The median home in Lexington, Massachusetts is valued at $1,524,672, up 3.8% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $3,225, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 39.4x — well above the national average of 18x. Lexington 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$1,524,672

+3.8%

Rent$3,225/mo

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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$304,934 on $1,524,672

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Out of reach150.1% of income

Need $402,171/yr to afford.

PITI$9,384

P/I150.1%

Afford$284K

Gap-$1.24M

P&I $7,710Tax $1,525Ins $150

Renting $6,159/mo cheaper ($3,225 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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