Warren Local
April closings ran 101.6 percent of ask on only ten sales
Ten homes closed in April at a $1,065,000 median and 101.6 percent of ask. See the correction note for what late closings changed.
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Watchung Hills cut Warren's school tax rate 3.52 percent and the average bill still went up $58
The regional board approved a $51,502,743 budget on April 28. Warren's rate falls from $0.3597 to $0.3470 per $100, but the average assessed home rose 5.38 percent, so the bill rises $58.
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Nineteen residents spoke about the Bardy property. Here is what the record establishes.
A large crowd filled the April 16 meeting over a site in Warren's affordable housing plan. The minutes name nineteen speakers from thirteen streets. The unit count is not established.
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Restoring Warren Town Hall will cost up to $1,444,388.88, and insurance is paying it
Resolutions 2026-112 and 2026-113 passed 5-0 on April 16. The Garden State Municipal JIF already sent a $495,000 check and will pay the restoration contractor directly.
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Warren introduced a $27,058,362.93 budget, and the average home pays $64 more
Resolution 2026-108 passed 5-0 on April 16. Total appropriations are $27,058,363, up 6.14 percent, with $16,545,271 raised by taxes. The public hearing is May 14.
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Warren closed 40 homes in the first quarter, and March took 73 days to sell at 99.1 percent of ask
Monthly closings ran 22, 4 and 14 for a total of 40. See the correction note for what late closings changed.
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Warren's K-8 district put a $53.2 million tax levy in its tentative budget, and enrollment is up 42 students
The tentative 2026-2027 budget totals $68,583,554 across all funds, with a General Fund tax levy of $53,179,465. Advertised October enrollment is 1,734, up from 1,692. The public hearing is April 27.
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Somerset County awarded the Stirling Road bridge contract at $1,438,194, and the road closes in August
Resolution 26-609 sends Contract 23018 to Underground Utilities Corp. of Linden for County Bridge L1014 over Stony Brook. Construction starts August 3, 2026 and runs about five months with the segment fully closed.
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Warren's municipal offices move to 3 Mountainview Road starting March 18, department by department
Fifteen departments relocate to temporary space at 3 Mountainview Road in three waves on March 18, 23 and 24. Police, court and Public Works stay where they are, and mail still goes to 46 Mountain Boulevard.
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Warren adopted four new affordable housing districts 4-0, and nobody spoke at the hearings
Ordinances 26-07 through 26-11 create AH-9, AH-10, AH-11 and AH-12 with caps of 176, 69, 115 and 64 units and set asides from 25 to 31 percent. Six ordinances passed on unanimous 4-0 roll calls.
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Four homes closed in Warren in February. The number worth watching is 17.
February produced 4 Warren closings against 10 a year earlier, a sample far too small to read a median from. New listings went the other way, 17 against 11, at the highest median original ask in the record to date.
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The Federal Reserve's Warren campus got smaller, and the Planning Board approved it unanimously
On February 11 the Planning Board approved an amended site plan for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at the former Chubb headquarters. The main building drops to about 250,900 square feet and the law enforcement building to 2,454.