I don't want to. You just said that income is irrelevant.
I didn’t say that. What I wrote was
"Ultimately, household income tells you absolutely nothing about debt service capacity and thus creditworthiness."
And that is indeed the case. I like to illustrate with simplified examples:
Family 1:
Household income 8,000 EUR
fixed expenses incl. LHK: 6,000 EUR
= debt service limit: 2,000 EUR
According to your calculation possible loan amount: 8,000 EUR x 108 = 864,000 EUR
Family 2:
Household income 5,000 EUR
fixed expenses incl. LHK: 2,500 EUR
= debt service limit: 2,500 EUR
According to your calculation possible loan amount: 5,000 EUR x 108 = 540,000 EUR
Although Family 2 has better creditworthiness, according to your calculation they get a significantly smaller loan. Family 1, on the other hand, is completely overstretching themselves...
Whatever. Discussion over.