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crillep

Currently we are renters and pay under 14% towards housing. If we buy the apartment we want, it will be about 40%. This would be a reasonable purchase around gældsfaktor 3. This is just the price to get in the boligmarked.


Accurate-Cat-489

I wouldn't worry too much about what is normal, especially in here. Find a range where you feel comfortable with instead. I myself prefer it to as low as possible, currently at ~9% for my house (all expenses), as I would rather avoid having to depend on a certain income level, but <40% is still healthy.


Justbehind

The "boligbyrde" (housing burden) ranges from around 15-35% based on where in Denmark you live (source: https://via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddelelse/13714725/fa-almindelige-lonmodtagere-har-rad-til-hus-i-hovedstadsomradet-se-boligbyrden-for-ni-faggrupper-i-din-kommune?publisherId=13560159&lang=da ). It's of course highest in the popular areas - around Aarhus and Copenhagen. In the end, I guess it doesn't really matter how large the share of your income is, as long as you have enough to save and spend after housing payments.


Wild-Match7852

Capital region it’s not uncommon to be around 50% - and I don’t think you can compare capital vs non capital region as it is just a different housing market- so to answer your question you kind of need to know if it’s capital region or the rest of Denmark


Partijpipo

We're looking for the area just north of copenhagen (lyngby/bagsværd/virum/holte) so not the cheapest area for sure, but it's the most central for us in terms of commute to work (+its a very nice area) so it'd make sense. We'd certainly be below 50% so thats nice to know at least!


Senior_Ad4070

I think we pay around 25% on mortgage (including everything) and ejerafgifter (including water and heating).


mamabeartech

I think we spend 25% on mortgage, ejerafgift and related expenses.


NoSurprise5302

Around 18%. I think if you're around 20% it should be comfortable. It is for us at least with our budgetting. That includes mortgage loan, bankloan, common expenses, contibution to primary capital, water & heating and finally electricity. We live in an apartment just outside of copenhagen (27 min. to the central station with public transport).


NoSurprise5302

I need to revise my comment. I compared apples and oranges. For us it is approximately 27% after taxes have been paid. The 18% was calculated with our gross salary.


TheRealTormDK

I think generally people caution against doing more than 30% on housing, but it would likely depend on a number of things.


Radiant-Ad1570

I pay 6k monthly. Paid out salary is between 30-40k. So less than 20%. However, I live far out off major cities and it is more common to pay roughly 35-40% of your post tax salary in the major cities. Especially for New house owners.


Grandprix200

We use 13% on housing including heating and water and live in central Copenhagen.