What percentage of monthly income should be taken up by mortgage and student loan payments, ideally?

To ensure financial stability.

What percentage of monthly income… ...loan payments, ideally? To ensure financial stability.

What's your mortgage story? A bit personal I know... My husband and I are struggling to figure out if the house we're looking at is within reach for us. We've been APPROVED for a $ 200,000 mortgage (with 20%…

Looking for financial calculator/advice? I am looking for someone or something to answer this question for me. I have a home mortgage at 5.75% with 28 years on it fixed, and I also have a student loan at 4.125%…

What is the percentage of monthly… To ensure financial stability.

For mortgages easure the value of the… Ensure the stability of property values demand. prompt repayment of monthly payments for mortgage borrowers and improve property value and demand. Banks can also add new loans to home buyers. Is it important to ensure…

How much credit can I have? I have a… I also pay mortgage, around $ 2300/mo, around $ 860/mo for the car. Income is $ 95k/yr and about $ 8k/mo. I know that lenders tend to have a limit of some percentage of your…

Should we buy a house or pay down our… Looking at how much we have paid in taxes this year is making our heads spin. We don't have a single deduction this year as we don't own a home, have no children and we…

Can somebody give me some estimates as… I am about to start graduate school, pretty soon i will be in the "real world". I was just wonder, what percentage of your income should you spend on certain monthly costs? Things like student…

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