Rental Yield Calculator

Gross yield is the annual rent as a percentage of the purchase price, before any costs. Net yield takes off vacancy, the service charge and other running costs, and divides by the price plus any one-off purchase costs you enter.

Vacancy reduces the rent you collect: rent collected = annual rent × (1 − vacancy %). For example, 5% vacancy on AED 100,000 of rent leaves AED 95,000. Gross yield uses the full rent.

Service charges for a unit are usually quoted as a rate in AED per square foot per year, so the calculator multiplies that rate by the unit's size. If you already know the yearly total, choose "Total per year" and enter it instead.

Including them shows the return on all the money you put in, not just the price. Enter one-off costs such as the DLD registration fee in "One-off purchase costs" and they are added to the price for net yield. Leave the field at 0 to measure net yield on the price alone.

No. It does not subtract mortgage interest, so the yields are on the full property value. Use the mortgage section of the off-plan payment plan calculator to estimate repayments.