Calculating how much you can borrow to buy a home will be based on your income/incomes. If you wish to apply for a mortgage, use our borrowing calculator on the website as this will give you a rough idea of how much a lender might offer you. This is based on how much you earn and whether you're buying with anyone else. Mortgage lenders will decide how much you can borrow by basing income multipliers on your salary/salaries. Banks and building societies will offer between three and four-and-a-half times the annual income of you and anyone you are buying with. This means if you are buying on a single applicant basis and earn £30,000 a year, you could be offered anything between £90,000 and £135,000. There are exceptions to this however, especially if you work in a certain profession and then income multipliers may be higher. Other factors will impact how much you can borrow as well. Lenders will want to know your monthly outgoings and how you spend your money to complete an affordability assessment. Typically they will want to know about loan repayments, student loans, credit card balances, regular bills (e.g. gas and electricity), transport costs, grocery costs, spending on leisure activities. Recent bank statements and payslips may be needed to support your application.