Can you afford a house?

Income and savings in. Affordable home price, years to a down payment, and how that compares to 1990 — out.

🌍 OECD avg price-to-income 7.6×📉 Historical (90-10): 4.3×

Tell us about your finances

Annual numbers. We use country-typical interest rates and minimum down payments unless you change them.

Anchor: United States average median 412,000 USD · mortgage rate 6.85% · min down 5%

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