Rental yield calculator

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Please note that we have added a minimum of $8000 estimated annual expenses in this calculation. The expenses for your rental can include:

  • The cost of insuring your rental property
  • The rates for the property
  • Payments to agents who collect rent, maintain your rental, or find tenants for you
  • Fees paid to an accountant for managing accounts, preparing tax returns and advice
  • Repair and maintenance costs
  • Fees for arranging a mortgage to finance the rental property
  • Fees for drawing up a tenancy agreement
  • The cost of getting a valuation required to get a mortgage, but not insurance valuations
  • The costs of taking legal action to recover unpaid rent
  • The costs for evicting a tenant
  • Depreciation on capital expenses
  • Travel expenses for travelling to inspect your property or to do repairs
  • Legal fees involved in buying a rental property, as long as the expense is $10,000 or less.


Frequently asked questions


Understanding your rental yield

Rental yield helps you understand how much rental income a property generates compared with its value. Whether you're assessing a potential investment or reviewing a property you already own, calculating rental yield can make it easier to compare opportunities and understand how your property is performing.


How do you calculate rental yield?

Rental yield is generally calculated by taking the annual rental income, dividing it by the property's value or purchase price, and multiplying the result by 100 to give you a percentage.

Our rental yield calculator does the maths for you, giving you a quick way to assess the potential income-generating performance of a property.


What is a good rental yield in New Zealand?

There's no single rental yield that's right for every property. What represents a good rental yield can vary depending on location, property type, purchase price, demand, expenses and your wider investment strategy.

Yield is therefore best considered alongside factors such as potential capital growth, ongoing costs, vacancy risk and the condition of the property.


What's the difference between rental yield and ROI?

Rental yield focuses primarily on the rental income a property generates relative to its value. Return on investment, or ROI, provides a broader view of investment performance by considering the money invested and other relevant costs.

Looking at both can give you a more complete picture of how an investment property is performing.


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