Should I Rent or Own?

Click on the Calculator to visit the Residential Financing Council's Rent or Own site. A step by step process will help you decide whether you should buy a home or continue renting and will further assess your financial situation related to owning, calculating your individual financial benefit.

Calculator

How Much Can You Afford?

Our calculators will help you determine loan amounts, mortgage qualification, affordability or whether you should be renting or buying.

Complete the fields below and click Calculate Now. To view the results of each calculation, click on the various tabs. To email yourself a copy of the results, click the Receive this Detailed Analysis link.

Required

Required Must be a number between 1 and 50
Term In Years:
Required Must be a number between 1 and 100
Interest Rate:	%
Required
Cost of Home:	$
Required Cannot be more than Cost of Home
Down Payment:	$
Required
Annual Insurance:	$
Estimate Insurance to 0.43%of Cost
Required
Annual Property Tax:	$
Estimate Tax to 1.2%of Cost
Monthly Income:	$	Required
Monthly Debt:	$	Required

Optional

Gross Debt Service Ratio (GDS):
Total Debt Service Ratio (TDS):
Condos Fees:	$

Results

Receive this Detailed Analysis

Mortgage

Qualification

Affordability

Rent vs Buy

Your Monthly Payments

Loan Amount:
Loan Insurance ( %):
Total Loan(Mortgage) Amount:

Principal & Interest:
Homeowners Insurance:
Property Taxes:
Condo Fees:
Monthly Loan Insurance (%):
Total Monthly Payment:

Should I Rent or Own?

How Much Can You Afford?