NH Economic Snapshot: Housing efforts must continue to meet employment, job gains

read more…: NH Economic Snapshot: Housing efforts must continue to meet employment, job gains

“There are no employers in New Hampshire that we’ve really come across that are not talking about the housing issue as something that’s kind of a break on their ability to be able to recruit and retain workforce,” said Taylor Caswell, BEA commissioner, Tuesday at the department’s NH Economic Snapshot briefing, the first in a planned series.

NextGen Resiliency Council board adds 3 members

read more…: NextGen Resiliency Council board adds 3 members

New board members are Flo Nicolas, co-founder and COO of DEI Directive, who will be chair of the coalition’s Equity Advisory Committee; Heather McGrail, president and CEO of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, who has supported NextGen’s communications since last fall; and Shannon MacLeod, who as former Mayor Joyce Craig’s chief of staff helped lead the city’s application to the federal Economic Development Administration’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge.

NH home sales loosening up, but price and affordability aren’t

read more…: NH home sales loosening up, but price and affordability aren’t

With mortgage interest rates going down, sales of single-family homes are loosening up slightly across New Hampshire and the nation. Low inventory, though, is still keeping prices high and affordability out of the reach for many New Hampshire homebuyers, according to the monthly market report from the New Hampshire Association of Realtors.

It’s Your Money: How to buy your dream home, even if you don’t win the lottery

read more…: It’s Your Money: How to buy your dream home, even if you don’t win the lottery

We all have our comfort TV shows and, this winter, weirdly, I’ve been binging “My Lottery Dream Home,” which is available on several streaming services. If you’re not familiar, the host, designer David Bromstad, guides lucky lottery (or settlement, or inheritance) winners in buying their “dream home.” The featured person or family looks at three homes suggested by local real estate brokers, David walks the lottery winner through the homes as they talk about the pros and cons. At the end, the person decides which home they’ll buy. 

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