One-room school restoration gets a boost Members of the Atkinson Historical Society Monday accepted a $55,000 grant awarded by the state to continue renovations on the town’s one remaining single-room schoolhouse. New Hampshire’s Land and Community Heritage Investment Program awarded Atkinson the funding as one of 26 communities and nonprofits…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Mortgage applications increased 5.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis during the week ending Dec. 6, stemming from a 27% jump in refinance activity, according to a report released Wednesday by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). This is the latest weekly increase in mortgage applications, following a trend of steady…
Continue reading →Developers are using Vermont’s Rental Revolving Loan Fund to build new workforce housing in the Upper Valley. The $10 million state-funded program, which began accepting applications in March, was created as part of the Housing Opportunities Made for Everyone, or HOME Act. The act, signed into law June 2023 by…
Continue reading →A planned cluster development on White Oaks Road would bring 12 duplexes and a total of 24 units of housing with three to four bedrooms, averaging between 2,000 and 3,000 square feet. (Courtesy photo) Members of the planning board heard a presentation from a developer about plans to build an…
Continue reading →Snow covers buildings on the former Laconia State School property, on Friday morning. (Photo by Daniel Sarch, The Laconia Daily Sun) The Laconia Village concept, as the development team refers to its plan for the former State School property, would add 2,000 new homes to the city — the equivalent…
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