06/21/2021
✍🏼When a lender is doing calculations, they will use the Gross Debt Service Ratio and the Total Debt Service ratio. Lenders will use these calculations to figure out the total percentage of annual earnings you can efficiently use to pay off any outstanding debts you have. They also use it for calculating if you’ll be able to qualify for loans you might be interested in applying for.
GDS and TDS calculations are fairly straightforward and easy to do for yourself, and they are very useful in managing your finances.
❓What Are The Calculations?
Many lenders will use a GDS and TDS calculator when they are doing calculations for a GDS mortgage and other large purchases.
➕To calculate the GDS in Canada, you’ll use the following formula:
Yearly mortgage payments + property taxes + heat / gross family income.
➕To calculate a TDS mortgage, you’ll use the following formula:
Yearly mortgage payments + property taxes + heat + outstanding debts / gross family income.
💲The majority of lenders typically let the GDS and TDS ratio reach between 39% to 44%. If you’ve had issues with credit in the past, then the ratios for each of them will be lower.
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