The median home in Reading, Massachusetts is valued at $878,273, up 2.9% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $3,065, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 23.9x — well above the national average of 18x. Reading 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$878,273

+2.9%

Rent$3,065/mo

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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$175,655 on $878,273

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Out of reach87.5% of income

Need $234,386/yr to afford.

PITI$5,469

P/I87.5%

Afford$281K

Gap-$597K

P&I $4,441Tax $878Ins $150

Renting $2,404/mo cheaper ($3,065 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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