Home affordability calculator

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How this figure is calculated

The payment the form allows is the housing share you set, times gross monthly income, minus the monthly debts you enter. That payment is turned back into a loan amount with the standard mortgage formula at the rate and term you enter. Adding the down payment gives a purchase price.

Worked example

A household that can put $2,200 a month toward principal and interest, at 6.2% for 30 years, supports a loan near $360,000. With $90,000 down, the price is near $450,000. Change the rate or the term and both numbers move.

What this page leaves out

This is not a lender pre-approval. It is not the Canadian mortgage stress test. Taxes, insurance, and mortgage insurance are outside the payment unless you have already reduced the housing budget to leave room for them.