Rental Yield Calculator

Yield is only one side of a buy-to-let decision — the other is how well the property lets, how often it sits empty, and what it needs spending on to stay lettable.

Your yield

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Gross yield — before running costs

Net yield after running costs	—

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A figure from a calculator is a starting point, not a valuation. What a property actually achieves depends on its condition, its address and who wants to live there.

We manage lettings across Woodside Park, Totteridge, Whetstone, Finchley and Mill Hill, and can give you a realistic rent figure for a specific property rather than a rule of thumb.

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Yield FAQs

As a rough rule of thumb, many investors look for a gross yield above 5%, though what counts as "good" depends heavily on the area, property type and your own goals — capital growth versus income. There is no single right answer.

Gross yield is worked out from the purchase price and annual rent only. Net yield deducts running costs — management fees, maintenance, insurance, void periods — for a more realistic picture of what you actually keep.

Letting agent or management fees, landlord insurance, routine maintenance and repairs, service charges and ground rent on a leasehold flat, and an allowance for the property sitting empty between tenancies.