the cost of living

[topaz]

As I fill out mortgage applications for moving in to Mosaic Commons I can't help but do the math and see that the cost of our mortgage, condo fees, and property taxes adds up to about 40% of my net take-home pay, without even taking heating costs into account. This seems really high to me but maybe I don't have much to compare it to.

[Poll #1363745]

Comments

[catya.livejournal.com]

(also i never calc anything off net, esp since i do dependant care and health care spending accounts, so i had to do math and shit to answer your poll)

[maebeth.livejournal.com]

Me to. As in never do net. I just can't remember it.
So I answered based on my present net income (31%). But I'm dropping my hours to 3/4 time as soon as I get the mortgage so its not really relevant.

(Then it will be 34% of gross.)

Both of those are just my income and my half of the mortgage.