QUOTE(thebuyer @ Jun 14 2021, 12:22 PM)
Hi Sifus,
Need your advice on my loan application.
My husband and I are planning on buying a house, but my husband works overseas. Only 3 banks accept application from overseas:
Option 1:
RHB Commodity Murabahah Term Financing-i (CMTF-i) for Home (Full Flexi)
Loan amount: 90% from RM490k
I/R: 3.3%
Option 2:
HLB Property Financing-i
Loan amount: 90% from RM480k
I/R: 2.95% but need to do joint loan because the applicant is not in Malaysia
CIMB Bank
Our last option if RHB and HLB reject our loan, but we didn't apply because of the usual higher I/R
We kind of prefer a single name for the house, but the difference in the interest rate is quite vast. Is it worth it to do a joint loan just to get a better rate? Appreciate it if Sifus could provide some advice on this.
Many thanks

Well,
First of all, different banks will have different policies from income calculation perspective, scorings and other policies.
May I know your financial background before I can conclude your loan eligibility, which bank has the highest chance to approve the loan and whats the best rate from the respective banks.
Age of respective borrower
Single name/Joint name (please indicate the number of borrower)
Salaried Employee
- Basic Salary in local currency
- Fixed Allowances
- Variable Allowances/Others
- Bonuses
Commission Earner
- Average 6 months commissions
- Income Tax Declaration for 2 years + Receipt of tax payment
Monthly commitment
- Housing loan
- Hire Purchase
- Personal Loan
- Credit card
- Other term loans
- PTPTN loan
Supporting document (optional)
- rental income, savings, FD, shares, dividends and etc
Property details
- Undercon/Subssale/Refinance
- Property Address
- Purchase price/Open Market Value
- Type of property (landed/condo/etc)
- Land size
- Built up (Applicable to high rise/Semi D/Bungalow)
- Any renovation and estimated costs
Since one of borrower is working in overseas, may I have the following info?
- Employment period in current overseas company
- Position holding in current company
- Nature of business of the company
- Any employment letter/confirmation letter from current company
- Where's the current location of company
QUOTE(hakkai0810 @ Jun 14 2021, 06:13 PM)
Hmm. I just come across this statement from propertyguru
"*Assumptions: You have no other monthly debt obligations, and 30% of gross income will be spent on the housing loan. As a rule of thumb, banks usually loan up to 30% of your gross annual income."
In short, nett salary ~6k can only afford loan ~500k and this is quite diff from other website (e.g. cimb, iproperty) calculator that i come across. These site mentioned the maximum loan i can get is around 1m
Can any1 advice why there are such a big discrepancy in between these website and which figure is actually more "normal" case? Dont want spend my time to look at the prop that i cant afford.
Ofc i wont try to apply 1m loan using 6k salary lol
Thanks in advance.
Well, need some info before I can give you a thorough explanation derived from your income perspective. Usually i will calculate the DSR around 60-70% depending on income ranges.
The loan calculator from property website is merely a reference thus it may vary.
Age
Single name/Joint name (please indicate the number of borrower)
Salaried Employee
- Basic Salary
- Fixed Allowances
- Variable Allowances/Others
- Bonuses
Commission Earner
- Average 6 months commissions
- Income Tax Declaration for 2 years + Receipt of tax payment
Self employed
- Year of establishment
- Nature of Business
- Type of company setup (Sole prop, partnerships, Sdn Bhd, LLP)
- Average 6 months credited amount in company bank statement
- 2 years income tax declaration + proof of payment
Monthly commitment
- Housing loan
- Hire Purchase
- Personal Loan
- Credit card
- Other term loans
- PTPTN loan
Supporting document (optional)
- rental income, savings, FD, shares, dividends and etc
Property details
- Undercon/Subssale/Refinance
- Property Address
- Purchase price/Open Market Value
- Type of property (landed/condo/etc)
- Land size
- Built up (Applicable to high rise/Semi D/Bungalow)
- Any renovation and estimated costs
This post has been edited by ngph988: Jun 15 2021, 10:04 AM