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Chart comparing Warren NJ homes that cut price, 96 days on market, against those that did not, 21 days

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The 31 Warren sellers who cut their price took 96 days to sell. The 144 who did not took 21.

Of 175 Warren closings in twelve months, 31 cut the asking price. Those took 96 days and closed at 90.8 percent of the original ask. The other 144 took 21 days.

Bar chart of Warren Township K-8 enrollment, 1,537 in 2020-21 rising to a projected 1,980 by 2031.

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Warren's K-8 enrollment is up 10 percent in five years, and the plan on the table is a grades 4 and 5 school

Warren K-8 enrollment rose from 1,537 to 1,692 in five years and is projected at 1,980 by 2031. The board votes September 28 on a grades 4 and 5 school.

Four traffic cones around a patched water main cut on Reinman Road, water sheeting across the road at Old Stirling Road

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Reinman Road water main repairs run into Monday, with water still on the road

Police posted closures at Reinman and Old Stirling Friday. At 7 a.m. Monday water still crossed the road. A second break hit Sandlewood Drive Friday evening.

Week ahead card: 7 police road alerts, Aug 24 tax deadline, Aug 26 and Sept 2 school start dates

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Warren week ahead: seven police road alerts in ten days, and school starts Wednesday

Seven Warren police road alerts in ten days, three naming water mains. Tax grace period ends today. Watchung Hills opens Wednesday.

A two story brick colonial in Warren Township with black shutters, arched windows and a deep front lawn, the kind of house that now sells above the conforming loan limit.

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Nearly half of Warren home sales now fall into jumbo mortgage territory

Somerset County's 2026 conforming loan limit is $1,209,750. Eighty of Warren Township's last 175 closings sold above that figure, and 40 sold above the price where a full 20 percent down payment still leaves a jumbo loan.

Stirling Road closed at the Stony Brook bridge in Warren Township, with Bridge Closed and Bridge Out signs, orange barriers across both lanes and excavators at the removed deck beyond.

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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.

A suburban house at sunset behind a large red line chart arrow rising to the upper right, an illustration of housing market direction.

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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.

Bar chart of median days on market by listing month in Warren Township, lowest in March and April at 18 to 19 days and

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Warren homes listed in March and April sell fastest, and March clears ask most often

Across 1,512 Warren listings since 2019, March launches sold in 19 days with 57.4 percent at or over ask. November launches took 47 days at 97.1 percent.

The Warren Township Public Works facility on Bardy Road, with the department sign and flagpole at left, a sand and salt storage dome ahead, and department trucks parked alongside.

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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.

Bar chart of median days on market by price band in Warren Township, showing 19 to 22 days in the middle bands and 32 to 41

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Warren has a barbell problem, and the middle of the market is where the competition is

Across 364 Warren closings since August 2024, homes between $750,000 and $1.5 million sold in about three weeks at asking price. The ends took half again as long.

East County Park in Warren Township, an open mown lawn falling away to a tree line, a paved path curving past a bench on the right and a small pavilion in the distance.

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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.

The Hofheimer House at the Warren Township municipal complex, the vacant former municipal building, a cream stucco house with two chimneys and dormers, a Welcome to Warren banner on the front

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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.