Cox Providence Rhode Races are taking place this Sunday, May 2,  with the starting line forming at at Kennedy Plaza. The Cox Sports Marathon and the Shape Up RI Half-Marathon start at 8am and the Harpoon 5k starts at 11:15am. Online and Mail-In Registration sites are now closed, but on-site registration is available at varying times at the [...]

  Spring has definitely arrived and so has the Spring market, and the first quarter numbers released this week by the Rhode Island Association of Realtors reflect it.   Sales were up for single family homes and condominiums, but down for multi families.   Single family sales rose 8.5% from the first quarter of 2009 while median price rose [...]

As I posted in the past, we hold a seasonal photo contest. It’s a great opportunity for our agents and staff to grab their cameras and unleash some creativity! The winning photos are added to the slide show on our home page. It’s always a difficult decision choosing the winning photographs and this spring was no exception. I am excited [...]

I had the opportunity to participate in the annual Earth Day cleanup at Laurel Park in Warren this past weekend. Laurel Park is situated on the Kickemuit River in Warren, RI. The Laurel Park Improvement Association sponsored the event. Visit their site for more information. T-Shirts and clean-up bags were supplied as well breakfast and [...]

It’s Earth Day 2010. We are all becoming more aware of our environment and the impact we have on its condition. This weekend there will be many opportunities to clean our neighborhoods and shorelines or recycle old electronics that are hazardous to the environment. Many local fundraisers are taking place, but you can also do your part in [...]

Today was Career Day at Residential Properties. We hosted two career-oriented high school students, Pamela Gonzalez and Paola Peña. Through the Volunteer in Providence Schools (VIPS) organization, the Classical High School students gave us the opportunity to show them what they could expect to do in the real estate industry. We spent the [...]

If you haven't heard, Foursquare is one of the fastest growing social networking sites. It’s also having a major impact on local business. One of the great elements that separates Foursquare from other applications is the geotagging ability, which allows users to focus on local services. The premise of Foursquare is to "check-in" at [...]

Scanning the news feeds I receive every day, I came across an article that caught my eye in the Providence Business News. They were quoting an article pushed out from the group Environment Rhode Island. I was not familiar with them, so I decided to dig into their website to look at the article. The starting point was the line "Rhode Island [...]

“Nationwide Open House Weekend” will be held this coming weekend, April 10 & 11. This event, initiated by executives at local and state Realtor® associations on the west coast, was created to promote open houses and is spreading east with the National Association of Realtors (NAR) spreading the word. (However, it is not a NAR sanctioned [...]

    President Obama on Tuesday declared Rhode Island   a Federal disaster area, ordering federal aid for disaster relief and authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate relief efforts.  The president said that the federal government would make available whatever resources the state needs to bounce back from the [...]