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What exactly is Total Housing Expense ratio and how to calculate it?

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Total housing expense is typically used for borrower to qualify for perticular mortgage. It is nothing but back-end debt-to-income (DTI) ratio used by underwriters.

The Total Housing Expense is calculated as the sum of following-

1) The full expected PITI payment - PITI payment includes mortgage principal, interest, taxes and insurance.

2) Other recurring monthly obligations of borrower (car loan, credit cards, alimonies, etc.)

To calculate my total housing expense ratio -

For example,- The Total Housing Expense for someone with monthly gross income of $4200 and expected PITI payment of $1200, credit cards payment of $450, and a car loan payment of $600/month is calculated by summing up (1200 + 450 + 900) = 2250 and dividing 2250 by 4200, which makes for around 53.5% Total Housing Expense ratio.

The ratio calculated above may or may not qualify you for the desired loan amount, depending on lender and mortgage loan program. It is desirable for most mortgage lending programs that the total housing expense ratio for most borrowers doesn't exceed 56%.

But sometimes low LTV and great credit and cash reserves may allow for borrowers with higher total housing expense ratio to be underwritten successfully.

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