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UK Rental Yield Calculator
Calculate your gross and net rental yield, then compare your rent with local UK benchmarks.
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Purchase price or current market value
That's £15,600 per year.
Ground rent, service charges, insurance, letting fees, repairs — everything except loan interest
Gross yield
6.24%
Before any expenses
Net yield
5.24%
£13,100 net income/yr
How does your yield compare?
See how your 6.24% Gross yield compares with similar properties nearby.
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Gross vs net yield — what's the difference?
Both are expressed as a percentage of the property's value, but they answer very different questions.
Gross yield
Annual rent ÷ property value × 100
The headline number. It shows the rent a property brings in relative to its price, before a single expense is paid. Gross yield is useful for quickly comparing one property against another, but it flatters the return because it ignores the real cost of holding the property.
Net yield
(Annual rent − running costs) ÷ property value × 100
The honest number. It subtracts the ongoing costs of ownership — letting agent fees, insurance, maintenance, service charges and the like — before dividing by the value. Net yield is much closer to what you actually keep, which is why serious investors lead with it.
Rental Yield Formula
A worked example
A £250,000 property renting at £300 per week earns £15,600 a year, so its gross yield is 6.24%. Take away £2,500 of annual running costs and you keep £13,100 — a net yield of 5.24%. Same property, same rent, but a full percentage point separates the two. That gap is the cost of ownership, and it is exactly what gross yield hides.
A few things yield doesn't include
- Mortgage interest — yield measures the property, not how you financed it.
- Capital growth — the change in the property's value over time is a separate return.
- Tax — Section 24 relief restrictions and your marginal rate both affect what you keep.
- Void periods — most calculations assume the property is let all year.
Akweno tracks all of this for your real portfolio — gross and net yield per property, alongside equity, cash flow and capital growth — updated as you record transactions and valuations. Start free.
Where yield fits in your next move
Yield is one number in a bigger decision. Depending on where you are in owning (or not yet owning) this property, a different calculator answers the question you actually have.
Once you own it
You hold the property and want the fuller picture.
Planning ahead
You're thinking beyond this year's income.
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