28 March 2008

Rent Vs Buy: Strandfontein - Where? How Much?

I have no idea where Strandfontein is, what I do know is that this 6 bed(!) house has a terrible rent/price ratio. It's on sale for R1 499 000 and has a 'potential rental income' of R6 000 a month. If you took out a 100% bond the difference between the rent and the bond payments is more than double the rental itself.












Down PaymentMonthly PaymentCash FlowAnnual IncomeROICap. Appr. Required
R0R19187.17R-13187.17R-158246.00
10.56%
R149900R17268.45R-11268.45R-135221.40-90.21%9.02%
R299800R15349.73R-9349.73R-112196.80-37.42%7.48%
R449700R13431.02R-7431.02R-89172.20-19.83%5.95%
R599600R11512.30R-5512.30R-66147.60-11.03%4.41%
R749500R9593.58R-3593.58R-43123.00-5.75%2.88%
R899400R7674.87R-1674.87R-20098.40-2.23%1.34%
R1049300R5756.15R243.85R2926.200.28%-0.20%
R1199200R3837.43R2162.57R25950.802.16%-1.73%
R1349100R1918.72R4081.28R48975.403.63%-3.27%
R1499000R0.00R6000.00R72000.004.80%-4.80%

A sub 5% yield if you pay in cash and that's excluding rates, levies, maintenance and vacancy. You'll break even on cashflow with 70% downpayment and with a 50% downpayment you still require nearly 3% in capital appreciation to not lose any money.

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