Total Debt Servicing Ratio (TSDR) & Mortgage Servicing Ratio (MSR)

These two terms refer to the portion of a borrower’s gross income that goes towards repaying all property loans, including the current loan application. 

Mortgage Servicing Ratio (MSR)

MSR is capped at 30% of a borrower’s gross monthly income and will apply only to housing loan for the purchase of an HDB flat or an Executive Condominium brought directly from a developer. 

A reference example, for a person whose gross monthly salary, is $10,000.  

If he is taking a loan to buy an HDB flat or EC, the computation with the assumption that he/she does not have other loans/financial commitments will be as follows:

$10000 * 30% = $3000, and this will be the monthly amount that he/she can use from his monthly salary to pay for the mortgage.

In turn, this amount would be used as a reference to calculate the total amount of loan that he/she will be eligible to loan.

Total Debt Servicing Ratio (TDSR)

TDSR is capped at 60% of a borrower’s gross monthly income and will apply to other private residential properties.

A reference example is shown, for a person whose gross salary is $10,000.

If he is taking a loan to buy a private residential property, the computation with the assumption that he/she does not have other loans/financial commitments will be as follows:

$10000 * 60% = $6,000, and this will be the monthly amount that he can use from his monthly salary to pay for the mortgage.

In turn, this amount would be used as a reference to calculate the total amount of loan that he/she will be eligible to loan.

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