Are you planning to wait until spring to begin your search for a home?     Although spring is the classic time of year to buy, you may want to consider the following before deciding to postpone your purchase. Right now, the most compelling reason to jump into the housing market is the mortgage interest rate, now at all time lows. Smart [...]

There are many advantages to keeping your home on the market during the holidays, the most obvious is the fact that the only chance you actually have of selling your house is if it is on the market. The common practice is to list your house in the Spring to take advantage of the strong Spring market, but because everyone does that, you are [...]

I’m excited to announce that we have fully activated our new and improved website today! You may have noticed that we included a “Sneak Peek” link a couple of weeks ago on the old site. The new site has a simplified design that provides easy access to finding your next home. Whether you’re researching a community, watching a video or [...]

Today on my radio show, Steve Tetzner and I were joined by Jan Girouard from All About Re-decorating. Jan is a great decorator and offered advice on staging your home to sell during the Holidays. With all   the hustle and bustle of entertaining and fulfilling obligations, there is definitely an added stress if you need to keep your home [...]

Yes, it’s true. In a study conducted by Travel + Leisure Magazine entitled “Americas Favorite Cities,” Providence came out on top in 9 out of 10 categories, when compared to Boston. In fact, when measured against all areas studied throughout new New England, our humble little city reigns supreme. This is very exciting to those of us [...]

Yesterday, on my radio show, Rich and Steve were in the studio with the latest market update and an analysis of this weeks real estate news. They also spoke with Elizabeth Cournoyer, a sales associate from our Barrington office, to highlight a very special waterfront property on [...]

At  Residential Properties, we work hard to buy and sell real estate on a professional level. Even though the company focuses on providing homes to those who can afford them, we have not forgotten about those who cannot necessarily purchase a home in the traditional sense. Last week I joined [...]

Though single family home sales have been slowly rising month to month since July , total single-family home sales were down 29.55% during the third quarter compared with the same quarter last year according to the Rhode Island Association of Realtors.   1,653 homes sold during the third quarter, compared with 2,343 homes last year, while [...]