What is the rental yield in Laya Heights?

Laya Heights returns 7.45% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 70,000 a year (77 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 940,000 (median of 16 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 (1,469 AED/sqft), from 16 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 1,471 AED/sqft, across 15 sales. That uses the same trailing year as the rent and yield figures, requires at least five sales, and 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 +0.9% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 16 registered sales. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

Laya Heights — sale prices & yield | Dubai Studio City, Dubai

What it returns

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Appreciation

1 bed · price per sqft · Dubai Studio City · area median AED 1,448/sqft

Price per sqft, 12 months: +0.9%
3 years: +29.8% · +9.1%/yr
vs area median: +1.4%
Rank by price per sqft: 10th of 22
Off-plan uplift, 2022–2026: +35.0% · +16.2%/yr

Rental income

1 bed · Dubai Studio City

Gross yield: 7.45%
Median new rent: AED 70,000/yr
Yield vs area median: -0.6 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.94%): +0.5 pts
Renewal rent: AED 73,500/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (53 renewals): -4.8%

Short-term income

1 bed · 80% occupancy · 7-night stays

Modelled yield at 80% occupancy: 13.79%
Median nightly rate: AED 569
Net revenue: AED 129,662/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.9×
Listings seen: 6+

1 bed figures rest on 16 registered sales and 77 new rental contracts in the 12 months to 2026-09-11; rents from this building. Latest price record Aug 2026.

How 7.45% is calculated

Gross yield: 7.45% gross yield
Numerator: AED 70,000 median new rent · 77 contracts in 12 months
Denominator: ÷ AED 940,000 price benchmark
Benchmark basis: Median of 16 sales in the last 12 months · latest Aug 2026

Price per sqft: Median of 15 registered sales of ready units in the last 12 months, most recent August 2026.

Short-term yield is modelled: net revenue at 80% occupancy ÷ the same price benchmark. Occupancy is an assumption, not a measurement; the dial in the short-term section changes it.

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 from 2022 to 2026 contain 484 registered sales across all bedroom types. Current sale figures use the last 12 months; rental medians use new Ejari contracts from the same period.

Price history

Every recorded sale in Laya Heights, by year.

Monthly median AED per sqft, smoothed over three months. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

Yield by bedroom type

Type	Median price	AED/sqft	Yield	New rent (contracts)	12mo	Sales
Studio	AED 650,000	1631	7.69% -0.6 pts	AED 50,000 62	-5.0%	15
1 bed	AED 940,000	1469	7.45% -0.6 pts	AED 70,000 77	+0.9%	16

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

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. Each bedroom type is priced off its own sales; the columns beside each yield show both legs and the sales the benchmark rests on.

Studio: price benchmark AED 650,000 · 15 sales in 12 months · latest Aug 2026
1 bed: price benchmark AED 940,000 · 16 sales in 12 months · latest Aug 2026

Worked example: gross yield, costs and shared rental evidence

Short-term rates around Laya Heights

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

How short-term 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”.

Occupancy assumption80%

80% is the published assumption. Move the dial to model a different occupancy; the site's own figures keep 80%.

Type	Nightly, AED	AED/night/sqft	Net revenue at 80%	Long-let rent	Uplift	Net yield	Listings seen
Studio	503	1.26	AED 117,301	AED 50,000	2.3×	18.05%	2+
1 bed	569	0.89	AED 129,662	AED 70,000	1.9×	13.79%	6+

At 80% occupancy.

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

What units sold for at launch against what the finished building resells for now, all unit types.

Launch median: 1,221AED/sqft; off-plan sales 2022–2026 · 261 sales · AED 620,000 typical
Resale today: 1,547AED/sqft; ready sales, last 12 months · 31 sales · AED 690,000 typical
Uplift: +25.4%; +12.0%/yr from the launch midpoint

Units sold off-plan in Laya Heights between 2022 and 2026 went for a median of AED 1,221/sqft. The same building resells today at AED 1,547/sqft, an uplift of +25.4%.

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

Why this uses the full history

The launch median uses all-history off-plan sales; the resale median uses ready sales in the trailing 12 months. These are unpaired transaction groups at building grain, not matched unit resales or realised investor gains. Costs are excluded.

Recent transactions

As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-09-11.

