Bayahíbe Rental Yield & Cap Rates
A small, tourism-driven beach village — the only market of the eight where revenue is climbing, not cooling, and the only one where a 3BR clears a double-digit gross yield.
A small, tourism-driven beach village — the only market of the eight where revenue is climbing, not cooling, and the only one where a 3BR clears a double-digit gross yield.
Bayahíbe is the contrarian pick. It is a compact market — roughly 1,200 active listings against Punta Cana’s 6,700 — anchored by boat tourism to Saona and Catalina islands and a genuine village core rather than a resort wall. Small supply and steady demand give it the highest median occupancy of any market we track, around 55%.
Crucially, its trailing-year revenue is up double digits while the surrounding province cools — Bayahíbe is diverging upward from La Altagracia’s oversupply. The 3BR segment is the headline, the only bedroom count across all eight markets to reach a 10% gross yield in Evalúa’s model.
Estimated purchase price, annual short-term-rental revenue, gross yield, and capitalization rate (with and without a CONFOTUR tax exemption) for the 1–3BR segment. Figures are market medians for active listings from Evalúa’s market model.
| Property | Est. Price | Annual Revenue | Gross Yield | Cap Rate | Cap Rate (CONFOTUR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | $147,160 | $13,578 | 9.2% | 5.7% | 6.7% |
| 2 bedroom | $226,400 | $17,627 | 7.8% | 4.7% | 5.7% |
| 3 bedroom | $316,960 | $31,755 | 10.0% | 6.4% | 7.4% |
Read the cap rates as an optimistic ceiling. They are calculated on asking prices, which typically sit above achievable sale prices, and on a modeled operating expense that excludes maintenance and insurance. Your real net return will be lower once full management (usually 15–20% plus a fixed monthly fee), reserves, and vacancy are included. The CONFOTUR column assumes a property certified for the incentive, which waives annual property tax (IPI) and transfer tax.
Market data: Evalúa market model · updated May 2026
| Metric | Bayahíbe (market median) |
|---|---|
| Median nightly rate (ADR) | $91 |
| Median annual occupancy | 55% |
| Median annual revenue | $16,070 |
| Active rental listings | ~1,194 |
Bayahíbe’s edge is scarcity. It sits inside a cooling province but behaves like its own market: limited buildable beach frontage caps supply, tour-boat tourism keeps demand year-round, and the result is high occupancy plus rising revenue — the combination every other eastern market is currently losing. The trade-off is liquidity: it’s a thin market, so resale can take longer.
Seasonality. Occupancy peaks in February (around 65%) and bottoms out in May (around 36%). The annual yield figures above assume full-year operation, so they already absorb that low season — but expect lumpy, front-loaded cash flow.
This is the standout momentum read of the set. While La Altagracia as a whole shows cooling and oversupply, Bayahíbe’s own trailing-twelve-month revenue is up sharply — a submarket pulling in the opposite direction of its province. That divergence is the reason to look here: constrained supply is doing the work that the wider region’s new inventory is undoing.
| Revenue YoY | Nightly rate YoY | Occupancy YoY | Supply YoY | Demand YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| −5% | −6% | +0% | +16% | +5% |
Momentum is measured at the province level (La Altagracia); a single submarket can diverge from its province, as noted above where it applies.
How much a pool or an ocean view lifts the median nightly rate (ADR) and annual revenue in Bayahíbe, per Evalúa’s market model.
| Amenity | ADR premium | Revenue premium |
|---|---|---|
| Pool | +4% | +6% |
| Ocean view | +33% | +30% |
Ocean view adds around a third to nightly rates in Evalua’s Bayahíbe model, and the revenue premium is similar — a meaningful but not extreme lift, consistent with a market where much of the stock already enjoys sea or village-water proximity. Pool premium is modest.
The rental-income calculator opens pre-set to Bayahíbe, with the market’s ADR and occupancy medians loaded. Enter your own purchase price, bedrooms, and financing to see a net-yield projection with management, taxes, and seasonality built in.
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Supply. Bayahíbe has far less buildable beachfront than the Punta Cana–Bávaro corridor, so it hasn’t absorbed the same wave of new condo inventory. Steady island-tour tourism keeps demand up against that constrained supply — the textbook setup for rising occupancy and revenue.
Liquidity and concentration risk. With around 1,200 listings, resale buyers are fewer and the market is more exposed to any single shock (a change in tour-boat operations, a large new development). It rewards a longer hold and buyers comfortable with a thinner exit.
The 10% is a gross figure against asking price. Net of management, maintenance, insurance and vacancy, expect meaningfully less — the cap rates on this page (which already strip out some opex but exclude maintenance and insurance) are the more conservative guide, and even those should be treated as optimistic.
Compare across the peninsula in the Samaná rental-yield guide, review the CONFOTUR tax incentive that lifts the cap rates above, or read the glossary for definitions of gross yield, cap rate, and ADR.
Data reflects Evalúa’s market model (market medians, calibrated May 2026). Basis: asking prices (see asking_to_sale_discount); cap rates use a modeled opex that excludes maintenance/insurance — treat as optimistic. The Dominican Republic has no public sales register, so all figures are derived from active listing and rental-performance data — they are estimates, not guarantees. Rental performance varies by property, management quality, and market conditions. This page is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Verify all figures independently before making any decision.