The median home in Burlington, Massachusetts is valued at $841,461, up 1.1% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $3,025, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 23.2x — well above the national average of 18x. Burlington 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$841,461

+1.1%

Rent$3,025/mo

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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$168,292 on $841,461

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Out of reach83.9% of income

Need $224,829/yr to afford.

PITI$5,246

P/I83.9%

Afford$281K

Gap-$561K

P&I $4,255Tax $841Ins $150

Renting $2,221/mo cheaper ($3,025 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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