noun phrase · academic

rental yield

UK/ˈrɛnt(ə)l jiːld/US/ˈrɛn(t)əl jild/REN·tal YIELD

Band 7+speakingtask2

The annual return from renting a property, usually expressed as a percentage of the property's value.

Examples

Investors compare rental yield across neighbourhoods before buying.

The gross rental yield doesn't account for maintenance and taxes.

Despite high capital growth, the city's rental yields remain low.

Band 8 sentence

Even in markets with strong capital appreciation, prudent investors still check the rental yield before committing funds.

Collocations

  • gross rental yield
  • net rental yield
  • rental yield on a property

Word family

rent verb / nounrental adjective / nounyield noun / verb

Common mistakes

rental incomerental yield

yield of rentrental yield

Say it for a higher band

5rent income6rental return7+rental yield

Synonyms

rental return

Easily confused

rate of return

Investors compare rental yield with the overall rate of return before buying property.

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