This delightful seaside cottage with adjoining studio is situated in a quiet, friendly neighborhood along the Sakonnet Basin, delivering picturesque water views year round. A charming white picket fence and perennial gardens enhance the property’s curb appeal, while a wraparound deck accented by an arbor welcomes you to the front door. [...]

  The market certainly is heating up. Properly priced houses in good condition are selling in days, and inventory remains low, creating a sellers advantage and many properties are getting multiple bidders. In these situations, it is often hard to compete with investors and other cash buyers. You need to be proactive when markets turn to the [...]

This wonderful waterfront contemporary situated along Bullock’s Cove in Barrington, Rhode Island offers breathtaking views from nearly every room, fostering a vacation-like atmosphere. This property features an open floor plan, vaulted ceilings with skylights, and a pair of decks affording picturesque views for outdoor dining and [...]

Situated along a curve in the Barrington River, this beautiful historic waterfront colonial is one of the oldest and most loved homes in town. Originally built in 1750, The James Martin House has been expertly updated and lovingly added on to over the years while retaining much of the original charm and character of yesteryear. The [...]

  Everyone knows how vital Narragansett Bay is to Rhode Island.   It drives the seafood and tourism industries, providing thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in revenue for the state.   It is hard to imagine that in the 70’s, the Providence sewage treatment facility was dumping millions of gallons of untreated sewage into the Bay [...]

Predicting New England weather in the springtime is a challenge. Fortunately, this year’s spring has brought some warm sunshine and pleasant days, painting an array of color across our beautiful state. We had dozens of photographs submitted to this year’s photo contest and I’m excited to share some of the amazing images that were [...]

  You would detail your car if you were going to sell it, and you should ‘detail’ your house too, that is the simple   genius behind home staging. Experts know that a properly priced, well prepared home will sell for the best price and in less time than competing houses. Staging neutralizes and removes visual clutter creating an [...]

As a member of the Providence Rotary Club, Elizabeth Messier recently welcomed a high school student to Residential Properties Ltd. as part of Providence Schools’ “Career Day.” Messier, who is Vice President of Relocation at RPL, was honored to have Central High’s Maria Lux shadow her for the day in order to gain insight regarding [...]

  The  Rhode Island House of Representatives passed legislation requiring banks to negotiate with homeowners before foreclosing last week. A similar bill is pending in the Senate. The proposal would require banks to work with homeowners to try and come up with an agreement to modify the mortgage. If the homeowner violates the agreement, or [...]

Open houses have long been an effective real estate tool for bringing buyers and sellers together. If you’re currently in the process of a buying or selling, or even if you’re just interested in seeing what properties are available in your neighborhood, be sure to mark your calendars for [...]