30 March 2008

Rent Vs Buy: Plumstead - The Low End Produces Low Yields

This 55m^2 2 bedroomed flat in Plumstead is on sale for R650 000 and is currently tenanted till the end of the year for R3600 a month. The difference between the rent and the bond payments if you took out a 100% bond is only 1.33 times the rent which is one of the better numbers we've seen and I would expect that for a property on the low end. Here are the payments and return on investments in graphical and tabular form:


































































































Down PaymentMonthly PaymentCash FlowAnnual IncomeROICap. Appr. Required
R0R8319.99R-4719.99R-56639.83
8.71%
R65000R7487.99R-3887.99R-46655.84-71.78%7.18%
R130000R6655.99R-3055.99R-36671.86-28.21%5.64%
R195000R5823.99R-2223.99R-26687.88-13.69%4.11%
R260000R4991.99R-1391.99R-16703.90-6.42%2.57%
R325000R4159.99R-559.99R-6719.91-2.07%1.03%
R390000R3327.99R272.01R3264.070.84%-0.50%
R455000R2496.00R1104.00R13248.052.91%-2.04%
R520000R1664.00R1936.00R23232.034.47%-3.57%
R585000R832.00R2768.00R33216.025.68%-5.11%
R650000R0.00R3600.00R43200.006.65%-6.65%


So a sub 7% return on investment before maintenance, rates, levies and vacancy are taken into account. There's a 60% downpayment required to break even on cashflow and even with a 50% dowpayment a 1% increase in capital appreciation is required to not lose any money.

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