$215,000 buys the median home in Pittsburgh right now. With 20% down, that's a $43,000 down payment and a $172,000 loan, set against a $52,000 median household income.
Pittsburgh's 1.6% property tax rate runs above the 1.1% national average. That's $287/month on the median home here, not a rounding error against the mortgage payment.
Unlike the nine no-income-tax states, Pennsylvania taxes wage income. Worth running your actual take-home pay against the $1,497/month payment here before locking in a target price.
Day-to-day expenses in Pittsburgh track at 94 against the national 100 baseline, below average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Pittsburgh's median home price runs 19% lower than nearby Philadelphia: $265,000 there versus $215,000 here.