How Much Can You Afford?

Buying a home usually means obtaining a mortgage loan and everyone has different financing options. The mortgage calculator below will help you determine loan amounts, mortgage qualifications, affordability or whether you should be renting or buying.
I'd love to help you understand and interpret some of this process. Just complete the fields below and click Calculate Now. To view the results of each calculation, click on the various tabs Mortgage - Qualification - Affordability - Rent vs. Buy. To email yourself a copy of the results, click on the Receive This Detailed Analysis link.

If you would like to discuss your results and various options, just give me a call. When you are ready for the next step I can put you in touch with a trusted mortgage professional that will provide you with a vast depth of knowledge, explain all your financing options AND get you the best rate!

Required

Required Must be a number between 1 and 50
Term In Years:
Required Must be a number between 1 and 100
Interest Rate:	%
Required
Cost of Home:	$
Required Cannot be more than Cost of Home
Down Payment:	$
Required
Annual Insurance:	$
Estimate Insurance to 0.43%of Cost
Required
Annual Property Tax:	$
Estimate Tax to 1.2%of Cost
Monthly Income:	$ Required
Monthly Debt:	$ Required

Optional

Gross Debt Service Ratio (GDS):
Total Debt Service Ratio (TDS):
Condos Fees:	$

Results

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Mortgage
Qualification
Affordability
Rent vs Buy

Your Monthly Payments

Loan Amount:
Loan Insurance ( %):
Total Loan(Mortgage) Amount:

Principal & Interest:
Homeowners Insurance:
Property Taxes:
Condo Fees:
Monthly Loan Insurance (%):
Total Monthly Payment:

Income Needed to Qualify for the Mortgage

Total Monthly Loan Payment:
Total Monthly Debt Payment:
Monthly Loan Insurance (%):
Qualifying Income of % GDS Ratio:
Qualifying Income of % TDS Ratio:

What You Can Afford
We are using the % ratio.
Cost of House:
Down Payment:
Loan Value:
Monthly Principal & Interest:
Monthly Insurance:
Monthly Property Tax:
Monthly Condo Fees:

Note: Cost of House = [(Monthly income x Debt Ratio) – monthly tax – monthly insurance – condo fee] / (monthly interest rate/ function of interest rate)

Monthly Rent:	$ RequiredMust be a positive number	No. of Years you plan on keeping the home:	RequiredInvalid
Annual Rental Increases:	% RequiredInvalid	Yearly Appreciation on the Home:	% RequiredInvalid
Monthly Renter Insurance:	$ RequiredInvalid	Annual Home Maintenance:	% RequiredInvalid
Savings or Investment Rate:	% RequiredInvalid

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