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Rental yield and cash flow calculator

See how rent, empty periods and running costs affect an illustrative rental return. Enter your own figures and change the assumptions to explore different scenarios.

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Property and rent

Property value

Monthly rent

Expected empty weeks per year

weeks

Running costs

Management fee including VAT

Management fee charged on

Rent collected uses rent after empty periods; rent scheduled uses the full contracted rent.

Annual repair spend

Other annual costs

Maintenance coordination fee including VAT

Eligible maintenance spend for that fee

The contractor spend the coordination fee is charged on. Enter it separately if contractor VAT matters, so the fee is not counted twice.

Mortgage and one-off costs

Annual mortgage payments

Tenant-find cost this year

Other one-off costs this year

Your illustrative figures

Gross yield—

Estimated annual rent after empty periods—

Annual operating costs—

Illustrative operating yield—

Recurring annual cash flow before tax—

First-year cash flow before tax—

Enter the monthly rent and property value to see all results.

These figures use your assumptions. They are not a valuation, a forecast or tax advice. Mortgage principal repayments affect cash flow but are not the same as an expense for tax purposes. Actual costs and rental income can differ. Operating yield excludes mortgage, tax and one-off setup costs.

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