18 December 2007

Rent Vs Buy: City Bowl

A 25m^2 bachelor apartment in Kloof Street going for R460 000 and renting for R2200. Usually I would expect a high yield in a bachelor, especially one that small but with that asking price it's going to be mediocre.













Down PaymentMonthly PaymentCash flowAnnual IncomeROI
R0R5887.99R-3687.99R-44255.88
R46000R5299.19R-3099.19R-37190.29-80.85%
R92000R4710.39R-2510.39R-30124.70-32.74%
R138000R4121.59R-1921.59R-23059.11-16.71%
R184000R3532.79R-1332.79R-15993.53-8.69%
R230000R2943.99R-743.99R-8927.94-3.88%
R276000R2355.20R-155.20R-1862.35-0.67%
R322000R1766.40R433.60R5203.241.62%
R368000R1177.60R1022.40R12268.823.33%
R414000R588.80R1611.20R19334.414.67%
R460000R0.00R2200.00R26400.005.74%


You need to put well over 50% downpayment to break even and paying in cash gets you 5.74%. And again this is before rates, maintenance and vacancy.

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