What is the rental yield in LAYA Mansion?

LAYA Mansion returns 8.4% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 45,000 a year (69 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 535,000 (median of 14 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a studio in LAYA Mansion cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 535,000 (1,241 AED/sqft), from 14 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in LAYA Mansion selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in LAYA Mansion over the last 12 months have a median of 1,241 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 Mansion risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved -4.2% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 14 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does LAYA Mansion compare with Jumeirah Village Circle?

Its 8.4% gross yield sits +0.4 pts against the Jumeirah Village Circle 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.

LAYA Mansion

Completed 2020
7 floors
3 lifts
1 pool
Master developer Laya

A studio in LAYA Mansion costs a median AED 535,000, rents long-let for AED 45,000/yr (8.4% gross), and returns 14.6% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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Studio · typical price

535,000AED

AED 1,241/sqft · -4.2% on a year

Rent a year: AED 45,000
Yield after service charge: 7.2%
vs Jumeirah Village Circle: 21% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 571,835

Price: AED 535,000
DLD fee 4%: AED 21,400
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 11,235
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent11 months

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Is LAYA Mansion a good investment?Pays above the Dubai median and fees repaid within a year; rents and prices are slipping and lots of new supply is coming

Does it pay a good rent?8.4% gross, 7.2% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)8.4%Strength
Is it easy to let?51% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Jumeirah Village Circle building manages 38%51%Fair
Jumeirah Village Circle median 38% · top tenth from 64%LAYA Mansion · 51%
Across 228 Jumeirah Village Circle buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 38% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 64% or more; LAYA Mansion is at 51%.
Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 55,000 a year ago, AED 45,000 now-18.2%Watch
Are prices going up?Studio: AED 1,295/sqft a year ago, 1,241 now-4.2%Watch
How fast do fees pay back?AED 36,835 in fees to buy a studio; net rent covers it in 1.0 years1.0 yrsStrength
Can I sell easily?21 sales in 12 months, 9% of the tower (32 the year before)21Fair
Is a lot being built nearby?15,281 apartments are planned in Jumeirah Village Circle from 2026 to 2028, equal to 54% of the 28,561 homes let there today. A further 7,717 are past their planned date. Jumeirah Village Circle supply by year →54%Watch
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 27% for buyers 5 years ago; up 9% for launch buyers, before fees+27.2%Context

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

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LAYA Mansion prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 535,000 and rents for about AED 45,000 a year

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio157 units · 412 sqft	AED 535,0001,241/sqftlaunch 1,108 +12.0%		8.4%+0.4 pts	AED 45,00069 contracts	-4.2%	14
1 bed67 units · 820 sqft	AED 800,000975/sqftlaunch 887 +10.0%		8.3%+0.8 pts	AED 66,00023 contracts	+8.4%	7

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

Appreciation

Studio · price per sqft · Jumeirah Village Circle · area median AED 1,575/sqft

12-month change: -4.2%
3 years: +13.6% · +4.3%/yr
5 years: +30.3% · +5.4%/yr
vs area median: -21.2%
Rank by price per sqft: 173rd of 214
Off-plan price gain, 2019–2020: +12.0% · +1.8%/yr

Rental income

Studio · Jumeirah Village Circle

Gross yield: 8.4%
Median new rent: AED 45,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +0.4 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +1.6 pts
Yield rank: 34th of 104
Renewal rent: AED 48,000/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (14 renewals): -6.3%

Short-term income

Studio · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 14.6%
Median nightly rate: AED 397
Net revenue: AED 78,372/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.7×
Listings seen: 11+

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)

Median price paid, Studio, as a rolling 3-month median, with the rent on new leases on the same basis. The band along the bottom is the number of sales each month.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,176 · before fees

Launch, 2019–20: 1,081; +9%; 67 sales
5 years ago: 924; +27%; 34 sales
3 years ago: 1,037; +13%; 46 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,191; −1%; 32 sales
Last 12 months: 1,176; today; 21 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.

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

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
12 Oct 2026	Studio	435	AED 450,000	1,035
11 Sept 2026	Studio	410	AED 525,000	1,282
31 Aug 2026	1 bed	942	AED 860,000	913
27 Jul 2026	Studio	410	AED 450,000	1,096
30 Jun 2026	Studio	434	AED 510,000	1,176
25 Jun 2026	Studio	410	AED 650,000	1,584
9 Jun 2026	1 bed	833	AED 735,000	882
8 Jun 2026	Studio	445	AED 520,000	1,167
29 Apr 2026	Studio	409	AED 560,000	1,368
18 Mar 2026	1 bed	941	AED 1,050,000	1,116

21 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around LAYA Mansion

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

Occupancy assumption70%

Type	Nightly, AED	Net revenue at 70%	Long-let rent	Uplift	Net yield
Studio500 m cluster · 11+ listings seen	3970.92/sqft	AED 78,372	AED 45,000	1.7×	14.6%
1 bed500 m cluster · 46+ listings seen	4890.60/sqft	AED 91,813	AED 66,000	1.4×	11.5%

Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.

Nightly rate through the year

Comparables in Jumeirah Village Circle

Every Jumeirah Village Circle building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. LAYA Mansion places 247th of 352; the nearest 8 are shown.

