Monday, March 1, 2010

What are good housing indicators?

Rental yield :

3% = do not buy
6% = borderline
9% = ok to buy

House Price to Income Ratio:

11x = do not buy
8x = borderline
5x = buy

Is you area full of speculations? What was the price 1997 and add 3.5% of annual inflation. What do you get?

1 comment:

  1. Indonesian housing prices must be crazy, then!

    Average price for minimal standard in Yogya is 25 times yearly salary for lowest type of housing estate divided by minimum wage - which is what most people earn if employed and not self-employed.

    Rental yield is certainly less than 5% which is not understandable since it is a major hassle to buy property here - paperwork and actually insuring that the housing & land titles are actually legitimate!

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