# What "standard multiple" did you use when buying a house?

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**Created:** [March 26, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-standard-multiple-did-you-use-when-buying-a-house/45679 "2008-03-26T12:51:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-standard-multiple-did-you-use-when-buying-a-house/45679/31 "2008-03-27T12:27:24Z")

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> [@Fry](#):
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> I DIDN’T USE 1.3 AS A FACTOR! I AM AMERICAN. I FOUND THE HOUSE I WANTED THAT WAS NEAR WHAT I THOUGHT I COULD AFFORD AND FOUND A WAY TO JUSTIFY SPENDING MORE THAN I PLANNED ON. IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT IT WORKED OUT TO 1.3 TIMES DOUBLE MY INCOME.
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> 🙂

I was going to call BS until I saw this. This makes much more sense.

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