The median home in Malden, Massachusetts is valued at $661,554, up 0.3% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $2,607, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 21.1x — well above the national average of 18x. Malden 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$661,554

+0.3%

Rent$2,607/mo

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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$132,311 on $661,554

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Out of reach66.5% of income

Need $178,157/yr to afford.

PITI$4,157

P/I66.5%

Afford$278K

Gap-$383K

P&I $3,345Tax $662Ins $150

Renting $1,550/mo cheaper ($2,607 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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