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Affordability

How much house you can afford and how to budget for it.

Affordability is more than a DTI rule of thumb. These guides walk through income, debts, and local tax/insurance friction — then point you to calculators that work backward from a comfortable payment instead of stretching to a lender maximum. State pages matter because the same loan payment feels different in Texas, Florida, Georgia, or California.