Mortgage rates held at 6.67 percent this week, and here is what that costs at Warren prices

Freddie Mac's August 13 survey put the 30 year fixed at 6.67 percent, two basis points under last week and nine over a year ago. On a typical Warren purchase that year over year move is about $56 a month.

The month you list in Warren is worth more than most of what you spend on the house

Across 1,503 Warren listings since 2019, March and April launches sold in 18 to 19 days at the highest rate over ask. November launches took 46 days and closed at 96.4 percent of ask.

All 24 Warren streets getting paved this year, plus the bridge that stays shut until December

The 2026 overlay program covers 5.00 miles across 24 streets at a contract cost of $945,800. Stirling Road is closed at the Stony Brook bridge into mid December.

Warren has a barbell problem, and the middle of the market is where the competition is

Across 353 Warren closings in the last two years, homes between $750,000 and $1.5 million sold in about three weeks at or above ask. Both ends of the market took twice as long and closed below it.

What is actually happening in Warren over the next two weeks

A Frank and Dean tribute at the Lions Club Pavilion Wednesday, a dog walk with the deputy mayor on the 28th, the Labor Day 5K on September 5, and nine library programs in between.

Warren voters get a $7.5 million question in November, and it is not binding

The November 3 ballot carries a public question on restoring the vacant former municipal building at 46 Mountain Boulevard. The estimate is $7.5 million and about $81 a year on the average household.

Warren banned data centers in every zone before anyone applied to build one

Ordinance 26-19 took effect in June. It removes data centers from the permitted uses in the General Industrial district and adds them to the prohibited uses list in all zones. No application was pending.

Warren created four new affordable housing districts this year, and that is the biggest land use story in town

Ordinances 26-06 through 26-11 and 26-14 established the AH-9, AH-10, AH-11 and AH-12 districts, created a development fee, and swapped hotel use for age restricted inclusionary housing.

Week ahead in Warren, August 17 to 23

A $1.1 million nature trail appropriation gets its final hearing Thursday, the tax grace period runs out August 24, and two water main breaks are under repair off Chesterfield Drive.

Warren housing has gone flat by the square foot, and volume is the real story

The Warren Housing Index sits at 219.7, up six tenths of a percent from a year ago. That is the smallest twelve month move since 2020. Underneath it, closings are down about 10 percent.

Warren families get two different first days of school this year

Watchung Hills opens August 26. The K through 8 district does not start until September 2. Households with a high schooler and a middle schooler are running a week apart.

The school supply bin, the Frank and Dean show, and what else is on in Warren this week

A back to school donation bin sits at the Warren Township Library from August 14 to 21, going to Feeding Hands. Bob Marino's Frank and Dean tribute plays the Warren Pavilion on August 19.