The median home in Franklin, Massachusetts is valued at $679,729, up 1.5% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $2,375, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 23.9x — well above the national average of 18x. Franklin 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$679,729
+1.5%
Rent$2,375/mo
AFFORDABILITYRenting $1,892/mo cheaper ($2,375 rent)6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + MA ins. 28% per HUD.
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$135,946 on $679,729
Out of reach — 68.3% of income
Need $182,871/yr to afford.
PITI$4,267
P/I68.3%
Afford$279K
Gap-$401K
P&I $3,437Tax $680Ins $150
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