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Investment deal analyser

An institutional-style model of a single residential purchase. Every figure below is derived from the inputs on the left — no hidden assumptions, no score. National median house: $1,004,000.

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Purchase

Loan

Income and costs

Assumptions

Acquisition

What it takes to complete the purchase

Deposit
$180,000
Transfer duty
$49,070
Other costs
$5,400
Cash required
$234,470
Loan amount
$720,000
LVR
80.0%
Monthly repayment
$4,363
Annual interest
$43,920

Transfer duty is an estimate using standard residential scales and excludes concessions, foreign buyer surcharges and land tax.

Operating position

First full year, at today's rent and rate

Gross annual rent$37,596
Rent after vacancy$36,150
Operating expenses−$8,586
Net operating income$27,564
Loan repayments−$52,358
Gross yield4.18%
Net yield3.06%
Break-even rent$1,219/wk
Cash-on-cash return-10.57%
Annual cash flow$-24,794 ($-477/wk)

Scenarios

Bear, Base and Bull over one to ten years

Bear

Growth 1% · Rent 1% · Rate 7.1%

YearValueLoanEquityCash flowNet position
1$909,000$712,826$196,174$-30,499$-68,795
3$927,271$696,861$230,410$-30,258$-95,194
5$945,909$678,467$267,442$-30,030$-118,334
10$994,160$619,295$374,865$-29,529$-159,515

Base

Growth 4% · Rent 3% · Rate 6.1%

YearValueLoanEquityCash flowNet position
1$936,000$711,322$224,678$-24,794$-34,586
3$1,012,378$692,299$320,079$-23,180$13,638
5$1,094,988$670,814$424,174$-21,479$73,914
10$1,332,220$604,139$728,081$-16,821$284,163

Bull

Growth 6% · Rent 4.5% · Rate 5.35%

YearValueLoanEquityCash flowNet position
1$954,000$710,031$243,969$-20,683$-11,184
3$1,071,914$688,423$383,491$-18,021$90,936
5$1,204,403$664,381$540,022$-15,122$215,743
10$1,611,763$591,746$1,020,017$-6,696$644,695

Net position is equity plus cumulative cash flow, less the cash required at settlement. Projections are arithmetic consequences of the assumptions above, not forecasts or advice.