The median home in Newton, Massachusetts is valued at $1,483,224, up 4.0% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $3,528, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 35x — well above the national average of 18x. Newton 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$1,483,224

+4.0%

Rent$3,528/mo

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

Affordability

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$296,645 on $1,483,224

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Out of reach146.1% of income

Need $391,414/yr to afford.

PITI$9,133

P/I146.1%

Afford$284K

Gap-$1.2M

P&I $7,500Tax $1,483Ins $150

Renting $5,605/mo cheaper ($3,528 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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