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- From: carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinzl)
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- Subject: *was* Re: Middle-class salary range - *really* salary reqd for new house
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- Date: 21 Jul 92 11:37:12 GMT
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- In-reply-to: jdavidso@teknowledge.com's message of 20 Jul 92 16:55:44 GMT
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- >To cover a $250k house, you need income of, say $60k. People who are just
- >starting out usually don't make that much; hence the need for both spouses to
- >work.
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- I've got news for you. In order to cover a 250k house, even with 20%
- down (i.e. 200k mortgage), you're talking (very) roughly 2k/month when
- you include principal, interest, and taxes. That usually can be no
- more than 28% of your gross income which works out to about 7k/month
- or 84k/year. The variables here are 1) interest rate 2) property
- taxes 3) down payment, however I assumed a fairly large down payment
- just to prove my point and it's doubtful that the down pmt would be
- larger (or that large really) since we're talking about 1st time
- buyers.
-
- -Carl-
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