John Mangini - Warren, Local.

Chart of Freddie Mac's weekly 30 year fixed rate from August 20 to October 8, 2026, rising to 7.40 percent

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The 30 year fixed hit 7.40 percent, a seventh straight weekly increase, and the payment at Warren's median is up $476 a month since August

The 30 year fixed hit 7.40 percent on October 8, the highest since November 2023. At Warren's $1,180,000 median that is $6,536 a month.

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Five days left on Warren's open space survey, a Revolution history night Tuesday, and Columbus Day closes Town Hall next Monday

The open space survey closes Friday, Alan Siegel talks Warren in the Revolution Tuesday, and Town Hall and both districts close Monday, October 12.

Headline card beside a map of Warren Township dotted with daffodil reservations, 128 ringed in orange for delivered

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How a nor'easter put 131 streets on the Warren Daffodil Map

Bulbs bought for the cancelled Harvest Festival are going to Warren homes. 234 of 325 bags reserved, 128 homes delivered, 91 bags left.

Chart: share of Warren NJ home sales closed over asking price by year, 2019 to 2026, with 2026 at 40.8 percent, 49 of 120

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Four in ten Warren homes sold over asking this year, the winning bid ran a median $51,000 over, and the third quarter share slipped to 36 percent

49 of Warren's 120 home sales since January 1 closed over ask, 40.8 percent, at a median $51,000 premium. The third quarter share fell to 36.4 percent from 45.2.

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Warren is buying the Round Top Swim and Tennis Club for up to $1,050,000, and the $1.4 million bond ordinance behind it was adopted Thursday

Ordinance 26-23 caps the price at $1,050,000 for the 12 acre club at 106 Mount Horeb Road, $70,000 down from the Open Space Trust Fund. Adopted September 24.

Card for Warren's weekend: Harvest Festival Saturday cancelled for high winds, Mini Dump 8 to 1, blood drive Sunday 8 to 2, wind advisory until 6 a.m. Sunday

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Cancelled: Wagner Farm called off Saturday's Harvest Festival for the forecast high winds, and the wind advisory runs until 6 a.m. Sunday

Harvest Festival cancelled for high winds. Wind advisory 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Sunday. Mini Dump 8 to 1 Saturday, blood drive Sunday 8 to 2 at Our Lady of the Mount.

Chart of Freddie Mac's weekly 30 year fixed rate from January 2025 to September 24, 2026, ending at 7.03 percent

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Mortgage rates crossed 7 percent this week for the first time since January 2025, and five weeks of increases have added $239 a month at Warren's median

The 30 year fixed hit 7.03 percent on September 24, the first weekly average above 7 since January 2025. At Warren's $1,177,500 median that is $6,286 a month.

Chart: Warren NJ home closings from July 1 to September 23 by year, 2011 to 2026, with 2026 at 42, the fewest since 2011

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Warren's closings are down 24 percent this quarter, its contracts are down 4 percent, and 28 sales are waiting to close

42 Warren closings since July 1 against 55 a year ago, at a $1,302,500 median. Contracts 43 against 45. 28 homes under contract, 15 dated to close by September 30.

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Warren is applying to the state for a $3.5 million flood fix at Maxwell Court and Cherry Tree Lane, and the public hearing is Thursday at 7 p.m.

Hearing on the $3.5 million drainage grant Thursday at 7 p.m., comments through September 28. Both districts closed today. Harvest Festival Saturday, 10 to 4.

Chart: weekly 30 year fixed rate, Sept 2025 to Sept 2026, rising from a 5.98 percent low in February to 6.95 percent

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The 30 year fixed jumped to 6.95 percent, the highest weekly average since January 2025, and a week added $120 a month to the payment on a median Warren home

The 30 year fixed hit 6.95 percent on September 17, up 19 basis points in a week. At Warren's $1,180,000 median that is $6,249 a month, $120 more than last week.

Chart: Warren NJ home sales paid in cash by year, 2015 to 2026, peaking at 36.5 percent in 2024 and 21.9 percent this year

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One in four Warren home sales was all cash over the last twelve months, down from one in three, and the pullback is almost entirely in detached houses

42 of 172 Warren sales in the twelve months to September 16 were all cash, 24.4 percent, down from 34.5. Detached fell to 20.6 percent, townhouses held at 38.9.

The red silo at Wagner Farm Arboretum in Warren, with potted plants and garden beds in the foreground.

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Cancelled: Wagner Farm Arboretum's first Harvest Festival, set for Saturday, September 26, is called off by the nor'easter

Cancelled. Wagner Farm Arboretum called off Saturday's Harvest Festival over the high winds forecast with the nor'easter. The next one is set for September 25, 2027. The daffodil bulbs bought for it go to Warren residents, free.