29 January 2008

Rent Vs. Buy: University Estate

Here's a house in University Estate that is for sale for R1 195 000 or the owner is willing to rent it out for R4 800 a month. If you were to buy at the asking price and could get the going rent what kind of ROI can you expect?












Down PaymentMonthly PaymentCash flowAnnual IncomeROI
R0R15295.97R-10495.97R-125951.68
R119500R13766.38R-8966.38R-107596.51-90.04%
R239000R12236.78R-7436.78R-89241.34-37.34%
R358500R10707.18R-5907.18R-70886.18-19.77%
R478000R9177.58R-4377.58R-52531.01-10.99%
R597500R7647.99R-2847.99R-34175.84-5.72%
R717000R6118.39R-1318.39R-15820.67-2.21%
R836500R4588.79R211.21R2534.500.30%
R956000R3059.19R1740.81R20889.662.19%
R1075500R1529.60R3270.40R39244.833.65%
R1195000R0.00R4800.00R57600.004.82%

4.82% return if you pay in cash and a 70% downpayment required just to break even. And that's before you deduct maintenance, rates and vacancy costs.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I thought it was bad in Ireland(which it is by the way). But this is jaw droppingly loopy.

Anonymous said...

Funny you should mention Ireland because Cape Town was invaded when the bubble began by developers throwing up "investment" apartment blocks with horrible rental yields. I guess they know a pliable market.

Anonymous said...

Invaded by Irish developers that is...