Total Debt Servicing Ratio ( TDSR ) is a debt servicing measure that Bank/Financial Institution used to determine if the potential borrower is overly geared with debts.
How to compute TDSR?
Based on the newest measure, TDSR should not be more than 60%
Monthly Total Debt Obligations
_________________________ < 60%
Gross Monthly Income
Monthly Total Debt Obligation consist of:
1) Existing Housing Loan Installment
2) Car loan Installment
3) Personal Loan Installment
4) Overdraft Loan Repayment
5) Credit card etc
How to determine monthly income based if I were to pledge my cash with the bank for 48months?
Deposit Amount X 70%
___________________ = Monthly Income
48 months
Example:
Mr Tan ,aged 34 , has $500k in a Local bank but he is not working
Gross monthly income will be compute as:
$500,000 X 70%
______________ = $7291.66/mth
48 months
Based on TDSR, Mr Tan's commitment should not be more than:
$7291.66 X 60% = $4,374.99
Car Loan: $850/mth
Mr Tan will only be left with $3,524.99
Stress Test
Newly Purchase Monthly Installment will be computed based on a standard rate of 3.5% (Introduce by MAS) for residential property to access customer debt repayment ability
Although Mr Tan might be paying only $2,700 +per month , across the banking industry, Bank will use $3,520.51 to calculate on Mr Tan's debt repayment ability.
*Do take note that there are some bank which take into consideration of credit card minimum payment as a commitment. The above example is compute purely based on his car loan.
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