There is always the traditional flowers or chocolates for the Valentine, but what do you do if you’ve done that for years and need something different. Well, here on Wickenden Street, we have just the place to help you out. The [...]

There is always a thread to our business - real estate.  Though we usually concentrate on the house, we have always been on the lookout for giving to the community. One of our agents, [...]

It has been my tradition to recap the most expensive home sales on Super Bowl Sunday's Show. The most expensive single family home sold in the U.S. in 2009 was in Aspen, Colorado for $43 million. This 25,000-square-foot, on 4.5 acres has 11 bedrooms, including the guest house, 15 bathrooms, gym, four powder rooms, wine cellar and a pool.   [...]

Almost all Rhode Islanders have been affected by the Iway Construction Project, which has moved the intersection of I-195 and I-95 further south. Sometimes it has been painful, but the results seem to make traffic flow better. Recently, outside our corporate and Providence office, demolition work has begun during the evening to remove the [...]

The guest on my radio show this past Sunday was my good friend Krista Watterworth, interior designer and host of HGTV’s “Splurge and Save.” Krista has lent her style and expertise on our show in the past, and you may remember her other HGTV series including “Save My Bath,” “You Should Live Here,” and “The Big Reveal.” [...]

This week Rich and I spoke with my good friend Krista Watterworth, designer/ host of HGTV's Splurge and Save. Long time Real Estate Insight listeners will remember Krista's lending her style and expertise on our show in the past, and from her other HGTV series including Save My Bath, You Should Live Here, and The Big Reveal. Splurge and Save [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending Inman Connect in New York City. Inman Connect is a conference held twice a year by Inman News. Inman News is a leading voice in independent Real Estate news and the conference is focused on marketing, technology and all things Real Estate. I really enjoyed [...]

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) and City of Providence Department of Planning and Development are hosting a follow-up meeting regarding street design details for the new street connections being built on both sides of the Providence River as part of the I-195 relocation project. Changes to street design based on [...]

Sales of single-family homes in Rhode Island rose 14.4% in 2009 compared with a year earlier, more than in any other New England state, as well as the biggest rise in multi-family home sales, at 35.6 percent. But the median price of a single-family home in Rhode Island slid 13.3%. Multi-family homes fell by even more, falling 32% to average [...]

When I first opened up my company in 1981, people would ask me where I worked and I would say "Residential Properties"…almost as a question, since almost no one knew who we were.   Today, I am proud to say that the RPL Chevron is a very recognizable symbol in Rhode Island and surrounding communities in neighboring states. The real estate [...]