DTI restrictions will be introduced, and LVRs eased from July 1st.
After a consultation process conducted by the Reserve Bank ( RBNZ ) it has this week been announced that DTI’s will be introduced and LVR’s to be eased from 1st July
In a nutshell this takes your annual gross household income from all sources and times it by 6 for residential owner occupied or 7 for residential investment less any other lending in place to give you a maximum amount of debt compared to gross income. So for example –
For every $100k of gross household income you can have $600k of lending for residential owner occupied purposes so if you had for example a $20,000 car loan and a $5,000 credit card limit you could have a $575k mortgage on an owner occupied home giving you a total $600k of lending.
Banks can have a portion of new lending of up to 20% of their total lending over the stated thresholds.
Some exemptions apply such as refinancing, construction, bridging and Kainga Ora loans.
For full explanation include video presentation and full list of exemptions, click the link to the Reserve Bank website https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/education/explainers/dti