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Debt payments as a share of income

The number banks check before any financing.

The formulaPayment ratio % = total monthly repayments ÷ monthly income × 100

Example

Income 1,000 rials; repayments: car 180 and card 100:

Repayments180 + 100 = 280
Ratio280 ÷ 1,000 × 100
Payment ratio= 28%

Banks cap this ratio — check the limit your bank applies. But being under the cap doesn't make a payment comfortable: every rial of repayment is a rial not saved.

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