The licence you need
Every short-let unit in Business Bay must hold a Department of Economy and Tourism holiday-home permit, renewed annually, with each guest registered and tourism dirham collected per night. Alayan Homes handles the full filing for owners.
Building approval
Most Business Bay towers allow licensed holiday homes, but a handful of owners' associations restrict them. We check the building's stance before you commit — that check takes a day and saves months.
Business Bay at a glance
Business Bay is the canal-side business district minutes from Downtown and DIFC. Buying sits at AED 2,100 per sqft — roughly AED 1,638,000 for a standard one-bedroom — while long-term tenants pay about AED 95,000 a year. Hosted as a licensed holiday home, the same unit averages AED 547 a night at 78% occupancy, around AED 155,731 gross. Owners on our managed programme average AED 214,909 — a 38% uplift.
