A payslip for each person's pay

Your income

Your pay a year Before tax, without super.

Before tax, without super.

Rent a year from homes you own Before costs. Leave out a rental's rent that you enter with its loan.

Before costs. Leave out a rental's rent that you enter with its loan.

A wallet, what you spend each month

What you spend and owe

Living costs a month Food, bills, transport and the rest, without rent or loan repayments. Blank counts as $0.

Food, bills, transport and the rest, without rent or loan repayments. Blank counts as $0.

Credit card limits The total limit on every card, not what is owed.

The total limit on every card, not what is owed.

A house and its loan as a stack of coins beside it

The new loan

Interest rate you were quoted The yearly rate on the new loan, before the buffer.

The yearly rate on the new loan, before the buffer.

The lender's test 3% buffer, 80% of rent, 3.8% of card limits, 30 years
Buffer on every loan Added to each loan's rate for the test. Lenders add at least 3%.

Added to each loan's rate for the test. Lenders add at least 3%.

Share of rent counted APRA expects lenders to take at least 20% off rent, for empty weeks and costs.

APRA expects lenders to take at least 20% off rent, for empty weeks and costs.

Share of card limits counted a month Counted on the whole limit, whatever is owed.

Counted on the whole limit, whatever is owed.

General information only. Not financial, tax, legal or credit advice. The estimate is not a credit assessment, quote or offer.