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How to qualify with a $100,000 income even though you only declared $65,000?
When I first became a mortgage broker (in 2004), the hardest thing for me to understand at the time was how business owners got away with qualifying for hefty mortgages with such low declared incomes. Like how does a contracted engineer who declared $65,000 on their T1 General end up qualifying for a $650,000 mortgage (which requires an annual qualifying income of $100,000)?? I did quite a few deals that year and many of them in Calgary's oil and gas sector which consisted of many self employed applicants. And it wasn't until about my third year that I started to comprehend how someone who earned $65,000 could use $100,000 as qualifying income.
This type of scenario is prevalent with self employed applicants because their declared income could often be conceivably lower than what it really is. This is mainly the result of the various expenses that business owners claim to reduce their taxes payable. Other factors such as personal income tax reduction strategies and accumulated business retained earnings can also sway a lender to allow for a substantial bump in your qualifying income. The amount of the income bump varies with the particular lender and their program policy.
(1) The Gross Up Guideline: Gross up your 2 year average (declared income) by as much as 25%. For example, $73,000 declared income in 2018 + $75,000 declared income is 2019 = $92,500 Qualifying Income!
(2) The Stated Income Guideline: $65,000 declared income, but lender accepts $100,000 qualifying income!
(3) The 3 Month Annualized Bank Statement Guideline: Annualize a 3 month run of consistent bank deposits in your business to determine a projected annualized income. For example, lets say your business has received monthly deposits of $15,000 for at least 3 months...you would then be eligible to use a qualifying income of $150,000!
All of the above scenarios are subject to the following eligibility criteria:
- minimum down payment ranges from 5% to 20%
- you must have been self employed for a minimum of 2 years, but in some instances only 3 months of self employment is required
- must have at least 25% ownership interest in your business
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Current 5 yr fixed rate range: 1.59% to 2.19%
Current Variable Rate Range: -0.80% to +0% discount off Prime (Prime Rate is 2.45%)
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