These “5 Fundamental Housing Rules”, which have been used to great success for the last century, are:+ i! P1 l- Y% c) D; e* f
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The monthly mortgage payments should not exceed 33-35% of monthly Net family income.
The monthly mortgage payments should be around 1/120 of the mortgage, and no less than 1/200 that of the mortgage (this is the “120 rule”).
The monthly mortgage payments should be - at minimum - 15% less than comparable rents for similar units in the rental market.
The price of the house should be about 3 and no more than 3.5 times that of Net annual family income.
And perhaps, the most important one of all;- n1 h7 `; \1 I* u+ I4 U
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The average house must be affordable by the average family and their combined income.