While I am sure that just about everybody will be glad to see the end of 2008, I always like to recap the year in Real Estate, here is a list of the top stories that I felt help to shape the Real Estate world this past year: [...]

East Greenwich celebrated the holiday season with 3 more "strolls". The town is decked to the max and so is Residential Properties Ltd.! We emptied out our conference room and it was turned into a holiday wonderland! All furnishings are on loan from Marianne Mernick-Sullivan at [...]

Residential Properties Ltd. would like to congratulate the winners of this year's "Deck Your Doors" contest. Our first place winner was Karen Bergevine at 735 Nate Whipple Highway, Cumberland. In second place was Maureen Burke at 75 Fairhaven Rd, Cumberland and third place winner was Sheilah Figliolini at 12 Westbrook Way, Cumberland. We saw [...]

MSN recently provided readers with a list of 7 great cities to live in. They also detailed 7 cities to visit. Providence made the list of livable cities, with the author touting the city's "Independent Spirit". To read the full article, click here.

Music Together is an early childhood program that is targeted at encouraging musical development in children. Classes are for children age newborn through five and their caregivers. Information on the curriculum can be found at: [...]

Reasons a seller might want to take a house off the market during the holidays: 1. To take a break from maintaining a "showing ready" home. 2. So that they may relax and enjoy the holiday season. 3. So that they may fully decorate for the holiday season (not recommended if keeping one's house on the market). 4. If there is no urgency or timeframe for the move. [...]

For more than 30 years, Rhode Island Housing has invested over $3.2 Billion dollars providing low-interest loans, grants, education, advocacy and consumer counseling to help customers rent, buy and retain their homes in Rhode Island through special programs such as rental assistance, homebuyer education, and safe, affordable

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The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped below 6% on average this week, a seven-week low for the mortgage, according to Freddie Macs weekly survey, released on Wednesday. The mortgage averaged 5.97% for the week ending Nov. 26, down from last weeks 6.04% average. The 30-year mortgage averaged 6.10% a year ago; it hasnt been lower since Oct. [...]