Rental yield calculator

Rental yield is the rent a home earns in a year as a share of its price. Gross yield uses the rent alone; net yield takes off the costs of owning and letting it.

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The property

Property tax, maintenance fees, repairs, insurance and agent fees for finding tenants, spread over the months.

Result

Worked example

Net yield

2.87%

Gross yield 3.47%, on $5,200 a month

Rent a year$62,400
Less costs a year-$10,800
Net rent a year$51,600
Gross yield3.47%
Net yield2.87%
  • Both yields are before the cost of the loan and before income tax. What you earn on your own money depends on your loan and downpayment.

A planning aid, not advice. It uses the rules shown below and the figures you enter. Banks, IRAS and CPF Board decide the actual figures for your case.

The rules behind the numbers

Each table shows where the rule comes from and when we last checked it against that source. Rules change: check the source before you commit.

How the yields are worked out

Rental yield
RuleFigure used
Gross yieldRent for a year, divided by the price
Net yieldRent less costs for a year, divided by the price
  • Standard formulas, worked out here. Not a rule.

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