Home Affordability Calculator

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Income Estimated Home Price

Gross Annual Income (before tax) 65,000.00 .
Maximum Housing Expense % 28% . $207,708
(M1) Max Monthly Payment Based on Income 1,516.67

Monthly Debts
Car Loans 300.00 .
Credit-Card Minimums 100.00 . $1,268
Student Loans - . / month
Child Support & Other Obligations - .
Other Mortgages - .
Other Loans - .
Current Monthly Debts $ 400.00
Maximum Debt-to-Income Ratio 36% . PI Payment 793.31
(M2) Max Monthly Payment Based on DTI 1,550.00 Property Tax 350.00
Insurance 75.00
Maximum Monthly Payment (lower of M1,M2) $ 1,516.67 PMI -
HOA 50.00
Monthly Housing Expenses Other -
Property Tax (Monthly) 350.00 .
Home Owners Insurance (Monthly) 75.00 . Loan Amount
PMI (private mortgage insurance) - .
HOA Fees 50.00 . $166,167
Other (Utilities, Repairs, etc.) - . Down Payment
(M3) Max PI Payment Based on Expenses 1,041.67
$41,542
Available Funds Est. Closing Costs
Available Funds 50,000.00 ◄
Fixed Closing Costs 150.00 ◄ $8,458
Variable Closing Costs (based on price) 4.00% ◄
Minimum Down Payment 20.00% ◄ "◄" points to limiting factors
Maximum Home Price Based on Funds 207,708.33
(M4) Max PI Payment Based on Funds 793.31

Maximum PI Payment (lower of M3,M4) $ 793.31

Financing
Term of Mortgage (years) 30
Annual Interest Rate 4.000%
Loan Amount Based on Max PI Payment 166,166.67 .
Down Payment Based on Available Funds 41,541.67 20.0%

Total Estimated Closing Costs 8,458.33 4.1%

Maximum Home Price $ 207,708.33

Depreciation
% of Home Price Depreciable 60.0%
Years to Depreciate 27.5
Annual Depreciation (straight-line) 4,531.82
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Instructions

For a detailed explanation of how the calculator works, return to the page
listed above.

Some of the main factors to consider when estimating home affordability are your
monthly income, down payment and closing costs, monthly expenses, your credit
score and amount of debt you owe, other savings goals, housing market, income
stability, and ease of mobility.

This calculator does NOT consider all these factors. Like most online mortgage
affordability calculators, it is based mostly on your income, debt-to-income ratio,
available funds, and estimates of common housing expenses.

Warning: People commonly use calculators like this to purchase the largest
house they can, but that is often a big mistake. This calculator should only be
used for educational purposes and definitely NOT as financial advice.

A note about worksheet protection: The Affordability worksheet is protected to help

you avoid accidentally entering a value over the top of a formula. You can go to
Review > Unprotect Sheet if you feel confident that the changes you will make won't
mess stuff up.

Income If your annual income is complicated, you can look at your previous tax return and
enter your adjusted gross income as your income. This may not be exactly what
your lender uses.

28/36 Rule
Many lenders use the 28/36 rule to determine a couple maximums. The first is that
the maximum housing payment cannot be greater than 28% of your monthly income.
The second is that the debt-to-income ratio cannot be greater than 36%.

DTI The debt-to-income ratio is calculated as Total Monthly Debt / Gross Monthly
Income.

Property Enter the monthly property tax. You may need to iterate on this value, because the
Tax tax depends on the home value. You can look up the property tax payments for
specific homes online.

Insurance Homeowner's insurance also depends on the home price, so make sure to adjust
this value after you calculate the home price.

PMI Private mortgage insurance is usually required if the down payments is less than
20%, and the cost may be about 0.5% to 1% of the loan amount per year.

HOA Fees HOA fees are usually a set monthly payment and they vary depending on the
neighborhood.
Other Fees Include estimates of the monthly costs associated with home ownership, such as
utilities, repairs, maintenance, etc.

Available When buying a property, you need funds to cover both the closing costs as well as
Funds the down payment.

Closing
Costs
Closing costs can vary a lot, so find out what the costs will be from your real estate
agent. Some closing costs my be fixed, while other closing costs are calculated as a
percentage of the home price. If you know these values, you can enter them.

Minimum If you choose to set the minimum down payment to less than 20%, you will likely
Down have to pay PMI. This calculator doesn't handle the case where you get a secondary
loan instead of making a down payment. In that case the interest rate for the
secondary loan would be higher, so if you want a really rough estimate, you could try
setting the minimum down payment % to zero and entering an interest rate
somewhere between the rates for the primary and secondary loans.

PITI vs. PI When referring to a mortgage payment, PITI stands for Principal + Interest + Taxes
Payments + Insurance and PI is therefore just the Principal + Interest portion. That is important
because the Loan Amount is calculated only from the PI portion. The institution that
services your mortgage will hold the tax and insurance portion of your payment in
escrow and pay these bills for you.

Related Resources

► Home Mortgage Calculator

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