Work and social events sometimes do cross paths.  That is, you’ll never know when a casual conversation will lead you to something you have just encountered in your professional life. It happened recently over the last weekend. In the Kingstown and Narragansett area there is the Pettaquamscutt River, or more commonly known as the [...]

Community involvement is important to us and when given a chance to participate in a project to brighten and enliven an area, we are inclined to give our support. So we did when the Parent Teacher Organization of the [...]

    While home sale numbers have been pretty encouraging since the first of the year, most economists agree that these numbers may have been distorted upwards because of the federal tax credits.   While I agree that many buyers rushed to complete their contracts in time for the deadline, what about the long term outlook? Won't the [...]

Many of us thought we were in August yesterday, with the thermometer reaching 96 degrees at the national weather station in Warwick. Thankfully, we are back to normal temperatures today. The point of that is [...]

        This week, Rich and Steve gave me the day off to celebrate my 5^th wedding anniversary.   While I was away, they had Helene Gerstle in studio to talk about strategies for people facing foreclosure.  Helene is an attorney licensed in Rhode Island and Massachusetts and has been working with people at risk of foreclosure for some [...]

Personal responsibility played a very big part in creating the financial meltdown mess of the last couple of years. Many homeowners failed to understand the consequences of exotic loans, and the unscrupulous people in the real estate profession took advantage of that ignorance. Would so many people have bought homes they couldn’t afford if [...]

With busy schedules and jam-packed weekends, Rhode Islanders may find a few Providence Arts and Entertainment District events enjoyable over the next few days. Thursday, May 20th is [...]

        Freddy and Fannie are taking steps to avoid potential future meltdowns by tightening up standards for ARMS and Interest only loans.   They were not the only parties responsible for the mortgage crisis; personal responsibility also played a big part, many homeowners failed to understand the consequences of these exotic loans and [...]

The days grow longer and summer quickly approaches. Graduations, weddings and barbecues for Rhode Islanders of all ages are starting to fill the weekends.  If there is still time for community events, I’ve rounded up some local activities happening in Northern RI which might entertain some. The [...]

With the first-time home buyer tax credit ending last month, information on the condition of mortgage rates has become a popular topic. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, following the meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, stated in a recent press release, "While bank lending continues to contract, financial market [...]