The median home in Needham, Massachusetts is valued at $1,471,816, up 4.0% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $3,137, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 39.1x — well above the national average of 18x. Needham 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$1,471,816

+4.0%

Rent$3,137/mo

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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Out of reach145% of income

Need $388,457/yr to afford.

PITI$9,064

P/I145%

Afford$284K

Gap-$1.19M

P&I $7,442Tax $1,472Ins $150

Renting $5,927/mo cheaper ($3,137 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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Needham, MA