Do credit card limits affect my mortgage eligibility?

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Yes. Banks count about 5 percent of each credit card limit as a monthly debt, even if you never use the card.

Example: three cards with AED 20,000 limits each count as AED 3,000 a month. At a 6% stress rate over 25 years, that can cut how much you can borrow by about AED 465,000.

Close unused cards or lower their limits before you apply.

Related: What is DBR?

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