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By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Ellen Read and Joe Alexander don’t agree on much. In the primary, mailers attacked Read, a Newmarket Democrat, as the “AOC of N.H.” In his three terms in the House, Alexander, a Goffstown Republican, has quickly risen through party ranks. Both voted...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

New Hampshire recorded its most expensive October in history, as single-family home prices held above half a million dollars for the eighth consecutive month, reaching a median sales price of $500,750.Despite a modest increase in inventory, with 2,354...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Down a long hallway, 12 doors lead to rooms bathed in a pale blue with cozy beds draped in gray comforters. Each room is finished with a bedside table and wardrobe to create an inviting atmosphere with a subtle, calming palette.These rooms will become...

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New Hampshire’s housing market has recorded median home sale prices exceeding $500,000 for the seventh consecutive month.In September, the median sales price for a single-family home was $520,000, a new high for the month and a 6.5% rise from...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

New Hampshire’s housing market has recorded median home prices exceeding $500,000 for the sixth consecutive month.In August, the median price for a single-family home was $515,000, a new high for the month and a 9.8% rise from July 2023, according to...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Home prices in New Hampshire continue to remain high, with median prices staying above $500,000 for the fifth month in a row.In July, the median price for a single-family home in the state was $530,000, just shy of the record high of $538,000 set in...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Kathryn Layne never anticipated that her move from Iowa to Goffstown 12 years ago would lead to her role in land conservation. But now, she has donated 137 acres of her property on 79 Stark Highway North, near the center of Dunbarton, for a...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A historic commercial building on Main Street in Contoocook is undergoing renovations to bring much-needed affordable housing to the area.Built in the 1850s, this three-story building on 902 Main St., which houses popular local businesses Indigo Blues...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

In June, New Hampshire's housing market reached a record high, with median home prices reaching $538,000—the highest in the state’s history. Last month, Merrimack County saw a median home price of $492,500, while Rockingham County topped the list with...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

With approval from the city’s planning board last week, Concord is set to establish the state’s first independent living facility for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities.Planning board chair Richard Woodfin praised the...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Over the past three years, New Hampshire’s population has grown by more than 23,000 residents – about as many people live in the entire town of Bedford – with some communities like Pembroke growing a lot and others like Durham shrinking, according to...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Taking cues from other states, New Hampshire lawmakers are pushing for a bill to expedite the eviction of people unlawfully living on private property, but this legislative effort has sparked concerns over its unintended consequences.“This could...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Hopkinton, like many New Hampshire towns, faces an urgent need for affordable and elderly housing – goals that have been slowed by restrictive building regulations and an even more fundamental problem – affordability.“Even if you build affordable...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Like those before her, the woman came to the Cross Roads House homeless shelter in Portsmouth in crisis. She’d lost her car, which she’d been living in for four years, in a fire. She’d also recently lost her son.Unlike most at the shelter, the woman...

By ETHAN DEWITT

The town of Conway does not have a homeless shelter. But it does have a few motels.That’s enough to draw unhoused residents in the area to the town’s welfare office to seek temporary relief. When they arrive, General Assistance Officer B.J. Parker is...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A proposed housing development off Stickney Avenue in Concord to renovate five former Department of Transportation buildings into multifamily housing units that was once a point of contention between the state and city has received the green light to...

By ETHAN DEWITT

When a proposal for a statewide law allowing single-family homes to be subdivided hit the New Hampshire House floor last week, the outcry was swift. House Bill 44 would have allowed any single-family homeowner connected to municipal sewer and water...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Permits to build homes in New Hampshire increased by more than 11% in 2021, according to a report released by the state Department of Business and Economic Affairs, adding more than 9,000 units to the state’s housing stock and a second consecutive...

By ETHAN DEWITT

By the time Susan Bell accepted her parents’ offer to live with them, she had already experienced one of the hardest months of her life.Back in October, the 55-year-old had endured two stays in the local hospital, first for double pneumonia and later...

By ABBE HAMILTON

Although there are ways for the seven cabins at the Walden Eco Village to get into compliance, former casita (or tiny house) resident Quinn Kelley acknowledged there was very little hope that he’d be able to return to his 140-square-foot...