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Estimate gross rental yield from monthly rent and property price before operating costs are deducted.
Use this gross rental yield calculator when you want a fast top-line property screen before adding cost detail. The calculator is designed to give a fast answer, but the quality of the answer still depends on accurate inputs and a clear idea of what decision you are trying to support.
- Enter Property Price, Monthly Rent, and Annual Property Costs using the same units you plan to compare or report.
- Read the main gross rental yield first, then use the supporting outputs to understand the trade-offs behind that result.
- Compare your numbers with the worked examples below if you want a quick reasonableness check.
Gross yield gives a quick first-pass property screen, while net yield shows a more realistic picture after recurring operating costs. On this page, the primary output is gross rental yield.
Scenario 1: $1,800 monthly rent on a $265,000 property. Inputs used: propertyPrice: 265000, monthlyRent: 1800, annualCosts: 3200. Example result: 8.15%. Ignoring annual costs for the headline yield view gives 8.15% gross rental yield. Scenario 2: $2,750 monthly rent on a $495,000 property. Inputs used: propertyPrice: 495000, monthlyRent: 2750, annualCosts: 5900. Example result: 6.67%. This rent-to-price relationship produces a gross rental yield of 6.67%.
Core formula: gross yield = annual rent / property price * 100; net yield = (annual rent - annual costs) / property price * 100. The calculator annualizes monthly rent, then compares that income with the property price before and after recurring operating costs.
- Gross yield ignores annual costs, while net yield includes them.
- Financing costs are usually evaluated separately from property operating yield.
Use this calculator when comparing rental properties, screening deals, or checking whether expected rent justifies the purchase price. Related paths for follow-up analysis include rental yield calculator, rental income calculator, property yield calculator, and buy to let calculator.
Most bad outputs come from a few repeated input errors or interpretation mistakes. Use this short checklist before relying on the result.
- Ignoring annual costs and relying only on gross yield.
- Adding financing costs into an operating-yield comparison without a clear reason.
- Using peak or best-case rent instead of a realistic average monthly figure.
