Affordability Studio

Is this comfortable for me?

Not “how big a loan can I get” — what a home costs in real life here: real property-tax rates for your county, insurance scaled to local risk, and whether it leaves room for the rest of your budget. The financial details you type stay on your device.

You can comfortably afford

$479,207

with $95,841 down · 20%

about $3,600/mo all-in, real-life cost

Comfort budget $3,600/mo · how we compute this

A typical lender could approve up to $1,028,819 based on standard qualifying math. Your comfort price is $479,207.

Cash to close

$102,700$107,492

Down payment$95,841
Fees, title & transfer taxes$5,313$9,276
Prepaid taxes & insurance$1,546$2,375

Total transfer/recording tax $3,259: buyer's customary share $0, seller's customary share $3,259. San Francisco transfer tax: $3,259 (seller-paid). Custom varies: seller customarily pays in Northern CA; negotiated in Southern CA. Many cities (SF, LA, Oakland, Berkeley) levy additional or replacement city transfer taxes.

Explore the price

$479,207
$235,000$770,000

Comfort gauge

Comfortable
$9,491 of breathing room after housing & debts · $2,955 vs. baseline spending

This leaves real breathing room after the house, your debts, and everyday spending.

Where your paycheck goes

Taxes$4,793
Housing$3,600
Other debts$450
Breathing room$9,491

Monthly payment

Loan payment$2,487
Property tax$304
Home insurance$110
Mortgage insurancenone at 20%+ down$0
Upkeep, utilities & HOA$699
Real-life cost$3,600
What a lender counts$2,901

Local assumptions

San Francisco County property tax0.76%ACS 2024 1-year
Homeowners insurance$590$1,323/yr2022 · ACS 2024 1-year · FEMA NRI December 2025 · at this price · we budget the high end
Utilities estimate$300/molocal-2026-07
Closing costs$6,859$11,650

High earthquake risk — standard policies exclude quake damage; separate coverage is extra.

Notable flood risk — standard policies don't cover flood; check the address's flood zone and consider a separate policy.

Tax, insurance, and risk data are real (Census, NAIC, FEMA); the utilities estimate is still a placeholder. All of it is an estimate, not a quote — see how we source everything.

Milestones

More goes to the loan than to interest19 yr 10 mo
Can sell without writing a check1 mo
Mortgage insurance drops off

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