Rental yield calculator for South Africa
See what the rent returns each year, after the costs people tend to forget.
No local legal figures for South Africa
HomeCalc has no data on fees, taxes or lending limits in South Africa. The loan maths and ZAR formatting still work. Every fee starts at 0: enter your own, then check them with your lender or a local adviser.
Results
Net rental yield
3.49%
per year, on price plus buyer costs
South Africa · ZAR
- Gross rental yield
- 4.88%
- Net income per year
- ZAR 33,456.00
The same ZAR 960,000.00 in a deposit at 0% earns ZAR 0.00 a year.
BreakdownNet income: ZAR 33,456.00
- Rent collected
- ZAR 43,056.00
- Property management fee
- ZAR 0.00
- Upkeep reserve
- ZAR 9,600.00
- Tax on rental income
- ZAR 0.00
- Net income
- ZAR 33,456.00
- Buyer costs
- ZAR 0.00
- Price plus buyer costs
- ZAR 960,000.00
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
HomeCalc works out the loan and adds up the fees you enter. It provides no legal figures for South Africa: no fees, taxes or lending limits. It is not financial, legal or tax advice. Before you decide, check every figure with your lender or a licensed adviser in South Africa. This site never stores the numbers you enter; they live only 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
0%
Assumption
Enter it if you pay a manager.
Upkeep reserve
1%
Assumption
The share of the price set aside each year for repairs and replacements.
Deposit rate
0%
AssumptionProvisional
What the same cash would earn each year in a deposit.
Buyer costs
ZAR 0.00
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 incomeZAR 0.00
VAT on rent
0%
No source yet. This is a provisional value.Provisional
The share of the whole year's rent, counted only when the rent passes the threshold.
Personal income tax on rent
0%
No source yet. This is a provisional value.Provisional
The share of the rent above the threshold.
Tax threshold
ZAR 0.00
No source yet. This is a provisional value.Provisional
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 + 0% of the part above ZAR 0.00. If the year's rent does not pass ZAR 0.00, there is no tax.
The link carries only the numbers you entered. The site keeps no copy of them.