The Pending Home Sales Index, rose for the third month in a row 6.7 % from March, and is 3.2% above April 2008. Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said buyers are responding to very favorable market conditions. The $8,000 tax credit is beginning to impact the market, since first-time buyers must finalize their purchase by November 30 to get [...]

June 15th - October 15th 2009 Take a stroll down historic Benefit Street Tuesday through Saturdays starting at 11:00am. The 90-minute walk starts at the John Brown House Museum. Tickets are $12 and Parking is available. Visit the Rhode Island Historical Society to learn more. View our listings on Benefit Street. Take a virtual walk down Benefit Street with Google Street [...]

The Pending Home Sales Index, rose for the third month in a row 6.7 % from March, and is 3.2% above April 2008. Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said buyers are responding to very favorable market conditions. The $8,000 tax credit is beginning to impact the market, since first-time buyers must finalize their purchase by November 30 to get [...]

Good news! There has been a recent increase in sales activity throughout RI of homes being purchased by first time buyers! First Time Home Buyers are a driving force in the recovery of our housing market. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has made up to $8000 tax credits available to qualified first time home buyers for [...]

The 28th annual Schweppes Great Chowder Cook-Off will be held this Saturday, June 6th, 2009 from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. at the Newport Yachting Center on America's Cup Avenue in Newport. The cook-off lets you be the judge and taste all you can eat samples of chowder, 3,000 gallons in total. Entrants have traveled from as far as Washington State, [...]

"Movies On The Block" returns to Providence for 2009! Located on the corner of Westminster and Union Streets in downcity Providence, across from Tazza Cafe, this outdoor movie screen will play films each Thursday throughout the summer and into fall. The lineup includes classics such as Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Jaws, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, North By Northwest, The Graduate and Sixteen [...]

This week I was supposed to have Brad Hyson from the Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living on to talk about the Sustainable Living Festival and Clean Energy Expo being held next Saturday and Sunday June 6 and 7^th, in western Coventry, but unfortunately, there was a technical glitch and we were not able to speak with him. The [...]

This weekend, the Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living will host The 8th Annual RI Sustainable Living Festival and Clean Energy Expo. Held this Saturday & Sunday, June 6th & 7th, the event will include musical performances, vendors, kids' activities and 80+ workshops on everything from renewable energy to organic gardening. Musical [...]

Belcourt Castle is on the market and is listed with Judy Chace of Residential Properties. This Newport Mansion is Rhode Island's largest privately-owned residence and is priced at $7.2 million. This newsworthy listing has been featured in [...]

Anyone familiar with the popular social networking site Twitter knows of the trend #FollowFriday. If you're not familiar with Twitter, it is a free micro-blogging site where users create 140-character posts called "tweets". Follow Friday was launched in late 2008 when Mich Baldwin posted a tweet [...]