The Boston income-needed indicator moved 0.60% year over year, which shifts the rent-vs-buy line — rates, taxes, insurance, and HOA costs then decide it for your budget. The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 20.6. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $608,161 in 02126 to $3,306,316 in 02199 — a factor of 5.4. 20 of 28 tracked ZIPs (71%) show the current cooling flag.
Key stats
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 20.6.
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $608,161 in 02126 to $3,306,316 in 02199 — a factor of 5.4.
- 20 of 28 tracked ZIPs (71%) show the current cooling flag.
- The median tracked ZIP records about 58 pending homes per 100 new listings.
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 28
- Median ZIP home value
- $815,935
- Median ZIP rent
- $3,297
- metro price to rent
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 20.6.
- housing cost spread
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $608,161 in 02126 to $3,306,316 in 02199 — a factor of 5.4.
- cooling share
- 20 of 28 tracked ZIPs (71%) show the current cooling flag.
Boston price-to-rent context
The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 20.6.
The income-needed indicator changed 0.60% year over year.
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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