Last week, The Rhode Island Association of Realtors released their 2008 year end statistics, they reported 6,648 single-family sales through the MLS , and the Warren Group, which tracks all sales, not just MLS transactions, puts that figure at 6,761 sales, a difference of only 113 properties. Of those sales, 40% would be transactions [...]

We're excited to announce that we've recently added the complete Real Estate Insight podcast archive dating back to August 2006 to our blog. The podcasts are presented commercial free in streaming audio for your listening pleasure, and can be downloaded to your portable MP3 device or computer. Fans and regular listeners may also subscribe to [...]

There are countless advantages to owning a home, especially the tax deductions, so every year I like to sit down with Patricia Thompson, my go-to tax guru. Pat is the tax partner at [...]

We recently added some new "Winter" photos to the slide show on the home page of Residential Properties. Each season, our agents unleash their creative side and photograph our beautiful State! The best photos are chosen for the slide show. Here are the winners: [slideshow=winter,450,272]

Environmentally Sensitive homes are becoming more Mainstream. There were about 50,000 environmentally friendly homes built in the US between 1990 and 2000. Mounting energy costs and concerns about the environment, as well as more and more municipal building code requirements-are transforming what was once a curiosity into a mainstream [...]

This year I decided to mix it up a little on the radio show, in addition to the trivia question, I have decided to ask a thought provoking question as well, this week Rich posed the following question: "What will it take for you to have your confidence restored?" A caller said that he is looking for "coffee house chatter" to turn positive, [...]

We've done some fine-tuning to improve our mapping experience. For example, we've added "Reset Polygons" and "Reset Search" as menu items. We've made these options available on "Right Clicking" as well. Also, we have created a helpful video that demonstrates the Polygon Tool and gives a nice overview of Google Maps. [...]

If you remember the wonderfully inspiring 1989 film, Field of Dreams, Ray Kinsella, an Iowa farmer played by Kevin Costner hears a voice in his corn field tell him, "If you build it, he will come." He interprets this message as an instruction to build a baseball field on his farm upon which appears the ghosts of Chicago White Sox Players [...]

As consumers, nothing is less welcomed than a phone call right in the middle of dinner asking: Do you want a lower mortgage? Are you happy with your satellite provider? Would you like to consolidate all of your debt into one low monthly payment? The cold call is the exact opposite of what most successful sales people know to be effective: [...]

The Rhode Island Association of Realtors released November sales this week, despite September and Octobers gains, single family homes were down 16.05 % from November, 2007. The bright spot is in the muti-family sector, which saw sales increase by nearly 50%, this is a sign that investors and first-time buyers are definitley returning to [...]