Find deals worth investigating.

Find deals worth investigating.

YieldDNA analyses South African property listings, rental evidence and sale comparables to surface opportunities with strong yield potential.

YieldDNA analyses listings, rental evidence and sale comparables to surface stronger property opportunities.

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2,882Listings Analysed
101Opportunities Available
12.4%Median Net Yield
R2.1B+Property Value Analysed
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Sample Analysis

A deal signal, not another listing.

Strong Opportunity 89

Randburg

Price
R695 000
Net Yield
9.8%
Confidence
High
Verdict
Worth investigating
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How YieldDNA works.

We scan listings.

Estimate rent and value.

Rank opportunities.

You investigate.

Opportunity Categories

Buy-to-Let Deals— dealsListed residential properties ranked by YieldDNA Score, underwritten net yield, pricing discipline and rental evidence. Sheriff Auctions— dealsCourt-driven opportunities screened for auction timing, reserve status, location certainty, execution risk and max-bid discipline. High Yield— dealsOpportunities with stronger underwritten yield after conservative costs, vacancy, maintenance and rental assumptions.

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  • Full ranked buy-to-let universe
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◇Evidence-Based Analysis

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Buy-to-Let Opportunities

Ranked investment opportunities based on yield, rent evidence and risk.

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How YieldDNA Works

Investor-grade property intelligence for the South African market.

YieldDNA underwrites SA residential listings against rental evidence and operating costs, then surfaces only the deals worth investigating. The focus is on underwriting deals — not showcasing properties.

Investment Philosophy

Built around one principle.

Strong property investing is driven by disciplined underwriting, conservative assumptions, and pricing discipline — not speculation.

Sustainable income

Deals are evaluated on what they produce today — not projected rent growth or capital appreciation.

Conservative assumptions

Costs, vacancies, and rental estimates are deliberately conservative. We prefer exclusion over optimism.

Margin of safety

The engine is biased toward rejection. Most deals are filtered out. Only high-conviction candidates surface.

Pipeline Architecture

From listing universe to ranked shortlist.

5-stage engine

  1. Market Discovery

    Continuous analysis of residential listings across selected investment nodes — apartments, sectional title, high-liquidity urban markets with repeatable buy-to-let economics.

  2. Deal Filtering

    Property type, pricing range, location quality, and rental suitability filters remove the bulk of listings before deeper underwriting begins. The goal is focus, not volume.

  3. Rental Benchmarking

    Rental evidence is aggregated and normalised using comparables, unit characteristics, size adjustments, and confidence weighting. Optimistic asking rents are discarded in favour of defensible long-term baselines.

  4. Underwriting & Risk Adjustment

    Cap rate, breakeven pricing, and 10Y return are computed under conservative assumptions — levies, rates, vacancy, and maintenance included. The objective is a realistic, repeatable outcome, not the highest theoretical return.

  5. Ranking & Opportunity Scoring

    Deals are ranked by underwritten yield, pricing attractiveness, rental confidence, and evidence quality. Higher-ranked deals combine stronger cashflow, better pricing relative to income, and more defensible economics.

Financial Model

Conservative assumptions, applied consistently.

The model reduces each deal to its essentials. Underwritten Net Yield reflects net operating income after vacancy, maintenance, levies, and rates. Equity build reflects principal repaid through standard bond amortisation. No assumptions are made about rent growth or future price appreciation.

Formula 10Y Return = Underwritten Net Yield + Equity Build
Cap rate floor 6.5%
10Y return target 12%
Default LTV 80%
Vacancy assumption 8.33%

Understanding the Metrics

What each number means.

Gross Yield

Annual rent divided by asking price, before costs.

Underwritten Net Yield

Net operating income divided by asking price, after estimated levies, rates and operating costs, before financing.

10Y Return

Estimated long-term return including underwritten income yield and equity build-up assumptions (incl. financing).

Opportunity Score

YieldDNA’s 0–100 investment attractiveness score, based on underwritten returns, price gap, rental evidence and risk controls.

Rental Confidence

How strong the rental evidence is behind the rent estimate.

Breakeven Price

The price at which the deal meets YieldDNA’s underwriting thresholds. Helps identify overpriced listings and negotiation opportunities.

Verdict Framework

How deals are classified.

Strong Economics and evidence clear. Investigate now.
Promising Attractive signals, but price or evidence still needs checking.
Monitor Not viable at current price. Watch for reductions.
Pass No scenario makes this work. Pass.

Why trust these numbers?

What's behind the rent estimate.

Every rent estimate is built from comparable rental listings in the same suburb and property category — not the landlord's asking rent, not an agent's projection, not a national average. Here's how:

1
Rental comps are collected

Active rental listings in the same suburb and property type (apartment, sectional title, house) are gathered. Outliers are removed.

2
Size and type adjustments

Comps are filtered to match the target unit's bedroom count and size band. A 1-bed apartment in Rosebank isn't benchmarked against a 3-bed house.

3
Conservative percentile is applied

The estimate uses P30–P40 of the comparable range — not the median, not the mean. This deliberately anchors the estimate toward the lower end of achievable rents.

4
Confidence is scored

If fewer than 6 comps are available, or the size match is imprecise, or the distribution is wide, confidence is marked Low or Medium. A deal can only achieve High confidence with strong, consistent evidence.

5
Weak evidence suppresses the deal

If rental evidence doesn't meet the publication threshold, the deal is withheld or clearly flagged. We don't publish uncertain rent estimates as if they were reliable.

Why estimates differ between deals

Rental confidence is suburb-specific. A dense rental market like Sea Point will have 20+ comps. A less liquid suburb may have 3. That difference is reflected in the confidence label and in the score — a deal with weak rental evidence scores lower, regardless of the headline yield.

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