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Dubai net rental yield calculator

Enter your rent, vacancy allowance and running costs, and see effective rent, operating costs, net income and net yield — not just the headline number everyone quotes.

Your inputs

Use one consistent AED basis across every comparison.

Contracted or scenario rent before vacancy and costs.

Your estimated percentage of annual rent not collected.

Additional inputsAdd only the costs that apply to your case.

Enter the verified annual AED amount.

Applied to rent collected after vacancy.

Your planned AED allowance.

Enter the applicable annual AED cost.

Annualised replacement or setup cost, if relevant.

Any recurring AED cost not listed above.

Your figures are calculated in this browser and are not submitted.

Estimate

Ready for your figures

Enter your own values and calculate. No field is prefilled with a live statutory, lender, developer, or market rate.

How the estimate is calculated

  1. Gross yield equals annual gross rent divided by property value.
  2. Effective rent equals annual rent after the vacancy allowance you enter.
  3. Net yield equals effective rent minus all entered annual costs, divided by property value.

Assumptions

  • Management fees are calculated on rent collected after vacancy.
  • All fixed expenses are annual AED amounts.
  • The property-value basis stays unchanged for gross and net yield.

Limitations

  • The result is not a forecast or guaranteed return and does not model appreciation or sale proceeds.
  • Financing costs, tax treatment, one-off acquisition costs and unentered operating costs are excluded.
  • Actual rent, occupancy, maintenance and management costs can differ materially from a scenario.

Questions about this calculator

What is the difference between gross and net rental yield?

Gross yield divides annual rent by property value before costs. Net yield first subtracts vacancy, service charges, management and every other annual cost entered.

Should the property value include buying costs?

Choose one basis and use it consistently. Total acquisition cost provides a fuller capital basis, while purchase price alone can be useful when comparing with published market figures.

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