Real estate agents and buyers are often faced with the dilemma of trying to calculate the maximum purchase price a buyer can afford to pay based upon certain buyer criteria.
- The buyers desired cash down payment
- The buyers desired monthly mortgage payment
- The buyers anticipated mortgage rate and terms
For example, let’s say that the buyer has $10,000 cash to put down, can afford to pay $1,200 per month, and would reasonably expect a bank to quote a fully amortized thirty-year loan at 5.9% interest rate.
The solution is fairly straightforward: cash down + loan amount = the maximum purchase price.
Okay, but the challenge is being able to calculate the correct loan amount at an interest rate of 5.9% that will fully amortize at $1,200 per month (principal and interest) for 30 years.
To make it easy for you, we have included a Maximum Price calculator in our Pro RE Calculator program. You just enter four lines of data to get the result. (Note illustration below).
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