The median home in Melrose, Massachusetts is valued at $871,901, up 2.4% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $2,804, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 25.9x — well above the national average of 18x. Melrose 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$871,901

+2.4%

Rent$2,804/mo

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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$174,380 on $871,901

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Out of reach86.9% of income

Need $232,757/yr to afford.

PITI$5,431

P/I86.9%

Afford$281K

Gap-$591K

P&I $4,409Tax $872Ins $150

Renting $2,627/mo cheaper ($2,804 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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