There are many advantages to keeping your home on the market during the holidays, the most obvious is the fact that the only chance you actually have of selling your house is if it is on the market. The common practice is to list your house in the Spring to take advantage of the strong Spring market, but because everyone does that, you are [...]

I’m excited to announce that we have fully activated our new and improved website today! You may have noticed that we included a “Sneak Peek” link a couple of weeks ago on the old site. The new site has a simplified design that provides easy access to finding your next home. Whether you’re researching a community, watching a video or [...]

Today on my radio show, Steve Tetzner and I were joined by Jan Girouard from All About Re-decorating. Jan is a great decorator and offered advice on staging your home to sell during the Holidays. With all   the hustle and bustle of entertaining and fulfilling obligations, there is definitely an added stress if you need to keep your home [...]

Yes, it’s true. In a study conducted by Travel + Leisure Magazine entitled “Americas Favorite Cities,” Providence came out on top in 9 out of 10 categories, when compared to Boston. In fact, when measured against all areas studied throughout new New England, our humble little city reigns supreme. This is very exciting to those of us [...]

Yesterday, on my radio show, Rich and Steve were in the studio with the latest market update and an analysis of this weeks real estate news. They also spoke with Elizabeth Cournoyer, a sales associate from our Barrington office, to highlight a very special waterfront property on [...]

At  Residential Properties, we work hard to buy and sell real estate on a professional level. Even though the company focuses on providing homes to those who can afford them, we have not forgotten about those who cannot necessarily purchase a home in the traditional sense. Last week I joined [...]

Though single family home sales have been slowly rising month to month since July , total single-family home sales were down 29.55% during the third quarter compared with the same quarter last year according to the Rhode Island Association of Realtors.   1,653 homes sold during the third quarter, compared with 2,343 homes last year, while [...]

We know, it’s that time of year again. Long gone are the 90 degree days and afternoons spent at the beach.  So as we take our mittens out of storage and start our annual celebration of sweater weather, should we not guard our homes the same way we do our being? With another Nor’easter right around the corner, the time has come to [...]

According to the American Cancer Society over 207,090 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer by the end of 2010. Although there have been significant improvements in the treatment and early detection of this cancer, allowing millions of women to beat the illness, we all know, or, at least, know of someone who has been affected by breast [...]