Laya Heights
LAYA DEVELOPERS L.L.C · Home sales since 2022 · mostly resales in the 12 months to 4 Aug 2026
Dubai Land Department data shows the typical sale price (the median, ready and off-plan homes together) in Laya Heights was AED 1,365/sqft in Jul 2026, from 5 home sales recorded.
The Land Department’s record
completed per the Land Department · 100% complete · buildings · 396 units · 1 building · DLD target completion November 2023
Registered developer: LAYA DEVELOPERS L.L.C (DLD no. 1138)
Escrow account with Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank · Zoned by Dubai Development Authority (DDA)
From the Land Department’s projects file, file dated 15 June 2026.
Rents recorded under Dubai Studio City
Typical yearly rent of AED 60,000 across 2,014 tenancies recorded in the community over the last 12 months.
This is the community’s figure, not this project’s.
Dubai Land Department · rent contracts Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) contracts · agreed rents, not advertised ones. File dated 10 Oct 2026 · synced 11 Oct 2026.
AED 1,365/sqft
Jul 2026 · 5 home sales
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No two months with 5+ resales 3 or more years apart.
31 months
Recorded home resales here fall in 31 months, Feb 2024 to Aug 2026. The growth beside this is drawn from the months with 5 or more of them; a figure for what they will do next is a scenario you set on the returns page.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
What would this size cost?
Enter the size from the brochure or the floor plan. We price it against what homes of that size actually sold for in Laya Heights — not an asking price, and not this project’s overall typical price, which mixes every size together.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Price per sqft trend
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
What it returns
A year of rent compared with what completed homes of that size actually sold for in Laya Heights over the same twelve months. Prices are this project’s own recorded ready-home sales. Off-plan sales are left out because rent is paid on built homes. Rents marked this building are new rent contracts recorded in Laya Heights itself. The rest are homes of the same size in Dubai Studio City, used where Ejari did not name the building.
| Size | Price now, ready homes | Rents for | Yield before costs | Ready sales, 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | AED 650K | AED 48,000/yrthis building · 73 new lets | 7.4% | 14 |
| 1 bed | AED 944.5K | AED 70,000/yrthis building · 80 new lets | 7.4% | 14 |
Why this is lower than yields quoted elsewhere
The usual shortcut divides today’s rent by an average price. In a market that has risen as far as Dubai’s, the average is a historical price. Worked out with the typical price across every sale on record (AED 535K), a studio here reads 9.0% instead of 7.4%. The yield in the table above uses the AED 650K a completed one costs today. Every figure above uses the same twelve months, and completed homes only, on both sides.
What it returns after service charges
We have no recorded budget for this one, so this starts from a placeholder, not a measured figure. The real number is on your service charge invoice, or on RERA’s Service Charge Index. How to check it.
| Size | Charge / year | Rent after it | Yield before costs | Yield after service charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | AED 5,577 | AED 42,423 | 7.4% | 6.5% |
| 1 bed | AED 9,297 | AED 60,703 | 7.4% | 6.4% |
Only the service charge is taken off.
Yield before costs: a year of rent as a share of the price.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · rent contracts Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) contracts · agreed rents, not advertised ones. File dated 10 Oct 2026 · synced 11 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · association budgets Owners' association budgets, as recorded · a budget figure, not a price. File dated 22 Sep 2026 · synced 24 Sep 2026.
Common questions about Laya Heights
How much does a home in Laya Heights cost?
Over the last twelve months, the typical price (the median: half sold for more than this, half for less) of a completed home in Laya Heights was AED 650K for a studio (14 ready sales) and AED 944.5K for a 1-bedroom (14 ready sales). These come from sales recorded by the Dubai Land Department. They are what buyers paid, not asking prices. Only completed homes are counted: off-plan sales are left out, because they sell at a premium and are not the same purchase.
How much is rent in Laya Heights?
The typical rent (the median: half of the rent contracts were above this, half below) in Laya Heights is AED 48,000/yr for a studio (73 new tenancies recorded in Laya Heights itself) and AED 70,000/yr for a 1-bedroom (80 new tenancies recorded in Laya Heights itself). These rents come from the new rent contracts recorded in Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) over the last twelve months. They are what tenants agreed to pay, not advertised asking rents. Ejari names the building on these contracts, so every figure above is a tenancy recorded in Laya Heights itself.
What rental yield does Laya Heights give?
The yield before costs on completed homes in Laya Heights is about 7.4% on a studio and 7.4% on a 1-bedroom. That is a year of rent divided by what completed homes of that size sold for over the same twelve months. Rent and price both come from the same period, which is why these read lower than yields quoted against an all-time average price. Service charges, agency commission and empty periods are not taken off, and in Dubai the service charge alone commonly takes a fifth to a third of the rent.
