Mortgage Qualifier - How Much
House Can You Afford?
INSTRUCTIONS
This estimator will calculate
the household income required to qualify for a mortgage. You provide the amount financed, the number of years to finance, the
interest rate, property taxes, and your current debt load, and the estimator will return
the monthly mortgage payment, your total monthly debt payments, and the annual household
income that most lenders would require to approve the mortgage loan.
Note on Privacy :
This estimator is written in JavaScript. All calculations are performed locally by your
computer's processor.
No part of the results of this page are transmitted
beyond your computer.
Enter numbers only. Do
not enter "$", "," or "%" characters.
(For example: For a $100,000 home, enter 100000)
Mortgage Amount
Balance
to be financed after down payment.
Mortgage Term in years
Number of years
over which mortgage payments are scheduled.
Mortgage Interest Rate (%)
Mortgage Interest
Rate Percentage. Currently about 7.5 (%) for excellent credit history
Yearly Property Taxes
Available from your
real estate agent or the County Tax Assessor
Other Debt
Other Monthly DEBT
(Auto, Charge Cards, Bank Loan ...)
DO NOT include:
utilities, insurance premiums or average expense for food, clothing, etc.
Total Debt Ratio
Total DEBT Ratio
% (see below)
Mortgage Ratio
Total MORTGAGE Ratio
% (see below)
Calculated Results are given below:
(VALUES IN THE FIELDS BELOW ARE CALCULATED FOR
YOU.)
Your monthly payment would be $ .
Your total monthly expenses with
the mortgage would be $ .
To qualify for a mortgage of this
size you would have to show an annual household income of $ .
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DEFINITIONS
Mortgage Ratio :
for many lenders the sum of the monthly mortgage payments and monthly tax
payments must be less than 28% of the monthly household income. But it does vary from lender to lender.
Debt Ratio :
for many lenders the sum of the mortgage, tax and other debt payments must
be less than 36% of the monthly household income. But it does vary from lender to lender. Sometimes as
high as 50%.
DISCLAIMER
This estimator
is believed to be accurate but is only intended to generate approximate results. Rates
vary or may change and exceptions are made by lenders in specific instances.