Laya Heights
- Completed 2023
- 10 floors
- 4 lifts
- 404 parking bays
- 1 pool
- Master developer Laya
A 1 bed in Laya Heights costs a median AED 940,000, rents long-let for AED 70,000/yr (7.5% gross), and returns 11.9% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
1 bed · typical price
940,000AED
AED 1,469/sqft · +0.7% on a year
- Rent a year
- AED 70,000
- Gross yield
- 7.5%
- vs Dubai Studio City
- 2% above the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 1.00M
- Price
- AED 940,000
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 37,600
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 19,740
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by rent11 months
Is Laya Heights a good investment?Easy to let; rents are slipping and lots of new supply is coming
- Does it pay a good rent?7.5% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)7.5%Fair
- Is it easy to let?73% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Dubai Studio City building manages 58%73%Strength
Dubai Studio City median 58% · top tenth from 76%Laya Heights · 73% 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; Laya Heights is at 73%.
- Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 75,000 a year ago, AED 70,000 now-6.7%Watch
- Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 1,457/sqft a year ago, 1,467 now+0.7%Fair
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 61,540 in fees to buy a 1 bed; rent covers it in 0.9 years0.9 yrs
- Can I sell easily?29 sales in 12 months, 7% of the tower (62 the year before)29Fair
- 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 28% for launch buyers, before fees+27.8%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Laya Heights prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 940,000 and rents for about AED 70,000 a year
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
1 bed · price per sqft · Dubai Studio City · area median AED 1,443/sqft
- 12-month change
- +0.7%
- 3 years
- +29.6% · +9.0%/yr
- vs area median
- +1.7%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 9th of 22
- Off-plan price gain, 2022–2026
- +29.4% · +13.8%/yr
Rental income
1 bed · Dubai Studio City
- Gross yield
- 7.5%
- Median new rent
- AED 70,000/yr
- Yield vs area median
- -0.5 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- +0.7 pts
- Renewal rent
- AED 73,000/yr
- New tenants pay vs sitting (69 renewals)
- -4.1%
Short-term income
1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays
- Median nightly rate
- AED 569
- Net revenue
- AED 112,096/yr
- vs long-let rent
- 1.6×
- Listings seen
- 6+
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, 1 bed: Nov 2022, AED 635,250; latest, Aug 2026, AED 963,750; peak, May 2026, AED 1,100,000. Rent on new leases: Oct 2018, AED 54,400 a year; latest, Oct 2026, AED 68,375.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,547 · before fees
- Launch, 2022–26
- 1,211
- +28%
- 169 sales
- 3 years ago
- 1,221
- +27%
- 222 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 1,506
- +3%
- 62 sales
- Last 12 months
- 1,547
- today
- 29 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.
28 resales in the last 12 months, against 149 a year on average over 2023–2025.
28 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around Laya Heights
Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.
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. Laya Heights places 8th of 25; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Laya Heights (AED 1,547/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At 1 bed, Laya Heights has registered sale prices 2% above the Dubai Studio City median price per square foot of 1,443 AED, across 22 eligible buildings. It ranks 9th of 22 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 Laya Heights
Laya Heights is an apartment building completed in 2023 by Laya in Dubai Studio City. 484 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Floors
- 10
- Lifts
- 4
- Parking bays
- 404
- Pools
- 1
- Master developer
- Laya
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 22 min · 23 km
- DXB Airport
- 24 min · 31 km
- DIFC
- 20 min · 26 km
- Dubai Marina
- 19 min · 18 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 25 min · 22 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Sharaf Dg Metro Station
- Landmark
- Motor City
Laya Heights: AED 1,547 per sq ft, 2% above the median Dubai Studio City building, and a 9.6% gross yield, in the top 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
- Laya HeightsAED 1,547
- 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
Laya HeightsDubai Studio City median building
- Dubai Studio City9.6% vs 8.2%
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1.08M
AED, resale median · 1,593/sqft
Laya Courtyard-B
Dubai Studio City · 58 sales, 12 months
1.03M
AED, resale median · 1,468/sqft
Laya Residences
Jumeirah Village Circle · 22 sales, 12 months
915,000
AED, resale median · 917/sqft
LAYA Mansion
Jumeirah Village Circle · 21 sales, 12 months
560,000
AED, resale median · 1,176/sqft
Nearby in Dubai Studio City
Prices per sq ft around Laya Heights, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Laya Heights, 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
Samana Santorini
Dubai Studio City · 20 sales, 12 months
657,821
AED, resale median · 1,367/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 · 1 bedOn record
- Rental evidence · 1 bedOn 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 1 bed 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 Laya Heights’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
- 4,180AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 5,833AED
- AED 70,000 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 261,940AED
- 20% down plus AED 73,940 in fees
Owning costs AED 266,142 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 Laya Heights?
- Laya Heights returns 7.5% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 70,000 a year (89 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 940,000 (median of 15 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a 1 bedroom in Laya Heights cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 940,000 (1,467 AED/sqft), from 15 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 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 12 months have a median of 1,469 AED/sqft, across 14 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 Laya Heights risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved +0.7% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 15 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- How does Laya Heights compare with Dubai Studio City?
- Its 7.5% gross yield sits -0.5 pts against the Dubai Studio City median of 8.0%, 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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Laya Heights sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 15 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/laya-heights
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Laya Heights sale prices and yield.” Dubai Studio City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/dubai-studio-city/laya-heights
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