Is Laya Heights selling off-plan or as resales?
3% of the 35 home sales recorded in Laya Heights in the 12 months to 4 Aug 2026 were off-plan, and the rest were recorded as existing property rather than off-plan. That period ends at this project's own newest recorded home sale rather than today, so a development that finished selling years ago still reports the year it was actually trading.
When did Laya Heights start selling?
The Land Department's register holds 484 home sales in Laya Heights. The earliest was recorded in Nov 2022 and the newest in Aug 2026. That is when a home sale here was first recorded. It is not the same as when the project launched or completed: the register of sales carries no build date, so we do not publish one.
Due diligence
Price vs. Dubai Studio City typical price
-9.2%
Priced at or below the area's typical price. Jul 2026: 5 sales here against 154 in the area.
Developer track record
1,282 recorded sales
Matched to LAYA DEVELOPERS L.L.C, across the 2 companies Keyva groups under that name, Jul 2008 to 7 Oct 2026.
3 completed · 1 off-plan/in progress
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Verification guide →Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · project register The Land Department's project register · the status as the developer recorded it. File dated 15 Jun 2026 · synced 26 Sep 2026. The file date is the date carried on the rows themselves; the sync is when Keyva last loaded that file.
Dubai Land Department · developer register The Land Department's developer register. File dated 1 Oct 2026 · synced 3 Oct 2026.
Handover competition
Low competitionWhen Laya Heights handed over in November 2023, no other project in Dubai Studio City had a handover date on record within six months either side — a reference point for how crowded that period was. The Land Department's projects file of 15 Jun 2026 lists 11 other projects in Dubai Studio City as not yet finished.
Dubai Land Department · project register The Land Department's project register · the status as the developer recorded it. File dated 15 Jun 2026 · synced 26 Sep 2026. The file date is the date carried on the rows themselves; the sync is when Keyva last loaded that file.
What's around this property
Transport, schools, healthcare, and daily essentials within 3 km.
1.8 km
Building Blocks Nursery
511 m
Value Basket
Schools
- Building Blocks Nursery1.8 km
- Safa Community School2.3 km
- Ranches Primary School2.4 km
- Dwight School Dubai2.5 km
Supermarkets
- Value Basket511 m
- Spinneys1.1 km
- Spinneys1.4 km
- VIVA1.4 km
Bus stops
- Studio City, Operation Office 298 m
- Studio City, Operation Office 1113 m
- Arabian Ranches, Saheel Gate 1730 m
- Bus stop1.3 km
Pharmacies
- community pharmacies974 m
- Life Pharmacy1.0 km
- supercare1.0 km
- Boots1.1 km
Malls
- Joud Boulevard East2.2 km
- Joud Boulevard West2.3 km
- Arabian Ranches Community Center2.5 km
Parks
- Knot Garden South531 m
- Knot Garden North698 m
- Dubai Miracle Garden2.2 km
- Dubai Butterfly Garden2.4 km
Mosques
- Al Rahman2.5 km
- Al Madinah Al Mustadama2.7 km
Straight-line distances — actual walking or driving routes will be longer. Measured from the centre of Dubai Studio City — we couldn't pin this project's exact address, so treat these as area-level, not door-to-door. Places data from OpenStreetMap.
Building in this project
Priced from each tower’s own recorded sales, rather than the project’s typical price above.
Dubai Land Department · building register The Land Department's building register. File dated 5 Oct 2026 · synced 5 Oct 2026.
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
Other projects in Dubai Studio City
Each price is the project’s newest month with 5 or more recorded home sales, from Oct 2025 to 7 Oct 2026. Priced projects first, then the most home sales from Nov 2025 to 7 Oct 2026, then A–Z. Where a project has no month with that many, its newest month with any sale is shown instead, with a red (i) and its count.
Azizi Developments L.L.C
Sep 2026 · 38 home sales
Azizi Developments L.L.C
Sep 2026 · 8 home sales
QUBE DEVELOPMENT L.L.C
Jul 2026 · 5 home sales
LAYA DEVELOPERS L.L.C
Jun 2026 · 12 home sales
Alyakka Developers L.L.C
Apr 2026 · 15 home sales
Dubai Land Department · recorded sales Sales on record with the Land Department · typical prices, not estimates. Half of the sales were above a typical price, half below. File dated 8 Oct 2026 · synced 8 Oct 2026.
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Everything above is free and stays free. What this page cannot tell you is what your unit is worth — the typical price here covers every size at once, and a two-bedroom can be 1,062 or 1,558 sqft. Our report matches comparable sales to one unit's size, and adds the three checks that need a person to look things up in the Land Department's own systems on the day: the agent's licence, the project's escrow, and its registered status.