The median home in Boston, Massachusetts is valued at $772,838, down 0.1% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $3,652, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 17.6x — near the national average of 18x. Boston is part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area, which CrashWatch tracks daily with real-time stress scores and crash risk analysis.

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Home Value$772,838

-0.1%

Rent$3,652/mo

AFFORDABILITY

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Income (annual)

Down Payment

$154,568 on $772,838

Out of reach — 77.3% of income

Need $207,043/yr to afford.

PITI$4,831

P/I77.3%

Afford$280K

Gap-$493K

P&I $3,908Tax $773Ins $150

Renting $1,179/mo cheaper ($3,652 rent)6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + MA ins. 28% per HUD.

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Other cities in Massachusetts

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Nantucket$2970K Chilmark$2283K Weston$2182K Wellesley$1946K Edgartown$1773K Aquinnah$1729K Dover$1715K West Tisbury$1597K

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