09 December 2007

Rent Vs. Buy: Temple House

Back in October 2005 you could have bought a 2 bedroom/2 bathroom apartment in Temple House for R1 850 000. Today you can rent one for R9500 a month. Here's the ROI table:













Down PaymentMonthly PaymentCash flowAnnual IncomeROI
R0R23679.96R-14179.96R-170159.50
R185000R21311.96R-11811.96R-141743.55-76.62%
R370000R18943.97R-9443.97R-113327.60-30.63%
R555000R16575.97R-7075.97R-84911.65-15.30%
R740000R14207.98R-4707.98R-56495.70-7.63%
R925000R11839.98R-2339.98R-28079.75-3.04%
R1110000R9471.98R28.02R336.200.03%
R1295000R7103.99R2396.01R28752.152.22%
R1480000R4735.99R4764.01R57168.103.86%
R1665000R2368.00R7132.00R85584.055.14%
R1850000R0.00R9500.00R114000.006.16%


Just over 6% ROI if you pay for the whole thing in cash and over a million needed just to break even on cash flow.

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