The median home in Portsmouth, New Hampshire is valued at $768,296, up 3.3% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $2,942, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 21.8x — well above the national average of 18x. Portsmouth is part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area, which CrashWatch tracks daily with real-time stress scores and crash risk analysis.
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Home Value$768,296
+3.3%
Rent$2,942/mo
AFFORDABILITYRenting $2,439/mo cheaper ($2,942 rent)6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + NH ins. 28% per HUD.
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$153,659 on $768,296
Out of reach — 86.1% of income
Need $230,614/yr to afford.
PITI$5,381
P/I86.1%
Afford$250K
Gap-$518K
P&I $3,885Tax $1,396Ins $100
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