Home Affordability Calculator

Lenders will approve the biggest loan your income technically supports. That is not the same as the loan you can comfortably live with — the gap between the two is where housing stress comes from.

This calculator works from a safer rule: keep all your EMIs together within about half your monthly income. It backs out the loan that fits, adds your down payment, and gives you a realistic home budget.

Annual income₹18,00,000
Existing monthly EMIs₹10,000
Home loan rate9%
Loan tenure20 years
Down payment you have₹15,00,000
Home budget
₹87,24,422
Loan you can service
₹72,24,422
Comfortable EMI
₹65,000

Assuming total EMIs stay within 50% of your monthly income, your home budget is about 8,724,422 with a 65,000 monthly EMI.

Loan you can service₹72,24,422
Your down payment₹15,00,000

How it works

  1. 01Total EMIs are capped at ~50% of monthly income; your existing EMIs are subtracted to find what a home loan can use.
  2. 02That comfortable EMI is converted into a loan amount at your rate and tenure using the EMI formula in reverse.
  3. 03Your budget is that loan plus the down payment you already have.

Frequently asked

Why 50% and not what the bank offers?+

Banks often approve EMIs up to 55–60% of income. That leaves little room for the rest of life or any shock. Staying near 40–50% keeps the loan safe when income dips or rates rise.

Does this include registration and stamp duty?+

No — budget another 6–8% of the property price for stamp duty, registration and brokerage. Treat the figure here as the property price you can target, with those costs on top.

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