Mortgage Glossary
Gross Income
Defined by Onias Derilus, Mortgage Capital · NMLS# 1859012 · Florida licensed mortgage broker
Gross income is your total earnings before taxes and deductions. It is the figure lenders use to calculate qualifying ratios.
What Gross Income means
Lenders use gross rather than take-home pay to size loans. It includes salary, overtime, bonuses, self-employment income, and other documented sources. Stable, verifiable gross income is the foundation of qualifying.
Florida example
A Florida couple's combined gross income of $9,000 a month, before taxes, was the base lenders used to calculate their debt-to-income ratio.
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