The median home in Wellesley, Massachusetts is valued at $1,946,383, up 4.7% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $3,965, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 40.9x — well above the national average of 18x. Wellesley 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$1,946,383

+4.7%

Rent$3,965/mo

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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$389,277 on $1,946,383

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Out of reach191% of income

Need $511,629/yr to afford.

PITI$11,938

P/I191%

Afford$285K

Gap-$1.66M

P&I $9,842Tax $1,946Ins $150

Renting $7,973/mo cheaper ($3,965 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 Edgartown$1.77M Aquinnah$1.73M Dover$1.72M West Tisbury$1.6M Lexington$1.52M

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