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What can you afford in Iowa?
A baseline estimate for a household earning $90,000 a year gross, with typical debts and expenses, a $30,000 down payment, and a 740-759 credit score — using Iowa's own property tax and insurance data rather than a national average. Every assumption is editable in the full calculator below.
Iowa's effective property tax rate is around 1.33% of home value per year — the 9th highest in the country. Average homeowner's insurance runs near $2,580/year on a $300,000 home — the 21st highest.
Comfortable
$238,695
Stretch
$300,299
Risky ceiling
$331,591
A lender would likely approve up to $331,591 on this baseline in Iowa — but this household's own budget, once real expenses are counted, can only sustain $300,299. That $31,292 gap is exactly the kind of overreach this calculator exists to flag before it becomes a monthly deficit.
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