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.
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Home Value$1,123,351
-1.9%
Rent$4,540/mo
AFFORDABILITYRenting $2,414/mo cheaper ($4,540 rent)6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + MA ins. 28% per HUD.
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$224,670 on $1,123,351
Out of reach — 111.3% 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
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