The median home in Lawrence, Massachusetts is valued at $492,771, up 3.0% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $2,413, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 17x — near the national average of 18x. Lawrence 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$492,771

+3.0%

Rent$2,413/mo

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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$98,554 on $492,771

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Out of reach50.1% of income

Need $134,314/yr to afford.

PITI$3,134

P/I50.1%

Afford$275K

Gap-$218K

P&I $2,492Tax $493Ins $150

Renting $721/mo cheaper ($2,413 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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Lawrence, MA