
Stress Test Rate
This is the rate used by the bank when assessing a borrower’s mortgage affordability/DBR. Under UAE Central Bank guidelines, mortgages are stress tested at 2 to 4 percentage points above the applicable interest rate, depending on the interest rate environment.
In practice, the calculation varies between banks. Many banks apply around 2 percentage points on top of the fixed rate, while others use the follow-on rate, their own stress rate, or may also include the life insurance rate in the calculation.
The stress rate is used for the bank’s eligibility calculation and is not necessarily the rate the borrower will actually pay on the mortgage.
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