Posts by Maureen Milliken
Median sales price for a single-family home in New Hampshire rose to an all-time high of $495,000 in June, as low inventory across the state continues to take its toll. The higher price, combined with the increased cost of borrowing, dropped the affordability index to an all-time low of 61.
The Diocese of Manchester is the new owner of the building that once housed Blessed Sacrament School, nearly 50 years after closing the school and 40 after selling the property.
When the 90-unit residential building at 409 Elm St. began leasing apartments in April, it was the end of a six-year journey for developers Red Oak. But for downtown Manchester, the 90-unit renovation is another piece in the beginning of a bigger picture – the completion of one of many developments, big and small, that represent more than 2,000 units planned for the city’s center in the next couple of years.
Daniel Webster Council has listed its former headquarters at 571 Holt Ave. for $1.3 million, a year and a half after the council’s board approved putting the building up for sale.
Christmas Tree Shops will start liquidating all of its stores, including the four in New Hampshire, beginning at the end of the week, after it couldn’t keep up with bankruptcy loan payments.
The New Hampshire childcare industry got a $15.5 million boost this week, including $3.5 million to increase business health and $1.6 million to recruit and retain workforce, as the Executive Council approved allocations for several programs.
Nonprofit projects across the state are sharing $4.5 million in grants awarded recently by the Community Development Finance Authority and supported by businesses throughout the state that will get tax credits for their investment.throughout the state that will get tax credits for their investment.
The call for zoning changes to ease the housing crisis is supported by a recent Zillow study that shows a growing gap between the number of households and families that do not rent or own their own home, particularly among those with low incomes.
One of four variance requests for a mixed-use development that could generate as many as 1,300 jobs in the greater Manchester area was denied by the Londonderry Zoning Board of Adjustment last week.
An online survey will post in the coming days on distinctlymanchester.com seeking input from residents as marketing company North Start Place puts together a branding strategy for the city.
A New Hampshire resident would have to work 165 hours a week at minimum wage to afford rent on a fair market two-bedroom apartment, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
New Hampshire single-family housing purchase costs are at record low affordability for the state’s residents, according to the monthly residential market report by the New Hampshire Association of Realtors.
Fred and Rosalind Slavic bought 300 acres of forestland at the foot of Little Monadnock Mountain in the 1960s and, aside from cutting some of the trees for their homestead, left the woods relatively untouched for six decades.
Last week, It’s Your Money looked at the new work requirements for people who get the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and how the myth behind that policy will affect millions of Americans.
The trial of the man charged with killing a Concord couple in April 2022 has been postponed from July to October so that the defense will have time to look at DNA evidence that’s being analyzed at an out-of-state lab.
Deab Kamen said the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Economic Development Administration have risen to the challenge, going beyond the grant award. “I’m worried the local community won’t rally as fast,” Kamen said. He said if the community doesn’t realize the scope of the opportunity and help move it forward, “it will be a massive opportunity lost.”
The cellphone data that led police to Logan Clegg in Vermont, and evidence gathered there, will be allowed at his trial, as will most of his conversations with police after his Oct. 12 arrest, Merrimack County Superior Court Justice John Kissinger ruled Tuesday.
The debt ceiling deal increases work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
“The story of New England is a story of rejuvenation, rewilding and a second chance,” John Leibowitz, of Northeast Wilderness Trust, said. The only thing that determines what may be Wildland is the commitment and decisions of humans. “We have the power to commit to any land,” he said.
Jonathan Hutchins hadn’t planned to open a coffee shop in New Hampshire, and definitely hadn’t planned to open one on the West Side. But from the moment William & Sons Coffee Co. begin doing business at 498 Amory St. May 12, it was clear it was a match made in coffee heaven.