Existing-home sales take a sleigh ride to the sky with highest jump since 2021 by Jeff Andrews for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire The housing industry is getting an early Christmas gift. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that existing-home sales in November rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.15 million, a 4.8% increase over the revised October number and a 6.1% increase year over year. The annualized rate…

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Biden commutes sentences of nearly 1,500 people, pardons 39 in historic clemency action by NH Business Review for Ariana Figueroa- NH Bulletin

President Joe Biden Thursday, Dec. 12 commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were placed in home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic, and granted pardons for 39 individuals with convictions for nonviolent crimes. “America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” Biden said in a statement. He noted…

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Lawmakers aim to give New Hampshire residents harmed by PFAS more time to file lawsuits by NH Business Review for Claire Sullivan -New Hampshire Bulletin

How much time should those harmed by a persistent class of man-made chemicals have to sue polluters? That’s the question lawmakers will consider in the legislative session that kicks off in January. In 2021, they lengthened the statute of limitations for civil action for those harmed by PFAS, or per- and…

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