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200K income, you can easily afford to allocate 25% of that to a mortgage interest (plus 10% for principal, taxes, etc), $50K/year 3.5% mortgage -> 50K/yr * 100
by fyi80 13y ago
200K income, you can easily afford to allocate 25% of that to a mortgage interest (plus 10% for principal, taxes, etc), $50K/year
3.5% mortgage -> 50K/yr * 100% / 3.5%/yr = $1.5M house price
interest rates are so low these days, you can spend 50% more on principal for the same interest, compared to 2006 when rates were ~6.25%.
- BillSaysThis 13y ago$1.5M doesn't really buy a lot of house in Atherton, at least more than a block or two from El Camino Real.
- auctiontheory 13y agoIn going from $200K*0.25 = $50K, you forgot about personal income tax. And houses here cost more than $1.5M. (Side note: I was surprised to learn that private schools around here are $30K+/year!)