Elissa Margolin’s new role as St. Anselm housing initiative director
Margolin, a lawyer with a law degree from American University, will also teach a masters level course at Saint Anselm on housing policy and practice
Author: Paul Briand
Housing again tops NH’s concerns; Realtors have roundtable with Goodlander
NHAR experts sat down with U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander to discuss federal legislation that might ease a lingering housing crisis fueled by scarce supply and high prices
Tariffs could add to NH’s housing woes
On again, off again chaos has builders and suppliers on edge
$500,000+ homes: NH’s new normal?
A limited supply of housing stock in NH versus strong demand led to rising prices that have affected affordability, particularly among the working-class/middle-income sector
State budget: Where’s the money going, and coming from?
NHFPI assesses House Finance Committee budget against governor’s proposal
Trumping trade
President Donald Trump's tariffs gambit challenges a global economy with its roots in New Hampshire. The Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944, involving 44 nations post World War II, was designed to create economic stability after World War II and promote international trade.
Study: NH business tax cuts led to ‘forgone revenue’
New Hampshire's Business Profits Tax and the Business Enterprise Tax can represent up to 40% of the state’s revenue. A new report argues that the notion of reducing these taxes to help kick start business activity hurts the state in the long run.
Study: NH business tax cuts led to ‘forgone revenue’
New Hampshire's Business Profits Tax and the Business Enterprise Tax can represent up to 40% of the state’s revenue. A new report argues that the notion of reducing these taxes to help kick start business activity hurts the state in the long run.
Pelham company develops game-changing heart pump
VentriFlo offers the world’s first pump to deliver a life-like pulse for use during cardiac-related surgery
Realtors: Towns need to be part of housing solution
NH Business Review webinar featuring panel of housing advocates discuss relationship between housing, zoning and legislation
Without tax credits, NH residents face health coverage ‘subsidy cliff’
Enhanced tax credits set to expire at the end of 2025
Without tax credits, NH residents face health coverage ‘subsidy cliff’
Enhanced tax credits that help thousands of Granite Staters better afford federally backed health coverage are set to expire at the end of 2025
New state budget will bear consequence of Interest and Dividend Tax repeal
The state Department of Revenue Administration cautions that, despite the repeal, some taxpayers might still have obligations under the law
How might state, federal budget cutting affect New Hampshire’s housing crisis?
Real estate professionals ponder the outcome of progress New Hampshire has made toward resolving its housing crisis
EV drivers: From range anxiety to funding anxiety
A lack of widespread charging infrastructure makes EV motorists nervous about how far they can get in the state before they need a charge
Fate of Medicaid in NH hangs in cost-cutting balance
Since Medicaid is a state-federal partnership, what happens to New Hampshire Medicaid recipients depends on what happens in Washington in the coming months
More of the same: Residential real estate market starts 2025 where it left off in 2024
On the commercial real estate side of the ledger, the watchword is 'stable' for both office space and for industrial/warehouse, according to two new reports
With uncertain prices, Shaheen pushes small business legislation
To help ease tariff anxiety, the senior U.S. senator from the Granite State proposes what’s being called the Helping Small Business THRIVE Act
As BAE work ramps up, company looks to college boot camp for potential hires
A Nashua Community College program to train students on the detailed work of microelectronics is a “critical” feeder to employment at BAE Systems
NH-based fractional airline offers clients air time in Europe
PlaneSense, headquartered at the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, announced that its clients can use their flight hours with Jetfly beginning April 1
Summit touts ideas for NH tourism
How to attract even more people and more money to New Hampshire going forward was the subject of a conference held Jan. 28 at the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease
Stalled at $7.25: The state’s minimum wage is half that of other New England states
As New Hampshire falls further behind its regional counterparts on how much it pays in a minimum hourly wage, legislative efforts to boost the compensation in 2025 face a steep uphill climb.
Through the roof: A NH house tops half a million dollars in 2024
Gov. Ayotte: ‘The journey of a thousand steps begins with one ... This is about our now and our future.’
Long COVID leads to lost wages, jobs, report says
Long COVID is not only a health issue for many Granite Staters, it has a direct effect on the New Hampshire economy. The New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute (NHFPI) says in a new report local workers who reduced their hours due to long COVID may have lost an estimated $152.7 million in wages in 2022, while those who left the labor force entirely accounted for approximately $389.4 million in lost wages in 2022.
Housing champions are ‘communities of the willing’
New survey from the NH Association of Realtors shows that the lack of affordable housing weighs heavily on Granite Staters
Massachusetts tech company moving to NH, bringing 500 jobs to Salem
A major health care and security technology company that’s been headquartered in Peabody, Mass., for almost 50 years is pulling up stakes and moving to Salem, N.H., bringing with it 500 jobs. Analogic Corp. is moving to 9 Northeastern Boulevard in Salem, needing more room for its research and manufacturing operations.
A six-figure middle class
To be considered middle class in 2019, a household in New Hampshire needed a minimum annual income of $83,151. By 2023, that jumped to $108,470, according to new data from ConsumerAffairs, a journal of consumer research. That latest bit of data gives New Hampshire the distinction of having the second highest middle-class threshold rank in the United States, trailing only its neighbor Massachusetts.
Net metering in limbo
Net metering allows customers to receive credit for excess electricity they generate and then add back to the electrical grid. The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission in an early December decision let net metering stand at its current rate but left no assurances of what the future — if any — there is for continuing net metering.
