The median home in Arlington, Massachusetts is valued at $1,034,197, up 2.9% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $2,630, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 32.8x — well above the national average of 18x. Arlington is part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area, which CrashWatch tracks daily with real-time stress scores and crash risk analysis.

Home Value$1,034,197

+2.9%

Rent$2,630/mo

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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$206,839 on $1,034,197

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Out of reach102.6% of income

Need $274,886/yr to afford.

PITI$6,414

P/I102.6%

Afford$282K

Gap-$752K

P&I $5,229Tax $1,034Ins $150

Renting $3,784/mo cheaper ($2,630 rent)6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + MA ins. 28% per HUD.

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Nantucket$2.97M Chilmark$2.28M Weston$2.18M Wellesley$1.95M Edgartown$1.77M Aquinnah$1.73M Dover$1.72M West Tisbury$1.6M

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