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Stress Test Strategy Simulator

See how the mortgage stress test shapes approval, buying power, and strategy.

This simulator is designed to make the invisible visible. It compares your actual payment to your qualifying payment, estimates insured mortgage premiums when required, and shows which financial levers can improve approval strength.

Stress Test Floor
5.25%
Insurance Logic
CMHC
Payment Formula
Canadian

What this tool does well

Approval snapshot

Status
Pass
Within current planning thresholds
Maximum Purchase Price
$0
Based on selected down payment and stress-tested qualification
Actual Monthly Payment
$0
At your contract rate
Qualifying Payment
$0
At the qualifying rate
0%
Qualification usage
Debt service pressure
GDS0.0% / 39%
TDS0.0% / 44%
Comfortable
Tight
Outside range

Buying power impact

Purchase Price Without Stress Test$0
Estimated Max Purchase Price With Stress Test$0
Reduced Home Purchasing Power$0
Percentage Loss0%

What the stress test is doing

Current scenario

Purchase price$0
Mortgage before premium$0
CMHC premium$0
Mortgage amount financed$0

Impact summary

Qualifying rate0.00%
Buying power gap$0
Insurance requiredNo
Likely lender tierPrime
Actual payment$0
Stress-tested payment$0
Estimated max purchase price$0

Best path forward

Adjust the inputs to begin.

Calculation notes

This simulator uses Canadian mortgage payment math with nominal annual rates compounded semi-annually and converted to monthly payments. Mortgage loan insurance is estimated using the current CMHC homeowner premium schedule. When insurance is required, the premium is added to the loan balance for payment and qualification planning.

Qualifying rate logic follows the higher of the selected contract rate + 2.00% or the current federal floor. Straight uninsured switches at renewal with no increase to amortization or loan amount may be treated differently by lenders, but this simulator focuses on purchase and new underwriting strategy.

Built for educational planning. Always verify live insurer guidelines, lender debt servicing methodology, rental offset treatment, income documentation standards, and any provincial or program-specific restrictions before relying on results.