Mortgage Lab

Home affordability calculator

Explore how income, monthly debts, and a target housing ratio shape a planning-level price range.

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Monthly debt payments

Use required monthly payments. Leave a category blank if it does not apply.

This home-price estimate uses a conventional loan scenario and Fannie Mae debt-planning treatment.

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Add the required minimum payments on your statements, not the extra amount you choose to pay.
Total monthly debts counted$0
What counts toward DTI?

Usually recurring qualifying obligations: other housing, auto loans and leases, card minimums, installment and student loans, second mortgages, applicable support and tax plans. Treatment varies by program and documentation.

What usually doesn’t count?

Ordinary living costs such as cell phone, electricity, water, gas utilities, internet, streaming, groceries, gasoline, and household spending generally do not go in these fields. DTI is a lending calculation, not a complete household budget.

Results update automatically using a 30-year loan. This is a planning budget, not an approval decision.

Your planning estimate

Estimated home priceNot available yet
Estimated APRNot available yet

Estimated closing costs, prepaids & initial escrowNot available yet

Missing amounts: origination fee, discount points, other lender charges, additional title, appraisal and initial credit-report services, additional recording and government charges, separate odd-day prepaid interest, estimated first-year homeowners insurance premium, contract-specific property-tax proration (not included), estimated initial escrow allowance — property taxes, estimated initial escrow allowance — homeowners insurance, other closing costs, underwriting, processing, appraisal, credit report, flood certificate, mers registration, tax service, verification of employment, borrower closing protection letter, lender closing protection letter, lender title endorsement, lender title insurance, settlement / closing, deed recording, mortgage recording, owner's title insurance (optional).

Note rate: Not entered. A scenario rate is not a rate quote.

APR unavailable with these inputs. NEXA origination and other lender fees are not yet established for this planning scenario. Unknown costs are not zero.

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Estimated closing costs, prepaids & initial escrow

Not available yet. Known items only: $0; other amounts remain unknown.

Home price
Not entered
Down payment
$30,000
Loan amount
Not available yet
Program / term
CONVENTIONAL / 360 months
ZIP
85718
Annual property taxes
Not available yet
Annual homeowners insurance
Not available yet
Estimated prepaids (excluding unknown tax proration)
Not available yet
Estimated initial escrow allowance
Not available yet
Closing date
Not assumed
First payment date
Not assumed

Taxes: Not available yet · ZIP estimate unavailable. Insurance: Not available yet · ZIP estimate unavailable.

Tax estimate basis: Annual property cost. Insurance estimate basis: Annual property cost.

Snapshot mortgage-cost-snapshot-v1 · . Cost policy 2.1.0: unsupported.

  • Planning estimates are not a loan offer, lender quote, settlement statement or program-eligibility decision.
  • This estimate assumes lender-paid loan-originator compensation, with $0 charged to the borrower for that compensation. It adds no borrower closing cost or APR finance charge. Other origination and lender fees may still apply.
  • Zero discount points, lender credits and seller credits are hypothetical defaults unless a known amount is entered. The entered scenario rate is not a quote available at zero points.
  • Planning timing: one hypothetical advance on the first day of a month, first payment on the first day of the following month and regular fixed-rate, fully amortizing monthly payments. Your buying timeframe is not a contractual closing date.
  • Separate odd-day prepaid interest is $0 only in this regular-period model. Actual closing timing can change prepaid interest and cash needed; actual-date APR is unsupported.
  • Estimated initial escrow allowance: four monthly tax amounts plus two monthly homeowners-insurance amounts, with no extra cushion. Actual deposit depends on bill dates and lender/servicer analysis; this is not an actual escrow analysis.
  • Unknown contract-specific property-tax proration is not included. This is not a verified $0 settlement adjustment; actual contract terms can change cash needed.
  • The versioned NEXA reference worksheet supplies hypothetical borrower-paid planning fees; actual charges vary by transaction and provider.
  • The optional owner's title policy is omitted by default. Additional unknown or unclassified charges cannot use real-estate exclusions without review.
  • Unknown costs are not zero. The known-cost subtotal is not a complete closing-cost estimate.
  • Purchase planning uses the existing annual ZIP-based homeowners-insurance estimate once as the first-year premium. The monthly housing-budget amount is annual premium divided by 12; two monthly amounts separately fund the future-insurance escrow allowance. No insurer quote or actual bill calendar is implied.
  • Financed costs and amounts already paid are portions of the same cost, counted only once.
  • Credits and deposits are included only when entered; gifts and assistance explain the source of remaining cash rather than reducing transaction costs.
  • Published program schedules and disclosed hypothetical assumptions are used only within their supported scope. No actual closing date, VA exemption, extra escrow cushion or eligibility approval is inferred.

