The median home in Short Hills, New Jersey is valued at $2,258,188, up 6.5% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $5,618, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 33.5x — well above the national average of 18x. Short Hills is part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metropolitan area, which CrashWatch tracks daily with real-time stress scores and crash risk analysis.

Home Value$2,258,188

+6.5%

Rent$5,618/mo

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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$451,638 on $2,258,188

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Out of reach258.9% of income

Need $693,557/yr to afford.

PITI$16,183

P/I258.9%

Afford$244K

Gap-$2.01M

P&I $11,419Tax $4,648Ins $117

Renting $10,565/mo cheaper ($5,618 rent)6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + NJ ins. 28% per HUD.

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Deal$4.21M Alpine$2.96M Loch Arbour$2.88M Avalon$2.63M Stone Harbor$2.48M Bay Head$2.36M Sea Girt$2.3M Allenhurst$2.22M

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