Huntsville homebuyers are working with a $285,000 median price point, 32% below the national figure. Against the $68,000 median household income in the area, that's a 4.2x multiple.
Huntsville's 0.4% property tax rate runs below the 1.1% national average. That's $95/month on the median home here, not a rounding error against the mortgage payment.
Alabama levies a state income tax on top of the $1,699/month this mortgage runs. Model your real after-tax take-home before deciding how much payment you can carry.
Huntsville's cost of living index is 88, below the 100 national baseline. That's on top of the housing numbers above, not instead of them.
Huntsville's median home price runs 33% higher than nearby Birmingham: $215,000 there versus $285,000 here.