Rental Yield Calculator
Gross yield sells the listing; net yield pays your bills. Enter the numbers and see both, service charges and management included.
What this property really yields
The advertised yield, then every cost that comes out of it before you bank anything.
Transfer fees, agency and conveyancing, spread over the years you hold it.
Assumes cash. Interest is the largest cost most yield figures leave out.
Where the rent goes
The rent, as advertised
Annual rentAED 105,000
What comes out of it each year
Service charges (1,000 sqft at AED 16/sqft)−AED 16,000
Maintenance and repairs (0.35% of the price a year)−AED 5,250
Vacancy between tenants (1 month empty a year)−AED 8,750
Property management (5% of the rent)−AED 5,250
Total costs−AED 35,250
Gross yield, as advertised
7.0%
the number in the listing
Net yield
4.7%
what you actually keep
You keep, a year
AED 69,750
of AED 105,000 advertised
Every line above is an assumption you can change, and the defaults are typical rather than true of your building: the service charge statement and the tenancy contract beat all of them. Area figures come from registered transactions, trailing twelve months, not from asking prices.
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What counts as a good yield in 2026?
Citywide gross yields run ~5.5% in Dubai and ~5.8% in Abu Dhabi in mid-2026, but affordable apartment districts clear 7–10% gross (International City, Al Furjan, Arjan; Al Reef, Masdar City), while prime waterfront runs 4–5% and compensates through capital growth.
The number that matters is net: gross yield minus service charges (typically AED 10–30/sqft/year on Dubai apartments), management and realistic voids. That’s routinely 1–2 points below the advertised figure, which is why we underwrite every recommendation on registered rents and the building’s actual service-charge schedule, not the brochure.