Bank Negara Malaysia: New Guidelines for Loan Borrowers

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1) Propsective loan borrower will be assessed based on net income basis (instead of gross income) after deducting statutory deductions for tax and EPF and all other debt obligations (eg. car loan, other housing loan, credit cards) – effective from 1 Jan 2012;

2) Maximum car loan period not exceeding 9 years – effective from 18 Nov 2011. 

On the maximum car loan period, it is not expected to have a signficant impact to many potential car buyers are currently there is only 2 banks offering car loan more than 9 years and approx 98% car loans are within 9 years.