Mina Al Arab is a RAK Properties masterplan in Ras Al Khaimah. Hayat Island is an island within it, alongside neighbouring Raha Island. It suits buyers seeking a ready home or rental property with beach access and hotels in the community. It contains both completed and still-selling projects; developer sales labels do not establish whether individual homes are ready.
Hayat Island sits inside the Mina Al Arab masterplan by RAK Properties. Adjacent Raha Island belongs to the same masterplan, rather than a separate community. RAK Properties’ official property roster, fetched 14 September 2026, lists residential projects on both islands.
The developer’s Cape Hayat page, fetched 14 September 2026, lists beach access, a swimming pool, gym and ground-level retail. It describes studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments and four penthouses. No completion date is stated on that page. These are the project’s listed amenities, not evidence that every facility is ready to use today.
RAK Properties’ Hospitality page, fetched 14 September 2026, lists Anantara Ras Al Khaimah Resort, InterContinental Ras Al Khaimah Resort & Spa and Jannah Hotel Ras Al Khaimah as operating in Mina Al Arab. Nikki Beach Resort & Spa in Mina Al Arab and Staybridge Suites Mina Al Arab on Hayat Island are labelled “Coming Soon”, without dates. They should not be counted as operating hotels.
These labels come from RAK Properties’ “Our Properties” roster, fetched 14 September 2026. The developer’s page shows no publication date.
| Project | Island | Developer label as of 14 Sep 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Hayat | Hayat | For Sale |
| Quattro Del Mar | Hayat | For Sale |
| Beach House | Hayat | For Sale |
| Enta Mina | Hayat | For Sale |
| Marbella II Villas | Hayat | Sold Out |
| Porto Playa | Hayat | Sold Out |
| Bayviews | Hayat | Sold Out |
| Bay Residences | Hayat | Sold Out |
| Gateway II Residences | Hayat | Sold Out |
| Marbella I Villas | Hayat | Completed |
| Mirasol | Raha | For Sale |
| Mirasol II | Raha | For Sale |
| Skai | Raha | For Sale |
| Edge | Raha | Sold Out |
| Gateway I Residences | Raha | Completed |
| Bermuda Villas | Raha | Completed |
There is a stale label on the developer’s site. RAK Properties’ Bay Residences project page, also fetched 14 September 2026, still says “Under development” and “Q4 - 2025”, while the roster says “Sold Out”. Our two Bay Residences units are complete and ready. The stale project-page label does not describe the condition of those homes.
Bay Views is handed over and ready now. Our floor 9 allocation is available now, despite the developer roster’s sold-out label.
| Measure and source | Price |
|---|---|
| Mina Al Arab apartment average per sqft — Bayut, 2025 | AED 1,171 |
| One-bedroom average sale price — Bayut, 2025 | AED 1,245,000 |
| Two-bedroom average sale price — Bayut, 2025 | AED 1,938,000 |
| Three-bedroom average sale price — Bayut, 2025 | AED 2,954,000 |
| Median listed sale price — Property Finder | AED 1.81M |
The Bayut figures are from its Ras Al Khaimah Annual Market Report 2025, published 21 January 2026, covering calendar year 2025. The Property Finder figure is from its Mina Al Arab area insights, fetched 14 September 2026. That page gives no data date. Its median is a listing measure, not a completed-sales measure.
Our Bay Views one-beds start at approximately AED 1,452/sqft, above the Bayut area average. The relevant differences are ready status, floor 9 and an unobstructed sea view. A V-shaped building sits in front, but the sea view is unobstructed from floor 5 upwards. The lobby is also on floor 9, a layout detail to assess at a viewing. These specifics explain the comparison; they do not make the asking price a discount.
Bayut’s Ras Al Khaimah Annual Market Report 2025, published 21 January 2026, gives Mina Al Arab average annual rents of AED 30,000 for studios, AED 60,000 for one-beds and AED 93,000 for two-beds. These are calendar-year 2025 averages, not current quotations for a particular apartment.
Bayut’s Hayat Island rental listings page, fetched 14 September 2026, showed individual one-bedroom asking rents of AED 45,000–70,000 a year and two-bedroom asking rents of AED 85,000–110,000. These are asking prices on listings, not a published average or confirmation of agreed rents.
For Bay Views, we use AED 65,000–70,000 a year for a one-bed and AED 110,000 for a two-bed. The one-bedroom range gives about 5.4%–5.8% gross on AED 1.2M. The service charge of approximately AED 12/sqft a year reduces that return before other costs. The higher rental yields quoted for RAK elsewhere are not what this building does.