30 resales in the last 12 months, against 149 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Sales

Date	Type	Sqft	Price	AED/sqft
4 Aug 2026	1 bed	738	AED 920,000	1,247
3 Aug 2026	Studio	363	AED 655,000	1,802
29 Jul 2026	Studio	445	AED 607,000	1,365
24 Jul 2026	Studio	368	AED 570,000	1,547
8 Jul 2026	Studio	496	AED 650,000	1,311
7 Jul 2026	1 bed	743	AED 1,075,000	1,446
2 Jul 2026	1 bed	742	AED 940,000	1,266
19 Jun 2026	Studio	383	AED 565,000	1,477
14 May 2026	Studio	379	AED 660,000	1,742
14 May 2026	1 bed	603	AED 1,100,000	1,823
14 Apr 2026	Studio	383	AED 610,000	1,593
8 Apr 2026	Studio	409	AED 675,000	1,652
17 Mar 2026	Studio	408	AED 650,000	1,591
16 Mar 2026	Studio	367	AED 672,000	1,831
16 Mar 2026	Studio	377	AED 672,000	1,781
9 Mar 2026	1 bed	602	AED 950,000	1,579
2 Mar 2026	1 bed	601	AED 940,000	1,564
23 Feb 2026	Studio	383	AED 625,000	1,631
16 Feb 2026	1 bed	605	AED 880,000	1,455
13 Feb 2026	1 bed	605	AED 920,000	1,520
9 Feb 2026	Studio	369	AED 670,000	1,816
5 Feb 2026	1 bed	738	AED 1,088,400	1,476
2 Feb 2026	Studio	383	AED 620,000	1,619
28 Jan 2026	1 bed	698	AED 1,000,000	1,433
22 Jan 2026	1 bed	645	AED 949,000	1,471
17 Dec 2025	1 bed	605	AED 940,000	1,553
25 Nov 2025	1 bed	651	AED 899,000	1,380
14 Oct 2025	1 bed	655	AED 960,000	1,467
3 Oct 2025	Studio	363	AED 674,000	1,855
18 Sept 2025	1 bed	601	AED 925,000	1,539

Showing 10 of 30

30 resales in the last 12 months.

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 9th of 25; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	AED/sqft	vs Laya Heights	Median price	Yield	12mo	Sales
5	Laya Courtyard-A	1,590	+2.8%	AED 1.08M	—	+0.9%	58
6	Arisha Terraces - 3	1,586	+2.5%	AED 1.12M	—	—	54
7	Beach Oasis 2 - Tower A	1,571	+1.6%	AED 564,000	—	+0.9%	182
8	Samana Mykonos	1,560	+0.8%	AED 735,000	—	+15.4%	15
9	Laya Heights · this building	1,547		AED 690,000	10.07%	+0.6%	31
10	Samana Golf Avenue	1,537	-0.6%	AED 550,000	8.73%	+21.3%	18
11	Beach Oasis 2 - Tower B	1,526	-1.4%	AED 560,500	—	+2.0%	156
12	Arisha Terraces - 1	1,519	-1.8%	AED 1.14M	—	-2.6%	25
13	Arisha Terraces - 2	1,509	-2.4%	AED 1.10M	—	-7.1%	33

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 1% above the Dubai Studio City median price per square foot of 1,448 AED, across 22 eligible buildings. It ranks 10th of 22 by price per square foot in Dubai Studio City.

Where Laya Heights stands

Laya Heights in Dubai Studio City, what the register names nearby, and the building as registered with the Dubai Land Department as of September 2026. Counts are as registered, not as built or as operated.

Pinned from Google's place record for the registered name.Open in Google Maps

Metro: Sharaf Dg Metro Station
Landmark: Motor City

Floors: 10
Lifts: 4
Parking bays: 404
Swimming pools: 1

Before you decide

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

Sales and rents to
2026-09-11 — Dubai Land Department and Ejari, trailing 12 months (on record)
Sales evidence · 1 bed
16 registered sales in 12 months (on record)
Rental evidence · 1 bed
77 new and 53 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building (on record)
Service charge
Not on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project. (dubailand.gov.ae) (known gap)
Project register
Laya Heights: recorded complete 2023-11-30 · register data to 2026-07-06 (on record)
Developer
Laya · delivery record (on record)
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 80% occupancy on 6 listings seen; the dial above changes every short-term figure on this page (read with care)
Building record
DLD building record · data to 2026-09-14 (on record)
Costs not included
4% DLD transfer fee, agency fee, mortgage, vacancy, furnishing. Every yield is gross. (known gap)

Filled dot: on record. Hollow: read with care. Dashed: a gap the site cannot close from public data.

Common questions

What is the rental yield in Laya Heights?: Laya Heights returns 7.45% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 70,000 a year (77 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 940,000 (median of 16 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 (1,469 AED/sqft), from 16 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 1,471 AED/sqft, across 15 sales. That uses the same trailing year as the rent and yield figures, requires at least five sales, and 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 +0.9% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 16 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 7.45% gross yield sits -0.6 pts against the Dubai Studio City median of 8.05%, 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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