New-home sales drop while inventory skyrockets

Homebuilders are still getting squeezed by high mortgage rates. That’s according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s new-home sales report for June, which shows the level of transactions falling to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 617,000. That represents a decline of 7.4% year over year and 0.6% month over month,…

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New Rockingham County building, solar array halfway there

The entrance to the county jail’s 90-day drug treatment program at the new municipal building in Brentwood. (Angelina Berube, Eagle Tribune) The foundation is set for what will become the new Rockingham County building and solar array as the $77 million project is a year away from opening its doors….

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