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How Much Should Your Income Be?

What income is required to qualify for a mortgage? That largely depends on your monthly debt payments and the current interest rate. This calculator collects these important variables and determines your required income to qualify for your desired mortgage amount.

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Desired mortgage amount
The total loan amount you are looking to qualify for.

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

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

Monthly housing payment (PITI)
This is your total Principal, Interest, Tax and Insurance (PITI) payment per month. This includes your principal, interest, real estate taxes, hazard insurance, association dues or fees and principal mortgage insurance (PMI). Maximum monthly payment (PITI) is calculated by taking the lower of these two calculations:

  1. Monthly Income X 28% = monthly PITI
  2. Monthly Income X 36% - Other loan payments = monthly PITI

Maximum principal and interest (PI)
This is your maximum monthly principal and interest payment. It is calculated by subtracting your monthly taxes and insurance from your monthly PITI payment. This calculator uses your maximum PI payment to determine the mortgage amount that you could qualify for.

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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.

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Real Estate Tips
Curb Appeal >A Beautiful Yard

Many people wait until they are about to sell their home before they put energy and attention into improving the landscaping. Then in a desperate attempt to create instant curb appeal, they call in a professional landscaper and spend a lot of money making the yard beautiful for the next owners to enjoy.

Why wait until you are ready to move to enhance your surroundings? Even if you don't want to take on a major project, you can plant a few bushes and bulbs each year. You can get plants that bloom at different times of the year, many of which don't need a tremendous amount of care. There are several benefits to this approach. You will be able to enjoy your improvements yourself, and you will profit more from your sale if you haven't invested a lot of money in your yard right before the transaction. Well-landscaped lawns tend to increase the real estate values in the whole neighborhood, and can result in a more rapid increase in the equity you have in your home!

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Tom Sommers, REALTOR®, real estate agent and broker for Lakeville, Apple Valley and Burnsville, Minnesota home listings, property and land for sale - NUMBER1EXPERT

Tom Sommers
Edina Realty

7580 160th Street W.
Lakeville, MN. 55044
(952) 994-7204
(952) 997-1854
Fax: (952) 891-7696
Email: tcsommers@NUMBER1EXPERT.com

BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: To treat each client as you would a friend or family member. Maintain a standard of excellence through honesty and integrity. It is our desire to serve you the client with the highest level of customer service possible.

FOR SELLERS: We have an average list to sale market time of 89 days. On average we get 97% of the listing price for our clients. This is due to an extremely effective marketing campaign and a high level of skillful negotiation. We sell on average 90% of our listings. Please remember the market determines the value of your home not the agent. Choose your listing agent based on the one who can sell your home in the shortest amount of time for the best possible price with the least amount of inconvenience to you and your family. Your bottom line is the most important number of all.

FOR BUYERS: With our complete buyer profile system we will be able to save you time and money. You will not spend your valuable time looking at homes that do not suit your needs. Your time will be spent looking at the best the market has to offer in the areas that you want to live, in your price range with as many amenities that match your criteria. When choosing a buyers agent, base your decision on who will best represent you throughout the transaction.

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