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Buffalo mortgage calculator
A median-priced Buffalo, NY home at 6.75% over 30 years, with New York property tax of 1.64% and $1,800 a year of homeowners insurance. Every figure below is computed on our amortising engine — nothing is estimated in the browser.
$2,161 a month, all in
Principal and interest are $1,541; escrow and PMI add the rest. Over the full term the loan costs $317,185 in interest. Discounted at 5%, buying here has a net present value of $182,074 ($416,140 in today’s dollars).
Within New York, Buffalo is 4th of the 6 New York markets covered here, between New York City at the top and Syracuse at the bottom of a 3.80x spread. A state-level median hides most of that.
Buffalo is cheaper than New York as a whole — $264,000 against a state median of $480,000, roughly 45% below. On a 20% deposit that is $43,200 less to find up front.
Rents here are high relative to prices — a rent index of 0.75 against a price index of 0.55. That combination favours buying sooner, because the payment you avoid is larger relative to the price you pay.
Monthly cost in Buffalo vs comparable rent
Owning is stacked by component; renting is the local median asking rent.
The monthly breakdown
| Median home price | $264,000 |
|---|---|
| Down payment (10%) | $26,400 |
| Loan amount | $237,600 |
| Principal & interest | $1,541/mo |
| Property tax (1.64%) | $361/mo |
| Homeowners insurance | $150/mo |
| PMI while above 80% LTV | $109/mo |
| Total monthly payment | $2,161/mo |
| Comparable rent | $1,875/mo |
What a rate move does to the Buffalo payment
| Rate | Principal & interest |
|---|---|
| 5.5% | $1,349/mo |
| 6% | $1,425/mo |
| 6.5% | $1,502/mo |
| 7% | $1,581/mo |
| 7.5% | $1,661/mo |
| 8% | $1,743/mo |
Rent or buy in Buffalo?
Against $1,875 a month in rent, over 7 years buying leaves you about $12,972 better off — $10,913 once 2.5% inflation is stripped out. See the New York rent-vs-buy page.
Where these numbers come from
New York medians come from editorial and are refreshed weekly. The Buffalo figures index those state medians to the local market, so they track the same feed rather than going stale. Insurance and the state income tax rate are editorial. Treat everything here as a planning estimate, not a quote.