Author: Jeff Feingold

Another report paints bright May residential sales picture

50 percent increase from April

LGBT couples favor homeownership, fear discrimination

A ‘powerful market’ with $840 billion in buying power

NH construction jobless rate falls again

6.4% is lowest April rate since 2008

Study finds NH could do better when it comes to job growth

State is 10th from the bottom in generating employment since the Great Recession

NH home sales dip in April

RE/MAX report finds 5.9% decrease in unit sales

Governor to sign Balsams financing bill

Wednesday signing ceremony will allow $28m state-backed bond for $143m redevelopment project

NH’s women-owned business growth slower than national average

While state saw 49.3 increase since 1997, U.S. grew by 74%

NH construction unemployment rate falls in March

1.8% year-over-year drop seen as a hopeful sign

Manchester-Nashua home prices rose 4.2% in March

Limited inventory seen as driving continued upward trend

Mass. bank to acquire NH mortgage originator

HarborOne announces deal to buy Merrimack Mortgage Co.

N.H. residential housing sales, prices gain in March, quarter

But adequate inventory is a concern for Realtors

Seacoast real estate sales down in March

Shortage of listings blamed for slow activity, median price rise

New Hampshire lags behind in construction value survey

ABC report finds industry still struggling after Great Recession

New Hampshire median home price climbs 10.3 percent

But sales rise only slightly, according to RE/MAX report

New state director named at NH SBDC

Richard Grogan to succeed longtime agency chief Mary Collins

Quebec firm acquires North Country Smokehouse

Smoked meat firm’s operations will remain in Claremont

Balsams study forecasts economic boom for Coos

But bid for state-backed $28m bond hits a snag

McLane attorney named N.H. Electric Co-op’s new CEO

Steven Camerino to succeed Fred Anderson

N.H. Entrepreneurship Week proclaimed

Governor sets Feb. 21-28 to spotlight innovative businesses, Live Free and Start effort

Fuller’s to comply with new maple grading system

Lancaster sugarhouse adopts new universal standards

Steep fall in Seacoast residential transactions

Home sales in January fall 32 percent from a year ago

Q&A with New Futures Executive Director Linda Paquette

‘It’s critical for businesses to understand that almost two-thirds of the $1.84 billion cost of substance misuse per year in New Hampshire is borne by them in lost worker productivity,’ says Linda Paquette, executive director of New Futures.

Rail expansion seen as construction boon

Report predicts $750m in real estate development, thousands of jobs

CBRE/New England 2015 outlook: a mixed picture

Seacoast office, industrial markets set the pace in New Hampshire

Negative equity numbers improve in Manchester-Nashua

Data shows big drop from second to third quarter in 2014

‘Remarkable finish’ for 2014 Seacoast home sales

Realtors report best 4th quarter in five years

Manchester-Nashua November home prices up from 2013

But they fell from October 2014

Work restarts on $27.6m N.H. National Guard facility

Eckman Construction picked to complete mothballed project

Guardian Angel Credit Union members OK merger

Deal expands Service Credit Union’s footprint to entire state

Fannie, Freddie ease first-time buyer rules

New guidelines will offer mortgages with as little as 3% down payment

Seacoast home sales drop 33% in November

Smallest number of transactions in eight months

Cimino takes over as state’s new Travel and Tourism agency chief

Agency’s one-time communications manager now in top job

Manchester-Nashua home prices fall in October

But, excluding distressed sales, they gain 1.8% from ‘13

Going down: foreclosure rates in Manchester-Nashua

September numbers show a year-over-year drop of .17%

Poll: N.H. shoppers not so cheerful this holiday

New England College survey finds Granite Staters optimistic about economy, but most will limit their shopping

N.H. home sales, median price rise in October

RE/MAX reports sales up 10.9%, price up 4.3%

N.H. retailers upbeat about holiday season

Retail Association survey sees 4.3% increase in sales

Toys ‘R’ Us exec named Brookstone CEO

Thomas Via tapped by new Chinese ownership to grow firm globally

Oct. Seacoast condo sales hit a 2014 high

Single-family home sales also rise for the month

C&S looks to grow even bigger, this time in Texas

N.H. grocery distributor also wins approval for purchase of N.Y. area company

Home prices edge up slightly in Manchester-Nashua

0.3 percent increase reported in September, including distressed sales

Steele & Associates to merge with Baker Newman

Deal will create northern New England’s largest tax practice

Nonresidential projects continue to set the pace in Sept.

Future contract numbers show renewed strength in sector

FCC approves N.Y. firm’s acquisition of G4

N.H. expansion is ‘significant transaction’

N.H.'s Wiggins Airways merges with Dallas air cargo firm

Deal would create largest regional air cargo carrier

Future N.H. construction: nonresidential deals jump 181%

Big jump is a big reversal from recent trends

OECD says N.H.’s quality of life is tops in U.S.

Based on nine different factors, Granite State comes out best place to live

N.H. foreclosures continue to fall

August numbers down 33% from 2013

Report: Retail space grows, but so does vacancy rate

Southern N.H. survey shows effect of new Seabrook Commons, Stop & Shop closings

Five North Country projects win Northern Border grants

Money to be used for economic, community development

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