APR calculation

APR unavailable with these inputs.

  • Enter a positive home price.
  • A valid scenario date is required.
  • Financed cost rules do not produce a valid loan principal.
  • Enter a finite, nonnegative scenario interest rate.
  • Enter a recognized ZIP or an annual property-tax amount.
  • Enter a recognized ZIP or an annual homeowners-insurance amount.
  • The planning policy is not active for this scenario date.
  • The applicable NEXA lender fee profile is not established. Unknown origination, processing, underwriting and other lender charges are not assumed zero; estimated APR is unavailable until that profile is confirmed.
  • Origination fee has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Discount points has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Other lender charges has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Additional title, appraisal and initial credit-report services has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Additional recording and government charges has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Separate odd-day prepaid interest has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Estimated first-year homeowners insurance premium has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Contract-specific property-tax proration (not included) has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Estimated initial escrow allowance — property taxes has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Estimated initial escrow allowance — homeowners insurance has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Other closing costs has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Underwriting has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Processing has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Appraisal has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Credit report has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Flood certificate has unresolved APR treatment.
  • MERS registration has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Tax service has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Verification of employment has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Borrower closing protection letter has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Lender closing protection letter has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Lender title endorsement has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Lender title insurance has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Settlement / closing has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Deed recording has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Mortgage recording has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Owner's title insurance (optional) has unresolved APR treatment.
  • Closing and first-payment timing are not established for the supported APR model.
  • A complete mortgage-insurance/program charge schedule is needed for APR.
Origination feeNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Discount pointsNot available yet Not available yet

payment-pilot-cost-policy: Discount points · 2.1.0

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Other lender chargesNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Additional title, appraisal and initial credit-report servicesNot available yet Not available yet

payment-pilot-cost-policy: Additional title, appraisal and initial credit-report services · 2.1.0

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Additional recording and government chargesNot available yet Not available yet

payment-pilot-cost-policy: Additional recording and government charges · 2.1.0

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Separate odd-day prepaid interestNot available yet Not available yet

payment-pilot-cost-policy: Separate odd-day prepaid interest · 2.1.0

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Estimated first-year homeowners insurance premiumNot available yet Not available yet

payment-pilot-cost-policy: Estimated first-year homeowners insurance premium · 2.1.0

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Contract-specific property-tax proration (not included)Not available yet Not available yet

payment-pilot-cost-policy: Contract-specific property-tax proration (not included) · 2.1.0

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Estimated initial escrow allowance — property taxesNot available yet Not available yet

payment-pilot-cost-policy: Estimated initial escrow allowance — property taxes · 2.1.0

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Estimated initial escrow allowance — homeowners insuranceNot available yet Not available yet

payment-pilot-cost-policy: Estimated initial escrow allowance — homeowners insurance · 2.1.0

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Other closing costsNot available yet Not available yet

payment-pilot-cost-policy: Other closing costs · 2.1.0

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Upfront mortgage/program charge$0 Known zero

Existing conventional payment model: no upfront government program fee · existing-payment-model

APR treatment: excluded. Review: approved.

UnderwritingNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

ProcessingNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

AppraisalNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Credit reportNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Flood certificateNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

MERS registrationNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Tax serviceNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Verification of employmentNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Borrower closing protection letterNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Lender closing protection letterNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Lender title endorsementNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Lender title insuranceNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Settlement / closingNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Deed recordingNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Mortgage recordingNot available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Owner's title insurance (optional)Not available yet Not available yet

nexa-reference-planning-fees: NEXA reference fee worksheet — 2025-12; hypothetical planning amounts, not transaction charges · 2025-12-reference-v1

APR treatment: Not established. Review: unsupported.

Monthly planning limit: $2,240. Planning housing / total-debt ratios: 28% / 36%. These set a planning budget, not a qualification limit or approval. Taxes and insurance use shared ZIP estimates.

Planning summary

Home price or value
Not available yet
Loan amount
Not available yet
Loan program / term
CONVENTIONAL / 30 years
Estimated monthly housing payment
Not available yet
Estimated cash needed
Not available yet
Note rate
Not entered
Estimated APR
APR unavailable with these inputs

How we estimated this

Monthly qualifying income (entered)
$8,000
Monthly debts counted
$0
Estimated housing payment
Not available yet
Estimated DTI
Not available yet
Estimated home price
Not available yet

Higher recurring qualifying debt generally leaves less room for housing within these planning ratios. This is not an approval decision.

How to interpret the result

Use the result as a planning range, then compare it with the payment and cash reserve that feel sustainable to you. It is not a or maximum approval amount.

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Calculator results are educational estimates based on the values entered. They are not a , approval, rate quote, or commitment to lend.

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