$1,250,000 buys the median home in Belmont right now. With 20% down, that's a $250,000 down payment and a $1,000,000 loan, set against a $220,000 median household income.
Factor in $1,146/month for property tax in Belmont, based on the area's 1.1% effective rate applied to the median home price. That's $13,750 annually.
Unlike the nine no-income-tax states, Massachusetts taxes wage income. Worth running your actual take-home pay against the $8,182/month payment here before locking in a target price.
Day-to-day expenses in Belmont track at 184 against the national 100 baseline, above average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Belmont's median home price runs 67% higher than nearby Boston: $750,000 there versus $1,250,000 here.