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Home Equity Calculator

Estimate your current home equity and how much you could potentially borrow through a HELOC or refinance under Canadian lending rules.

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Canadian regulators cap a standalone HELOC at 65% of your home's value, and the combined HELOC + mortgage at 80%. Your effective borrowing room is the lower of the two.

Home equity

$500,000

55.6% of your home is paid off.

Home value$900,000
Mortgage balance− $400,000
Equity$500,000

Borrowing room

HELOC available (65% LTV cap)$320,000
Total refinance available (80% LTV)$320,000

Lenders apply their own qualification on top of these regulatory caps (income, credit, stress test). Actual approval may be lower.

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