Selling homes is mostly about location or price, but, sometimes, the interior needs to be decorated or arranged by a professional stager to bring out the highlights of rooms that otherwise seem cluttered and uninteresting. It is amazing how the placement of a chair or the hanging of a painting will change the character of a whole room and [...]

Next Month, Rhode Island voters have 7 ballot questions, Question 7 on the ballot is a bond initiative that will provide $25 million for affordable housing, and this week Rich and Steve had a great conversation with Nellie Gorbea, Executive Director of [...]

Last Thursday, we hosted an event to help two community organizations fund their activities. The opportunity came when one of our managers got involved in a theatrical performance here in Providence.   The group, called [...]

This week Mike Bush and I were in the studio with       James Brayton Hall, the Executive Director of the     Providence Preservation Society, one of my all time   favorite guests. It is no secret that I love real estate,   and especially historic properties , so the hour flew   by.   PPS is one of the oldest preservation groups in [...]

According to the latest sales figures from the   Rhode Island Association of Realtors, single-family home sales   rose 13% in August compared with the same period last year, marking   the 14th consecutive month of increased year-over-year sales, - 760 sold in August, up from 670 in 2011. The median home prices fell 0.07 percent year over [...]

Most people don’t give their homeowners insurance much thought unless they are writing the check for the premium, of if a disaster of theft occurs, So every year about this time as we head into the last few weeks of hurricane season, I like to spend some time [...]

This week I was in the studio with Bill Whitty from Homestar Mortgage and we were joined by Liz Messier, Director of Relocation and Client Services at Residential Properties, and Pam O”Connor, President and CEO of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, the largest real estate network in the world, comprised of over 550 of the top [...]

Active Single Family Listings: 5641 Average List Price: $ 473,000 ADOM: 137 Single Family Sold: 156 Average Sale Price: $ 310,000 95% SP/LP Median Sale Price: $ 236,000 Average DOM: 89 1-2 Bed: 141 3 Bed: 66 4+ Bed: 100 Active Condo Listings: 1224 Average List Price: $ 305,000 A DOM: 172 Sold Condos: 17 Average Sale Price: $252,000 91% [...]

They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. And for those of us who have adopted animals from shelters, never has an expression rung truer. In the capital city, we have the [...]

Single-family homes sales rose 22% in July compared to July 2011, marking the 13^th consecutive month of year over year gains, according to the latest Rhode Island Association of Realtors report released Tuesday.   The Association also reported the median sales price was down 1%, but it is the smallest drop since May of 2011. Sales are up, [...]