Approval versus affordability, the down payment, and every cost that arrives alongside the mortgage.
The mortgage is the loudest number and rarely the decisive one. Most of what goes wrong is attached to it rather than in it.
The approval letter is a ceiling, not advice. It says what a lender will risk, not what you can carry.
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