Home Affordability by State

What can you afford in Montana?

A baseline estimate for a household earning $96,000 a year gross, with typical debts and expenses, a $40,000 down payment, and a 740-759 credit score — using Montana's own property tax and insurance data rather than a national average. Every assumption is editable in the full calculator below.

Montana's effective property tax rate is around 0.74% of home value per year — the 18th lowest in the country. Average homeowner's insurance runs near $2,600/year on a $300,000 home — the 14th highest.

Comfortable

$307,078

Stretch

$355,939

Risky ceiling

$385,255

This baseline's own budget can sustain at least as much as a lender's debt-to-income ceiling allows in Montana — the DTI ratio, not the household budget, is what limits the number here.

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