The median home in Brookline, Massachusetts is valued at $1,123,351, down 1.9% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $4,540, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 20.6x — well above the national average of 18x. Brookline 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$1,123,351

-1.9%

Rent$4,540/mo

Prices falling — better for buyers.

Affordability

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Down Payment

$224,670 on $1,123,351

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Out of reach111.3% of income

Need $298,029/yr to afford.

PITI$6,954

P/I111.3%

Afford$283K

Gap-$841K

P&I $5,680Tax $1,123Ins $150

Renting $2,414/mo cheaper ($4,540 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$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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