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🔑 How much income do you need to buy a house?

inspired by r/personalfinance · remixed from Rent vs Buy 5.0
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This calculator helps you figure out exactly how much you need to earn to afford a specific house without sacrificing your current lifestyle or savings goals. It breaks down the full cost of homeownership—including taxes, insurance, and maintenance—and compares it against your current take-home pay. This remix completely overhauls its original source, introducing entirely new logic to answer a different question. Keep in mind that it uses your current effective tax rate to estimate the required gross income, which might slightly underestimate the total if the extra income pushes you into a higher tax bracket.

Reviewed v26.7.0

Jul 22, 2026