This week Rich and Steve had Anita Langer from our Narragansett office in studio to talk about buying waterfront properties. If you are thinking about buying a second home, you are not alone, some 14% of all homes purchased last year were vacation homes. Here in the Ocean State, we are fortunate to have so many beautiful coastal areas in all [...]

It seems these days that some Realtors are their own worst enemies, calling buyers bottom feeders or lowballers when they present low offers and sellers with over-priced homes as greedy and unrealistic, it does not set a good stage for proper negotiations. There is often a lot of ego involved in a home sale, when someone makes a low offer, [...]

There was a good Wall Street Journal opinion article titled "The Housing Crisis Is Over"which makes some interesting conclusions based on historical and current market data that April 2008 marked the bottom of the U.S. housing market. And at a Legislative Meeting last Thursday, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun announced home sales should [...]

A new ageny law goes into affect today in Rhode Island. The old agency law was confusing for many real estate licensees and consumers and was not consistent with changing market conditions and business practices. Rhode Island was the only state with a law that presumed that all real estate licensees represent the seller unless there was an [...]

This week my guest was Candita Clayton the most organized person I know. Candita's company, Your Life Organized, can be an incredible help when you are selling your home. An organized home can reduce stress, minimize cleaning time, and help make everyday a little smoother. Selling your home doesn't have to overwhelm you and can actually be [...]

Twenty years ago, there was only This Old House to guide the do-it-yourselfer. Today HGTV, The Home and Garden Television network, is viewed by over 90 million households. Energetic hosts like Krista Watterworth have created wonderful programs that entertain as well as inform. The explosive growth of Home Depot and Lowes, one of HGTV's [...]

High school seniors financial literacy scores have gone from bad to worse as announced by the Jump$tart Coalition last week. High school seniors from across the United States took the Jump$tart Coalition survey and the mean score was 48%, a decrease from 52% in 2006. Rhode Island students received a mean score of 48% in 2008, a slight [...]

Spring is here in Rhode Island and everything is starting to come alive again, including the market! We actually got some positive economic news this week. Existing homes sales rose 2.8 percent for single family homes and 3.7 percent for condominiums last month, adding to the speculation that the housing cycle may finally be bottoming out. [...]

This week Rich and I were live at the Home Show at the Rhode Island Convention Center, by the time our show was off the air, the center was really filling up, this year's focus was on Green trends in building, and there were lots of good ideas for everyone, in this day and age, any time you are considering new constuction, or remodeling you [...]

Cost-vs-Value studies consistently reveal Kitchens and Baths recoup 77-85% of the remodeling cost at resale. For sellers, a little extra work can mean not only a difference in how much they can ask for their home but also if they get to the closing table at all. Most buyers will not invest in a house that has only one bathroom no matter how [...]