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Rental yield

See what the rent returns each year, after the costs people tend to forget.

Figures follow Japanese law and Tokyo's rules, with every source cited and dated.

The home and the rent
¥
The price you plan to pay.
¥
What the tenant pays each month.
Transaction type

Buying a home someone has already owned. Each side usually has a broker, and the building's registration is a transfer of ownership.

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Net rental yield

1.02%

per year, on price plus buyer costs

Japan · Tokyo (23 wards) · JPY

Gross rental yield
3.60%
Net income per year
¥525,640

The same ¥51,726,000 in a deposit at 0.3% earns ¥155,178 a year.

BreakdownNet income: ¥525,640
Rent collected
¥1,656,000
Property management fee
¥82,800
Upkeep reserve
¥500,000
Tax on rental income
¥547,560
VAT
¥0
Personal income tax
¥547,560
Net income
¥525,640
Buyer costs
¥1,726,000
Price plus buyer costs
¥51,726,000

Net yield is the year's rent collected, minus the property management fee, upkeep and tax, divided by price plus buyer costs. Gross yield is the year's rent divided by price.

Note

Every figure on this page is an estimate based on the values you entered and on defaults from Japanese national law, Tokyo's rules and common market practice, each as of the date shown next to it. This is not financial, legal or tax advice. The real amounts come from the tax notices, the judicial scrivener's (司法書士) bill and your lender's offer when you buy; check them before you sign. The site does not store the numbers you enter; they stay in the page address.

Assumptions you can change

  • Vacancy rate

    8%

    Assumption

    The share of the year the home has no tenant.

  • Property management fee

    5%

    Assumption

    The share of collected rent you pay someone to manage the home.

  • Upkeep reserve

    1%

    Assumption

    The share of the price set aside each year for repairs and replacements.

  • Deposit rate

    0.3%

    Assumption

    What the same cash would earn each year in a deposit.

  • Buyer costs

    ¥1,726,000

    From the home-buying costs tool

    The taxes and fees the buyer pays on the purchase, from the home-buying costs tool.

Tax assumptionsTax on rental income¥547,560
  • VAT on rent

    0%

    Source: 消費税法

    The share of the whole year's rent, counted only when the rent passes the threshold.

  • Personal income tax on rent

    30.42%

    Source: market convention

    The share of the rent above the threshold.

  • Tax threshold

    ¥0

    Source: market convention

    If the year's rent does not pass this amount, neither tax is due.

Tax counted: the year's rent passes the threshold.

Tax = 0% of the whole year's rent + 30.42% of the part above ¥0. If the year's rent does not pass ¥0, there is no tax.

This tool assumes the owner is a resident individual. A non-resident owner is taxed differently and is not modelled here.

The link carries only the numbers you entered. The site keeps no copy of them.

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