Five listings that state their rent give 3.8–5.6% gross, not the 6–9% blogs repeat. Rent per square foot, sale price per square foot, and a calculator that nets out vacancy and costs.
Benchmark: SBP policy rate 11.5% (held 14 Sep 2026). Five Bahria Enclave listings that state a rent give 3.8–5.6% gross on asking price.
Short answer: Five Bahria Enclave sale listings on Zameen state a current rent. On their asking prices the gross yield runs from 3.8% to 5.6% (n=5). Median rent per square foot divided by median sale price per square foot gives 4.2% (our arithmetic). Blog claims of "6-9%" cite no leases. At that level, commercial property here is bought for capital growth and use, not for income alone.
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The calculator above does the sum for any shop or plaza you are looking at. It is prefilled with the Sector A 4 Marla plaza: asking 9.5 Crore, stated rent PKR 425,000 a month. This page explains where the inputs come from, what the evidence supports, and what it cannot tell you. Every Zameen figure below is an asking price or asking rent from page one of the search results on 2 October 2026. Asking is not achieved, and the sample is small.
Most sale listings give no rent. Five do. Gross yield here is monthly rent x 12, divided by the asking price.
| Listing | Asking price | Stated rent / month | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sector H, lower-ground shop, 500 sq ft | 95 Lakh | PKR 30,000 | 3.79% |
| Sector A, lower-ground shop, 323 sq ft | 92 Lakh | PKR 40,000 | 5.22% |
| Shop, 200 sq ft | 75 Lakh | PKR 35,000 | 5.60% |
| Sector H, 500 sq ft shop let to a bank (15-year lease) | 2.5 Crore | PKR 80,000 | 3.84% |
| Sector A, 4 Marla plaza, LG+G+3 | 9.5 Crore | PKR 425,000 | 5.37% |
The spread is 3.8% to 5.6%. Two of the five sit near 3.8% and three near 5.2-5.6%, so there is no tidy average to hang a plan on. Treat the range as the honest answer.
Lower-ground units usually let for less per square foot than ground-floor frontage, because passing trade does not see them. That matters when you read the first four rows: a shop priced as if it had ground-floor frontage but let at lower-ground rent will show a thin yield.
The bank-let shop is the only row with a stated lease length, 15 years. A long lease to a bank is a different asset from a shop let month to month: the tenant is stronger and the income is more secure. The price reflects that, and the yield is 3.84%. Security of income and a high yield rarely arrive together.
The plaza row has the highest ticket and a yield of 5.37%. Check what that rent covers (how many floors and tenants) and whether it is a current rent or a hoped-for one.
The wider page-one sample gives the market context.
Median-to-median: PKR 120 x 12 = PKR 1,440 a year per square foot, over PKR 34,130, is 4.2% (our arithmetic). That sits inside the 3.8-5.6% range from the five stated-rent listings, which is reassuring but not proof. The two medians describe different shops. The wide ranges, 67 to 277 on rent and 12,500 to 90,135 on price, show how much frontage, floor and position matter. Your unit is not the median.
Several blogs quote 6-9% for Bahria commercial property. None we found cites a lease, a bank statement or a named listing. A yield needs two numbers, a price actually paid and a rent actually received. Without both it is a marketing line. If a dealer quotes a yield, ask for the lease and the price it was calculated on.
The calculator's headline is gross. Your return is lower after:
A worked example with the prefilled plaza: PKR 425,000 x 12 = PKR 5.1 million a year on 9.5 Crore, which is 5.37% gross. If the building stood empty for two months, rent received would be 10 x 425,000 = PKR 4.25 million, or 4.47% (our arithmetic), before maintenance, tax or the buying costs above. Two empty months alone cost 0.9 percentage points here. Run your own numbers in the calculator before you rely on any single listing.
The State Bank of Pakistan held its policy rate at 11.5% on 14 September 2026. A gross yield of 4-5.5% sits well below that, before any vacancy or tax. On income alone, commercial property here does not compete with the policy rate.
That is not a reason to avoid it, but it is a reason to be clear about why you are buying. People buy commercial in Bahria Enclave for three things: capital growth if the area fills out, their own use (a clinic, an office, a shop), and diversification. If the reason is income, the numbers above say the income is modest. If it is use or growth, the yield is the carrying return while you wait.
A stated rent is only as good as its paperwork. Before you pay, ask for:
The same questions, with the red flags, are in our plaza and shop buying checklist.
The same four things move the sale price, which is why the yield barely changes between a prime and a secondary location: both rent and price rise together.
One practical test: ask what the rent would be if the current tenant left tomorrow. Compare the listing's rent per square foot with the market median of PKR 120 a month. A figure far above it needs an explanation, such as a prime corner or a long lease, and a figure far below it may be a bargain or a weak location.
Buying an income-producing building is one route. Building one is another, with a longer wait and more risk. Bahria Town's own SOP sets the floors and coverage allowed (see the building rules page), and the plaza construction cost page shows what a build costs. Our commercial versus residential plot comparison sets the two against each other, and the commercial plots hub has current sector asking prices. For a city-centre comparison, see the Blue Area guide.
DHA Margalla Enclave is under development and its commercial areas are new, so there are no rents to measure. Commercial plots are allotted by ballot in 100, 133.25, 200 and 500 sq yd sizes. DHA's lump-sum prices, excluding DHA charges and government taxes, work out at roughly PKR 814,506, 900,807, 728,769 and 685,900 per sq yd respectively (our arithmetic). Any yield quoted for Margalla today is a forecast, not an observation. Details are on the Margalla Enclave commercial page.
On 25 September 2026 CDA directed IESCO and SNGPL to provide utility connections only in line with the approved layout plan and sanctioned building plans. A shop without a working electricity and gas connection cannot be let at the rent in a listing. Check the plot against the approved LOP map and read the CDA action page before you rely on any rental figure.
Send the listing, the stated rent and the plot number on WhatsApp, 0300 0399322. We will check the plot against the layout, read the lease with you, and tell you in writing what we think the real yield is and what the drawbacks are.
On five Zameen listings that state a rent, checked on 2 October 2026, gross yield on asking price ran from 3.8% to 5.6%. Median rent per square foot over median sale price per square foot gives 4.2% (our arithmetic). These are asking prices, the sample is small, and net yield is lower after vacancy, maintenance and tax.
Twenty shops for rent on Zameen page one on 2 October 2026 asked PKR 18,000 to 675,000 a month, with a median of PKR 65,000. Per square foot the range was PKR 67 to 277 a month, median PKR 120. Floor, frontage and avenue width explain most of the spread.
On the evidence we found, income alone is modest. A gross yield of about 4-5.5% is well below the State Bank policy rate of 11.5%, held on 14 September 2026. Buyers here are mainly paying for capital growth or their own use. Check the lease, the tenant and the CDA position before relying on any rent.
We could not support them. The 6-9% figures on blogs cite no leases, and none of the five listings with a stated rent reached 6%. Ask any dealer quoting a yield for the signed lease, bank statements showing the rent arriving, and the price the yield was calculated on.
Ask for the signed lease, six months of bank statements, the tenant's length of stay, any rent escalation clause, and the building's approvals. A lease to a bank for 15 years, as in one Sector H listing, is stronger than a monthly tenancy but priced accordingly. Confirm the plot sits inside the approved layout.
Zameen ke 5 listings jin mein kiraya likha tha, un par gross yield 3.8 se 5.6 fisad nikli. Ye asking price par hai, asal kiraya aur net yield kam hogi. Kharidne se pehle lease, bank statement aur tenant dekhein, aur plot ka naqsha CDA ke manzoor shuda layout se milayein.
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