The median home in Watchung, New Jersey is valued at $1,027,002, up 3.9% year over year. Watchung 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$1,027,002

+3.9%

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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$205,400 on $1,027,002

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Out of reach118.8% of income

Need $318,171/yr to afford.

PITI$7,424

P/I118.8%

Afford$242K

Gap-$785K

P&I $5,193Tax $2,114Ins $117

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 Short Hills$2.26M

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