Housing advocates push for better policy results in 2025
Enthusiasm among housing advocates is high to increase the residential supply throughout New Hampshire, but 2024 results are mixed
Here’s what to know about Susan Cole, the 2025 president of the NHAR
Cole is committed to the association’s continuing task of trying to get more housing stock built in the Granite State
United Way child care study in NH points to need for greater business engagement
The Child Care, Business & Employer Partnership Project seeks to quantify child care challenges in New Hampshire and engage business community to adopt more family-friendly policies
Between a rock and a hard place
Lack of housing inventory has dual effect on NH revenue
New heat pump compressor tech developed in NH is out of this world
A New Hampshire company will use a federal grant to bring space-worthy compressor technology down to Earth to better heat and cool people’s homes.
Data shows gambling is driving force in NH sin tax revenue
For FY 2024, all the games and gambling under the NH Lottery Commission outperformed tobacco and liquor tax revenue — by a lot
New guaranteed transfer program could help NH college enrollments
The New Hampshire Transfer Guarantee program assures eligible Granite State students can receive guaranteed admission to the college or university of their choice
Fed rate cut has had little effect on NH housing so far
So far in New Hampshire, the Fed’s interest rate cut in September that was meant, in part, to ignite a more balanced housing market by lowering home mortgage interests has been a dud
Conference addresses housing needs: Is Montana an example for NH?
Several presenters, including a Montana state senator, addressed challenges and possible solutions to the housing crisis in the Granite State at NH Housing's 2024 Housing & Economic Conference on Oct. 23
Can new law help day care log jams in NH?
A new state law that went into effect in September could make day care more available in residential neighborhoods
Medicare changes in NH roil senior health market
Medicare recipients enter disruptive enrollment period as insurance carriers have changed plans, exited certain counties or decided to leave the state altogether
Banks in transition
A bank president retires, another bank rebrands
Black Mountain sale a harbinger of activity as NH resorts gear up for winter
New Hampshire winter resorts prepare for the 2024-25 season with facility improvements and trail-blasting
NH Realtor group won’t endorse but is keeping eye on 2024 election
What the candidates for governor are saying about housing
York IE partners with JP Morgan to rev up startups
A new partnership with banking giant JP Morgan gives York IE, a Manchester-based advisory and investment firm, more fuel to rev up technology startups.
Lower interest rates a help — but not a fix — for NH housing
Housing interest rates may start to drop through the rest of 2024 and into 2025, a positive sign for the residential real estate market in New Hampshire
‘Soft power’ is a better weapon than military might on the global stage
Military power is most often seen as the regulator of world stability. But soft power, one that uses economic development, can be a better influencer of global behavior, according to participants Sept. 3 in a forum held by the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire. The forum featured Enoh Ebong, director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, and U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
Novocure opens new U.S. headquarters in Portsmouth
Novocure opened its new U.S. headquarters in Portsmouth on Sept. 3 with officials praising its work on cancer treatments they say will help cement the state as the epicenter of life-altering health discoveries.
Novo Nordisk seeks sizeable workforce increase
Novo Nordisk in West Lebanon is looking to hire 40 people in 2024, a 10% increase in its current headcount of about 400 as it continues its work to improve the lives of people with certain ailments.
NH home prices moderate in July but market is still hot
A greater moderation of pricing and the availability of more property for sale is signaling a cooling in what has been a red-hot residential real estate market
Office vacancies rise. Can housing fill the void?
Commercial-to-housing proposals offer a possible solution for much-need housing, but a larger conflict rears its ugly head: zoning
BAE Systems and Manchester Community College develop cybersecurity worker pipeline
MCC-BAE program helps to produce much-needed IT, cybersecurity talent for hard-to-fill positions
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NH welcomes Gen Z’ers — affordability challenges await
A new report says an influx of new Granite Staters is coming primarily from neighboring Massachusetts, and most of them are younger, part of Gen Z, the cohort of people born roughly between 1997 and 2012. But another report says the newbies, like already established residents here, face affordability challenges when it comes to housing and child care.
UNH's Voice Z Digital invites collaboration
UNH marketing program helps small businesses and students work together
Getting the ‘Edge’ on with United Way of Greater Nashua
The United Way of Greater Nashua aims to raise $175,000 this year through its biggest annual fundraiser June 22-23 at Brady Sullivan Plaza.
Bipartisan group seeks discussion and legislation on key NH issues
The recently formed New Hampshire Forum has been whittling down — from 18 to four to one or two — important issues that will be addressed in the 2027 session of the state Legislature.
Are home prices closing in on a $600,000 median?
$1 million-plus sales are becoming more regular, according to New Hampshire Association of Realtors data
Analogic brings HQ — and more than 500 jobs — to Salem, NH
Analogic Corp. relocated from Peabody, Mass., to Salem, NH, in January. The privately held company designs and manufactures advanced imaging, detection and power technology for aviation security, health care and industrial markets. Its airport baggage screening systems are deployed in more than 26 countries.
NHBR About Town: Week of June 5, 2026
Business and event happenings around the state of NH
The Latest: Week of June 5, 2026
The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community
Cracks in the clouds over solar energy
Upcoming legislation may provide (somewhat) smoother permitting process for developers
