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Top 5 most expensive Indian cities to live in

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Mumbai takes top spot

A typical household must spend more than half of its salary on mortgage payments in Mumbai since the city's home loan EMI to income ratio is a staggering 55%.
 

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Hyderabad

The second most costly city is Hyderabad, with an EMI to income ratio of 31%.
 

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Delhi-NCR

The third-placed region is the Delhi National Capital Region, where house loan EMIs cost 30% of your salary.
 

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Chennai

Tamil Nadu's Chennai is at the next spot with an EMI-to-income ratio of 28%.
 

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Pune, Maharashtra

Pune in Maharashtra takes the fifth place, where an average household must spend 26% of their income on home loan EMIs.

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Ahmedabad, the most affordable city

The most affordable Indian city to live in is Ahmedabad in Gujarat where an average household needs to pay 23% of its income for home loan EMIs.

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How was affordability calculated?

Affordability index, by Knight Frank, measures living affordability based on EMIs a resident in that city has to paywith home loan divided by total income of an average household.

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