FOIR: how much EMI your income supports

The fixed obligations to income ratio — total EMIs divided by net monthly income. Lenders use it to decide how much they will lend. It is the difference between a loan being approved and being declined, and between a household being comfortable and being stretched.

What it means

The fixed obligations to income ratio — total EMIs divided by net monthly income. Lenders use it to decide how much they will lend.

Why it matters to a household

It is the difference between a loan being approved and being declined, and between a household being comfortable and being stretched.

Where it trips people up

Treating the lender's ceiling as a target. Banks will go to roughly 50%; households that stay comfortable through job changes and emergencies usually stop nearer 40%.

In an Indian household

Existing EMIs count, including ones on a spouse's loan if they are a co-borrower. Credit card minimum dues can count too, depending on the lender.

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FOIR: how much EMI your income supports

The fixed obligations to income ratio — total EMIs divided by net monthly income. Lenders use it to decide how much they will lend.

Why does it matter?

It is the difference between a loan being approved and being declined, and between a household being comfortable and being stretched.

What do people usually get wrong?

Treating the lender's ceiling as a target. Banks will go to roughly 50%; households that stay comfortable through job changes and emergencies usually stop nearer 40%.

Is there anything India-specific?

Existing EMIs count, including ones on a spouse's loan if they are a co-borrower. Credit card minimum dues can count too, depending on the lender.

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