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发表于 2014-5-31 19:54:26
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本帖最后由 三楼亲上一楼 于 2014-1-3 16:33 编辑
the rule of thumb, your monthly repayment is better to kept under 40% of your household combined income (after tax)
for example, the household combined income is 115K, therefore monthly income after tax will be roughly 7.5K
your monthly repayment thus calculated as $3000 to be safe, according to the interest rate, its safe for you to borrow around 500K for 30 years terms.
the remaining 20% will be your addtional household outgoing(e.g car allowance, utility outgoings,grocery, insurance, medical expense etc)
also you would need some saving behind your back for future unpredicatable circumstance(e.g your wife have a child and the entire family is living on your income, the interest rises. etc )
however you can borrow more through a broker, but you will live on a stressful life for awhile which is not worthwhile |
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