Loan Affordability and DBR Calculator Sri Lanka

Enter your income, current repayments, lender DBR limit, card-liability treatment, expected rate, and term to model repayment room. This is an affordability scenario, not a lender approval or loan offer.

Current Finances

New Loan Details

50%

Use the limit stated by the lender. Approval policies vary by institution, product, income type, and borrower.

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Within assumption

Estimated Max Loan Amount

Rs. 2,762,633
Assumed Total Debt Limit:Rs. 100,000
Current Liabilities (Inc. 5% Cards):- Rs. 35,000
Eligible EMI for New Loan:Rs. 65,000 / month

This is an affordability scenario, not an eligibility decision or loan offer. Lenders also assess verified income, living costs, age, security, credit history, product rules, fees, and other obligations.

How the affordability scenario works

Repayment room=(net income×DBR limit)−existing repayments−(card limits×card liability %)\text{Repayment room} = (\text{net income} \times \text{DBR limit}) - \text{existing repayments} - (\text{card limits} \times \text{card liability }\%)

The remaining amount is converted to an illustrative loan principal using the entered rate and term.

Monthly repayment capacity by income and DBR share

The amount a lender will let you commit to repayments, before subtracting anything you already owe. Lenders differ on the share they allow, so the columns span the range commonly seen rather than asserting one figure.

Read across your net monthly income, then subtract your existing repayments from the figure in the column your lender uses. What is left is what a new instalment has to fit inside.

Maximum monthly repayment by net income at three debt-burden ratios
Net monthly incomeAt 40%At 50%At 60%
Rs. 75,000Rs. 30,000Rs. 37,500Rs. 45,000
Rs. 100,000Rs. 40,000Rs. 50,000Rs. 60,000
Rs. 150,000Rs. 60,000Rs. 75,000Rs. 90,000
Rs. 200,000Rs. 80,000Rs. 100,000Rs. 120,000
Rs. 300,000Rs. 120,000Rs. 150,000Rs. 180,000
Rs. 500,000Rs. 200,000Rs. 250,000Rs. 300,000

What a lender may assess separately

CBSL financial-consumer guidance says consumers should not borrow beyond affordable repayment capacity and providers should disclose costs, risks, exclusions, and limitations. Ask the lender for the full written terms before comparing an offer.

  • Verified and sustainable income after living costs
  • Existing facilities, guarantees, and credit-card exposure
  • CRIB history and repayment conduct
  • Age, employment, loan purpose, security, and valuation
  • Interest-rate stress, fees, insurance, and product-specific policy

Improving the answer before you apply

The ratio has two sides, and the side you can usually move fastest is your existing commitments. Clearing or consolidating a small facility, or reducing a credit-card limit, can free more capacity than a modest pay rise, because lenders commonly count a share of the limit rather than the balance outstanding.

Evidence matters as much as the arithmetic. Income a lender cannot verify tends not to count, so consistent salary credits into an account, filed returns for self-employed income, and documentation for allowances all improve the assessment. Applying to several lenders in quick succession, by contrast, is visible and rarely helps.

Security changes the picture entirely. A loan secured against property or a deposit is assessed differently from an unsecured personal loan and usually prices lower, so the same income can support a larger facility. Ask the lender what they would consider before assuming the unsecured figure is your ceiling.

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Frequently asked questions

It is the share of your monthly income a lender will allow to go toward debt repayments, including the new loan. Sri Lankan banks commonly work to somewhere between 40% and 60% depending on the product and your income bracket. The limit is set by the lender, not by regulation, so it varies between banks and can be negotiated in some cases.

Lenders rarely use your actual card balance. Most apply a percentage of the credit limit - often around 5% - as a notional monthly commitment, whether or not you carry a balance. An unused card with a large limit can therefore reduce your borrowing capacity, which is why the calculator lets you choose how card liability is treated.

No. Affordability is one input among several. Lenders also assess your credit report through CRIB, employment type and stability, the collateral offered, your age against the loan term, and their own lending appetite at the time. A comfortable result here can still be declined.

Reduce existing monthly commitments, close or lower the limit on unused credit cards, extend the loan term to lower the monthly instalment, add a co-borrower whose income is counted alongside yours, or increase the down payment so less needs financing. Each has trade-offs, and a longer term raises total interest considerably.

Rarely. The figure is a ceiling derived from a lender's limit, not a recommendation. It leaves no room for a rate rise on a variable loan, a drop in income, or an emergency. Most borrowers are better served by treating the result as an upper bound and choosing a repayment that still leaves savings capacity.

There is no single multiple that applies across lenders. What determines it in practice is how much of your net monthly income a lender will let you commit to debt repayments, minus what you already owe. This tool turns that remaining capacity into a loan scenario so you can see the shape of it before you apply.

It varies by lender, by product, and by income band - there is no universal figure. That is why this calculator asks you to choose the share of income rather than assuming one. Ask the lender what ratio they apply to your income level before treating any number as your limit.

Because a lender assesses far more than the ratio: your credit report, income stability and how it is evidenced, employment type, the security offered, existing facilities you may not have entered, and their own internal policy. This is an affordability scenario, not an approval model.