Book 6 · Budget

Debt-Service Ratio

One honest number: the share of your take-home already promised to debt payments. Set your own ceiling and see how much borrowing room — if any — is left.

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Enter take-home and your debt payments, then press Calculate.
From the book — Chapter 7. Debt-service ratio = debt payments ÷ take-home — a share, not an interest rate. Pick a ceiling you’re comfortable with (this is arithmetic, not a rule or a recommendation); the room beneath it is your headroom. A new loan only “fits” if its payment sits inside that headroom. Staying under your own line keeps the budget flexible.

The ceiling is illustrative and entirely yours — nothing here is a lending standard or financial advice. Everything stays in your browser.