 Sept 2026Studio422AED 69,500165Renewal
13 Sept 2026Studio382AED 69,500182New
13 Sept 2026Studio368AED 69,500189Renewal
13 Sept 2026Studio383AED 69,500182Renewal
6 Sept 20261 bed660AED 70,000106Renewal
2 Sept 2026Studio386AED 69,500180Renewal
1 Sept 20261 bed665AED 63,00095New
1 Sept 20261 bed738AED 73,00099New
1 Sept 20261 bed650AED 64,00098New
1 Sept 20261 bed621AED 63,000101Renewal
1 Sept 20261 bed601AED 65,000108New
29 Aug 2026Studio372AED 49,000132Renewal
26 Aug 20261 bed605AED 60,00099New
22 Aug 20261 bed658AED 70,000106New
22 Aug 20261 bed658AED 75,000114New
22 Aug 2026Studio409AED 45,000110New
21 Aug 20261 bed735AED 75,000102New
21 Aug 2026Studio372AED 69,500187Renewal
20 Aug 2026Studio367AED 43,000117New
19 Aug 20261 bed601AED 85,000141New
17 Aug 20261 bed738AED 75,000102New
16 Aug 2026Studio369AED 40,000108New
15 Aug 20261 bed665AED 60,00090New
10 Aug 20261 bed736AED 83,000113Renewal
10 Aug 20261 bed742AED 70,00094New
6 Aug 20261 bed605AED 70,000116New
1 Aug 20261 bed732AED 64,00087New
1 Aug 20261 bed772AED 65,00084New
1 Aug 20261 bed601AED 63,000105New
1 Aug 2026Studio370AED 42,000114New
1 Aug 20261 bed647AED 68,000105New
1 Aug 2026Studio445AED 43,00097New
31 Jul 2026Studio368AED 69,500189Renewal
28 Jul 2026Studio445AED 60,000135Renewal
27 Jul 2026Studio368AED 42,000114New
25 Jul 2026Studio368AED 69,500189Renewal
25 Jul 2026Studio370AED 69,500188Renewal
25 Jul 2026Studio363AED 69,500191Renewal
25 Jul 2026Studio370AED 69,500188New
23 Jul 20261 bed607AED 67,000110New
21 Jul 2026Studio374AED 40,000107New
19 Jul 20261 bed607AED 73,200121Renewal
15 Jul 2026Studio372AED 40,000108New
15 Jul 2026Studio368AED 43,000117New
15 Jul 20261 bed733AED 58,00079New
15 Jul 20261 bed605AED 63,000104New
14 Jul 2026Studio386AED 46,000119New

Showing the 60 most recent of 117 contracts starting on or after 26 May 2026.

Start dates after 26 Aug 2026 are contracts already filed for a later move-in. They count towards the rent medians above for the same reason they appear here.

As registered

The building's record in the Dubai Land Department register, as of September 2026. Counts are as registered, not as built or as operated.

Floors
10
Lifts
4
Parking bays
404
Swimming pools
1

Nearby

Metro
Sharaf Dg Metro Station
Landmark
Motor City

Compare with nearby buildings

The most-traded buildings in Dubai Studio City, on the same figures over the same window.

Common questions

What is the rental yield in Laya Heights?
Laya Heights returns 8.15% gross — median annual rent from new Ejari contracts over the median resale price, before service charge, agency fees or vacant months. Measured across 174 rental contracts registered in the last 24 months.
How much does a 1 bedroom in Laya Heights cost?
The median registered sale price is AED 920,000 (1,463 AED/sqft), from 78 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 24 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Laya Heights selling for right now?
Registered sales of ready units in Laya Heights over the last 3 months have a median of 1,266 AED/sqft, across 5 sales. That is the freshest window holding at least five, and it excludes off-plan. It is a median of what traded, not a valuation of a specific unit — floor, view and condition all move a real price and none of them is in it.
Have prices in Laya Heights risen or fallen?
Median price per square foot moved +0.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 78 registered sales. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Laya Heights compare with Dubai Studio City?
Its 8.15% gross yield sits +0.1 pts against the Dubai Studio City median of 8.07%, computed at the same bedroom grain over the same 24-month window.

Source: Dubai Land Department open data — sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts. Data as of 2026-08-26. Short-let rates are collected separately from public Airbnb search results.

Gross yield divides median annual rent from new contracts by the median resale price for the same bedroom type over the last 24 months. Off-plan sales are included in price and trend figures but excluded from the yield denominator.

Laya Heights sale record

Record type
Building-level property market record
Data date
Evidence base
78 registered sales in the trailing 24 months for the default unit type
Sources
Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts; public Airbnb search results for forward short-let rates
Canonical record
/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-studio-city/laya-heights
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Laya Heights sale prices and yield.” Dubai Studio City, Dubai. Data to 2026-08-26. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-studio-city/laya-heights.

Stable dataJSON

Where this data stops

Service charges are not in DLD's open data, so the yield above is gross. Net return needs this building's charge per sqft.