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Determining What Size Mortgage You Can Carry

You may realize that you qualify for a larger mortgage than you initially considered. At this point, you're faced with two scenarios: what you can comfortably afford and what amount you can absolutely financially stretch yourself to in order to buy your dream house. Banks will be more than happy to give you a larger mortgage if you can afford the payments, but you should decide what monthly payment amounts comfortably fit within your budget. You don't want to be saddled with a large mortgage and not be able to afford those cherished trips to Aruba.

Financial institutions have two typical approaches to determine how big a mortgage they're willing to give you. One method involves calculating your Gross Debt Service Ratio. This is calculated as the percentage of gross annual or gross monthly income needed to cover all housing-related costs (including principal and interest payments on your mortgage, property taxes, hydro, water, and heating and half the monthly condo fees, if applicable). It should not be more than approximately 32 percent of your gross annual or gross monthly income. The other method is to calculate your Total Debt Service Ratio. This is calculated as the percentage of gross annual or monthly income required to cover all your housing-related costs plus any other debts (for example, student loan, car, and credit card payments). This should be no more than 40 percent of your gross annual or monthly income.

I am a member of the Verico Mortgage Brokers Network, and the Preferred Lenders I work with include:
 
  • TD Canada Trust
  • Scotia Bank
  • Firstline Mortgages
  • CitiFinancial
  • National Bank
  • Laurentian Bank
  • ING Direct
  • HSBC Bank Canada
  • Abode Mortgage Corporation
  • Bridgewater Bank
  • Concentra Financial
  • First National Financial LLP
  • GE Money Canada
  • Macquarie Financial Ltd
  • Maple Trust
  • MCAP Merix Financial
  • N-Brook
  • Optimum Mortgage
  • Resmor Trust
  • Seniors Money
  • Street Capital
  • VERICO Mortgage


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