Training Session · Beginner · 10–12 min+45 Mortgage Fitness Unlocks: Yield Explorer badge

Understanding Rental Yield

Learn how property investors compare properties using rental income.

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Not every expensive property makes the best investment.

Professional investors compare properties differently. One of the most common measurements they use is rental yield — a simple way to estimate how much rental income a property generates compared with its purchase price.

Understand gross vs net yield

Compare properties with live figures

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