How much house can I afford with a $170K salary?
How expensive of a home can this much-higher-than-average salary buy you?
4 min read
Dec 05, 2023
Emma Woodward
Contributor, Personal Finance
Emma Woodward is a freelance personal finance writer with a knack for simplifying tricky financial concepts. She's been writing for over eight years professionally. Her clients have included Finch, Gusto, HomeLight and Toast, and she’s been featured on The Financial Diet.
When she's not helping you balance your budget, you can find her writing about real estate, food, and restaurant tech. She is also a working mom extraordinaire.
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