Every facility, location and journey time in this table is attributed to Bayut’s Mina Al Arab area guide, fetched 14 September 2026.
| Facility or location | Bayut guide detail |
|---|---|
| Chubby Cheeks Nursery, Little Treasure Nursery, KidZone Nursery | Named nurseries |
| Al Jazeera Al Hamra Boys’ School | 5 minutes south |
| American Medical Centre | Inside Mina Al Arab |
| Al Jazeera Medical Clinic | 10–15 minutes away |
| Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital | 10–15 minutes away |
| Al Jazirah Al Hamra | 8 minutes away |
Bayut’s Mina Al Arab area guide, fetched 14 September 2026, names Sheikh Mohammed Bin Salem Road (E11) and places RAK International Airport 30 minutes away. The Wynn resort on Al Marjan Island is a 12–15 minute drive from Hayat Island by our own measurement. It opens in 2027 and is not open today. A drive time to Dubai is not published in a source we have verified, so we do not quote one. For wider context, read why we invest in Ras Al Khaimah.
Our Bay Views allocation comprises 12 residences on floor 9: 3 studios, 6 one-beds and 3 two-beds. One-beds start at AED 1,200,000 for approximately 826 sqft. Studio and two-bedroom prices are on request. The full floor is available as one lot for AED 18,000,000, approximately AED 1,923/sqft. The building is handed over and ready now.
At Bay Residences, Building 3, units 1001 and 1101 are one-bedroom Type 1 homes. Each measures 828 sqft and is priced at AED 1,191,000. Both are complete and ready in the same Mina Al Arab community.
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Hayat Island is an island inside the Mina Al Arab masterplan by RAK Properties, on the coast of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. Raha Island sits alongside it in the same masterplan. The community has beach access, a swimming pool, a gym, ground-level retail and hotels, and is reached from Sheikh Mohammed Bin Salem Road (E11).
Both, depending on the project. On RAK Properties' own roster fetched on 14 September 2026, Bayviews, Bay Residences, Gateway II Residences, Marbella II Villas and Porto Playa are marked Sold Out, Marbella I Villas is marked Completed, and Cape Hayat, Quattro Del Mar, Beach House and Enta Mina are marked For Sale. A sales label is not a construction status, so we check each building rather than the label.
Bayut's Ras Al Khaimah Annual Market Report 2025, published on 21 January 2026 and covering calendar year 2025, puts the average at AED 1,171 per square foot in Mina Al Arab, up 4.61% year on year, with an average one-bedroom sale price of AED 1,245,000. Property Finder's Mina Al Arab area insights page, fetched 14 September 2026, shows a median listed sale price of AED 1.81M across 2,808 listings. Our own floor 9 stock at Bay Views is above the area average at about AED 1,452 per square foot, and we explain why on the page.
Bayut's 2025 report gives an average one-bedroom rent of AED 60,000 a year in Mina Al Arab, up 39.41% year on year. Asking rents visible on individual Bayut listings for Hayat Island on 14 September 2026 ran from AED 45,000 to AED 70,000 for one-bedrooms and AED 85,000 to AED 110,000 for two-bedrooms. Our own Bay Views one-bedrooms let at AED 65,000 to AED 70,000, about 5.4% to 5.8% gross on AED 1.2M before the service charge of roughly AED 12 per square foot.
RAK Properties' hospitality page, fetched 14 September 2026, lists Anantara Ras Al Khaimah Resort, InterContinental Ras Al Khaimah Resort & Spa and Jannah Hotel Ras Al Khaimah as operating in Mina Al Arab. Nikki Beach Resort & Spa in Mina Al Arab and Staybridge Suites Mina Al Arab on Hayat Island are listed as coming soon, with no opening date given.
Bayut's Mina Al Arab area guide, fetched 14 September 2026, names Chubby Cheeks Nursery, Little Treasure Nursery and KidZone Nursery, and Al Jazeera Al Hamra Boys' School about five minutes south. For medical care it names the American Medical Centre inside Mina Al Arab, with Al Jazeera Medical Clinic and Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital both 10 to 15 minutes away.
Bayut's area guide puts RAK International Airport about 30 minutes away and Al Jazirah Al Hamra about eight minutes away, with access via Sheikh Mohammed Bin Salem Road (E11). Al Marjan Island, where Wynn Al Marjan Island is being built for a 2027 opening, is a 12 to 15 minute drive by our own measurement. We have not verified a published drive time to Dubai, so we do not quote one.
Twelve residences on floor 9 of Bay Views, which is handed over: three studios, six one-bedrooms from AED 1,200,000 and three two-bedrooms, or the whole floor as one lot at AED 18,000,000. Plus two ready one-bedroom apartments at Bay Residences, Building 3, units 1001 and 1101, each 828 square feet at AED 1,191,000.