Every project moving in Warren right now, in one table
Eight projects with an approval, a contract or a deadline on the books, from the 262 unit affordable housing obligation to a $7.5 million ballot question, with what happens next for each.
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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.
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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.
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Warren Township Committee meetings stop streaming on Facebook August 20
The township is ending the Facebook livestream of Committee meetings as of the August 20 meeting, which is also the hearing on a $1,140,160 trail appropriation. Here is where the record actually lives.
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The FBI is offering $25,000 in a Warren Township disappearance that turns 20 years old in October
Margaret Haddican-McEnroe was 48 and was last seen in Warren Township on October 10, 2006. The FBI Newark Field Office has renewed its appeal and is offering a reward of up to $25,000.
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Nineteen volunteers, a lot of rocks, and why the Codington trail needed them
Nineteen residents turned out at Codington Farmstead on August 1 to move rocks, fill holes and improve trail markers. Public Works has three people assigned to trails, and one or two are retiring soon.
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July closed 16 homes in Warren at a $1,280,000 median, and the year over year comparison needs care
Sixteen closings at a $1,280,000 median against 23 closings at $915,000 a year earlier. Fewer sales at a much higher middle is a change in what sold, not proof that any house appreciated 40 percent.
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Warren is now a Film Ready New Jersey municipality, and the ordinance behind it sets a four day permit clock
The New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission certified Warren after the Committee adopted Ordinance 26-20. Permits go through the Township Clerk with at least four business days notice.
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Warren introduced a $1,140,160 trail ordinance and pushed the third quarter tax deadline to August 24
Ordinance 26-22 appropriates $1,140,160 for the Dealaman Nature Trail and Pond, half of it a state grant. Resolution 2026-200 moved the tax grace period because the county tax board certified the rate late.
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Warren now takes Styrofoam year round at Bardy Road and Elks Trail
A dedicated bin bought with Clean Communities Grant money replaces seasonal Mini Dump Days. Only clean white expanded polystyrene is accepted, and Long Hill Township owns the equipment that processes it.
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The July 4 storms left 295 Warren properties without power four days later
Statewide outages peaked near 249,000 customers. Warren was still reporting roughly 295 properties out on July 7, and the township cancelled its World Cup watch party on July 6 to keep working on recovery.
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June brought Warren's highest sale in the twenty month record at $3.4 million, and pulled the average $211,250 above the median
Twelve homes closed in June at a $1,300,000 median, matching May. One sale at $3,400,000 is the highest in the twenty month record and moved the average to $1,511,250. New listings rose to 28 from 17 a year ago.
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Warren won a $570,080 state grant for the Dealaman trail and pond, and the match comes out of the open space trust
The NJDEP and Garden State Preservation Trust approved Green Acres Project 1820-26-009 by letter dated June 2. Total project cost is $1,140,160, split evenly between the state grant and the township trust fund.
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Warren committed $1.78 million to trucks, a generator and one road in a single meeting
Two bond ordinances and one contract award on June 18 totaled $1,779,422.55. Eleven contractors bid on Mountainview Road Phase II, and Riverview Paving won it at $509,422.55.