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Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
243	Parkwood Residences57% · Q4 2025 · off-plan 1,140/sqft	AED 979,890	1,186+0.8%	—	+5.6%	8
244	La ResidenzaCompleted 2024 · off-plan 1,162/sqft	AED 1.33M	1,184+0.7%	7.5%	—	3
245	The Haven GardenCompleted 2026 · off-plan 1,267/sqft	AED 1.02M	1,180+0.4%	7.2%	-11.2%	52
246	GhaliaCompleted 2019 · off-plan 1,175/sqft	AED 575,000	1,179+0.3%	9.0%	-1.9%	64
247	LAYA Mansion · this buildingCompleted 2020 · off-plan 1,071/sqft	AED 560,000	1,176	8.9%	-1.3%	21
248	Plazzo HeightsCompleted 2020	AED 542,500	1,170-0.5%	9.3%	-4.3%	14
249	Q Gardens Lofts 227% · off-plan 1,157/sqft	AED 658,568	1,167-0.7%	—	+0.2%	46
250	Lucky ResidencesCompleted 2022 · off-plan 925/sqft	AED 1.00M	1,163-1.1%	7.2%	-7.2%	10
251	Marwa HeightsCompleted 2023 · off-plan 1,000/sqft	AED 890,000	1,161-1.3%	9.2%	+2.1%	17

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against LAYA Mansion (AED 1,176/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At studio, LAYA Mansion has registered sale prices 21% below the Jumeirah Village Circle median price per square foot of 1,575 AED, across 214 eligible buildings. It ranks 173rd of 214 by price per square foot and 34th of 104 by gross yield in Jumeirah Village Circle.

Market context in Jumeirah Village Circle

Registered sales activity

4,341 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+4.3% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 4,341 current and 5,371 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

7,847 known registered units across 37 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

29 projects had already passed their planned date; 16 have unknown timing.

Explore planned supply

Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

15,281 apartments are planned in Jumeirah Village Circle from 2026 to 2028, equal to 54% of the 28,561 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 50% of 195 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Jumeirah Village Circle with sales in both years; the typical one moved −0.2%.

The pooled median moved +4.3%: 4.5 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.

New-lease rents fell in 66% of 226 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −3.5%.

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 LAYA Mansion

LAYA Mansion is an apartment building completed in 2020 by Laya in Jumeirah Village Circle. 316 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 14.84/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 7
Lifts: 3
Pools: 1
Master developer: Laya

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 22 min · 21 km
DXB Airport: 23 min · 30 km
DIFC: 19 min · 24 km
Dubai Marina: 17 min · 14 km
Palm Jumeirah: 23 min · 19 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Nakheel Metro Station
Mall: Marina Mall
Landmark: Sports City Swimming Academy

LAYA Mansion: AED 1,176 per sq ft, 14% below the median Jumeirah Village Circle building, and a 8.9% gross yield, above 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

LAYA MansionAED 1,176
Jumeirah Village Circle, readyAED 1,300
Jumeirah Village Circle, off-planAED 1,575
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.

Gross yield against the area's buildings

Axis: gross yield, % of price

LAYA MansionJumeirah Village Circle median building

Jumeirah Village Circle8.9% vs 7.5%

Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 195 buildings in Jumeirah Village Circle. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Jumeirah Village Circle, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around LAYA Mansion, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 304 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · LAYA Mansion is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Binghatti Apex

Jumeirah Village Circle · 288 sales, 12 months

912,500

AED, resale median · 1,497/sqft

Luma Park Views

Jumeirah Village Circle · 282 sales, 12 months

1.37M

AED, resale median · 1,603/sqft

Binghatti Royale

Jumeirah Village Circle · 135 sales, 12 months

1.97M

AED, resale median · 2,388/sqft

Binghatti Azure

Jumeirah Village Circle · 105 sales, 12 months

700,000

AED, resale median · 1,659/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 · Studio
14 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · Studio
69 new and 14 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
On record
Service charge
AED 14.84/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 7.2% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Laya Mansion: recorded complete 2020-07-06 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Developer
Laya · delivery record
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 11 listings seen; the dial above changes every short-term figure on this page
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Building record
DLD building record · data to 2026-10-13
On record
Costs not included
4% DLD transfer fee, agency fee, mortgage, vacancy, furnishing. Every yield is gross.
Not 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 rate

Prefilled from LAYA Mansion’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of 2026-09-17. Change any figure.

Purchase price, AED

Annual rent, AED

Down payment, %

Residency

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Interest rate, % a year

Term, years

Horizon, years

Annual service charge, AED

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: 2,379AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 3,750AED; AED 45,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 152,185AED; 20% down plus AED 45,185 in fees

Owning costs AED 175,765 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.

Buying overtakes renting in year 2.

Cumulative cost by year: renting (solid) against owning net of a sale that year (dashed), at the assumptions above.

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Common questions

What is the rental yield in LAYA Mansion?: LAYA Mansion returns 8.4% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 45,000 a year (69 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 535,000 (median of 14 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a studio in LAYA Mansion cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 535,000 (1,241 AED/sqft), from 14 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in LAYA Mansion selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in LAYA Mansion over the last 12 months have a median of 1,241 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 Mansion risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved -4.2% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 14 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does LAYA Mansion compare with Jumeirah Village Circle?: Its 8.4% gross yield sits +0.4 pts against the Jumeirah Village Circle 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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