Home-purchase readiness calculator

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Home-Purchase Readiness Calculator

Move the sliders and watch a readiness score build in front of you — down payment, debt-to-income, closing-cost coverage, and emergency cushion, each shown on its own, so nothing about the score is hidden.

Move the sliders — your readiness score updates instantly, with every factor shown.

Your numbers stay in your browser until you ask the advisor.

Your numbers

Assumptions

Your home-purchase readiness

13 /100

Not yet ready — the factors below show exactly which lever to pull first: more savings, a lower price target, or less existing debt.

Down payment 10% of price Watch
Debt-to-income 72% of income Behind
Closing-cost coverage 0% covered Behind
Emergency cushion 0.0 mo covered Behind

Estimates based on the assumptions above — real offers will differ.

How the score is built
13 Readiness score

Donut: readiness score 13 out of 100, the equal-weighted average of four factors — down payment, debt-to-income, closing-cost coverage, and emergency cushion.

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Get a plain-language reading of your result — what looks solid, what to watch, and questions worth asking a lender.

Educational guidance, not financial advice.

How This Score Is Built

The 0-100 score is an equal-weighted average of four factors. Nothing about it is a black box — every factor gets its own tile, and the full arithmetic behind it is available to the AI advisor below.

Down payment (25%) How close your savings get to a target down-payment percentage — 20% by default, but you can change the target.
Debt-to-income (25%) Your existing debts plus a projected mortgage payment, measured against your income and a standard lending ceiling.
Closing-cost coverage (25%) Whether your savings can cover estimated closing costs after funding the down-payment target.
Emergency cushion (25%) Whatever savings are left after the down payment and closing costs, measured in months of your combined debt payments.

What This Tool Does and Doesn't Do

The score is arithmetic on the numbers you enter, plus a handful of editable assumptions (the assumed mortgage rate, term, closing-cost percentage, and cushion target) shown as chips you can adjust. It runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere unless you press "Explain my numbers", and even then only the figures go, never your name or contact details.

What it can't do is replace an actual lender's underwriting. Real approval depends on your credit history, documentation, and a specific lender's own rules — this tool only tells you where your own numbers stand against common, published benchmarks.

Important: This is educational information, not financial advice. Confirm the figures with a qualified adviser or your lender before you commit to anything.

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