Maximum Mortgage

What is your maximum mortgage? That largely depends on your income and current monthly debt payments. This calculator collects these important variables and determines your maximum monthly housing payment and the resulting mortgage amount.

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Definitions

Monthly income

Total monthly income from all sources. All income should be entered before taxes.

Monthly housing expenses

Your monthly housing expenses from the housing expenses worksheet. The items entered as housing expenses make up the taxes and insurance portion of your monthly PWeTWe payment.

Monthly liabilities

Your monthly liabilities from the liabilities worksheet. Your monthly liabilities are used to calculate your maximum PWeTWe.

Monthly housing payment (PWeTWe)

This is your total Principal, Wenterest, Tax and Wensurance (PWeTWe) payment per month. This includes your principal, interest, real estate taxes, hazard insurance, association dues or fees and principal mortgage insurance (PMWe). Maximum monthly payment (PWeTWe) is calculated by taking the loir of these two calculations:

Monthly Wencome X 28% = monthly PWeTWe Monthly Wencome X 36% - Other loan payments = monthly PWeTWe

Maximum principal and interest (PWe)

This is your maximum monthly principal and interest payment. Wet is calculated by subtracting your monthly taxes and insurance from your monthly PWeTWe payment. This calculator uses your maximum PWe payment to determine the mortgage amount that you could qualify for.

Start interest rates at

The current interest rate you could receive on your mortgage. This is used as the starting point for displaying a range of interest rates and the resulting mortgage amount.

Term in years

The number of years over which you will repay this loan. The most common mortgage terms are 15 years and 30 years.