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Home affordability calculator
Estimate what your household budget can support before comparing it with a lender's maximum offer.
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Plain-language method
Affordability starts with the life around the mortgage.
This method protects non-housing expenses, existing debt payments, monthly saving, a user-selected safety margin, and recurring ownership costs before calculating a mortgage-payment allowance.
The resulting home price is a planning estimate, not a lending limit. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau similarly distinguishes how much a lender may offer from how much a household can comfortably repay.
Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau affordability guidance
Payment allowance = take-home income − living costs − debt − protected saving − safety margin − other housing costs
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