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Lenders divide your monthly debt payments by gross income. That number decides approvals, so it is worth knowing. The take-home column is here because it is the one that decides how the month feels.

Monthly debt payments

Minimum required payments only. Leave out utilities, groceries, phone, and insurance, because lenders do.

44.3%Back-end DTI (all debt)
27.9%Front-end DTI (housing)
57.6%Share of take-home pay

High risk. Few lenders will approve new credit, and one setback puts payments at risk. You pay $2,305 a month against $5,200 of gross income, leaving $1,695 of take-home pay for everything that is not a debt payment.

Lenders calculate DTI from gross income, which is why the take-home column is here as well. A ratio that looks acceptable on paper can still leave a month with no slack in it.

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