Mortgage Qualification by DTI Calculator
Maximum house payment from gross income and target DTI.
Compute the maximum monthly housing payment a lender will allow from your monthly gross income, a target front-end DTI ratio, and your existing monthly debt payments. Reports the implied loan size at a chosen APR and term.
How to use this calculator
- Fill in the inputs above using the units you already have.
- Values update automatically as you type — no submit button needed.
- Hover any result row for the underlying formula and intermediate values.
Formula
Max payment = gross · dti_pct/100 − existing_debt. Loan = payment · (1 − (1 + r)^−n) / r, r = APR/1200.
In depth
Compute the maximum monthly housing payment a lender will allow from your monthly gross income, a target front-end DTI ratio, and your existing monthly debt payments. Reports the implied loan size at a chosen APR and term.
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