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What can you afford in Illinois?
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 Illinois's own property tax and insurance data rather than a national average. Every assumption is editable in the full calculator below.
Illinois's effective property tax rate is around 1.88% of home value per year — the 2nd highest in the country. Average homeowner's insurance runs near $2,604/year on a $300,000 home — the 20th highest.
Comfortable
$227,571
Stretch
$286,202
Risky ceiling
$314,896
A lender would likely approve up to $314,896 on this baseline in Illinois — but this household's own budget, once real expenses are counted, can only sustain $286,202. That $28,694 gap is exactly the kind of overreach this calculator exists to flag before it becomes a monthly deficit.
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