The median tracked Boston ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 20.6, and that ratio varies more between Boston ZIPs than it does between metros. The home-value-to-annual-rent ratio runs from 16.2 in 02119 to 45.3 in 02108, so the same metro contains both ends of the range. 4 of 28 ZIPs (14%) show faster rent growth. The median tracked ZIP in Boston has a typical home value of $815,935 and typical rent of $3,297 per month.
Key stats
- The home-value-to-annual-rent ratio runs from 16.2 in 02119 to 45.3 in 02108, so the same metro contains both ends of the range.
- The median tracked ZIP in Boston has a typical home value of $815,935 and typical rent of $3,297 per month.
- 2 of 28 ZIPs (7%) show faster inventory growth.
- 4 of 28 ZIPs (14%) show faster rent growth.
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 28
- Median ZIP home value
- $815,935
- Median ZIP rent
- $3,297
- yield spread
- The home-value-to-annual-rent ratio runs from 16.2 in 02119 to 45.3 in 02108, so the same metro contains both ends of the range.
- rent acceleration share
- 4 of 28 ZIPs (14%) show faster rent growth.
- inventory growth share
- 2 of 28 ZIPs (7%) show faster inventory growth.
The measurable part of the question
The median tracked Boston ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 20.6, and that ratio varies more between Boston ZIPs than it does between metros.
Price-to-rent is a yield proxy and nothing more: it carries no financing cost, no tax, no insurance, no vacancy and no management, so it ranks opportunities rather than pricing them.
Where the yield actually differs
The home-value-to-annual-rent ratio runs from 16.2 in 02119 to 45.3 in 02108, so the same metro contains both ends of the range.
A metro-level ratio is an average of neighborhoods that behave differently; the decision is made inside that range, not at its midpoint.
Sources and method
- HomeMarketCap.com data sources: ZIP and metro housing-market datasets
- HomeMarketCap.com methodology: calculation and missing-data rules
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