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Realtor.com October Housing Report: Number of homes for sale surpasses 2020 levels

The U.S. supply of for-sale homes hit a milestone on the road to recovery from the shortage of the past two years in October, as active listings soared 33.5% year-over-year to the highest level since 2020, according to the Realtor.com® Monthly Housing Trends Report released today. However, October data suggests that fewer home shoppers could afford to […]

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Watch Hill home sells for $9,950,000

Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty this week announced the Watch Hill home at 8 Westerly Road has sold for $9,950,000.  Donna Simmons, Sales Associate of Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty, represented the seller. Bill Hecker, Sales Associate of Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty, represented the buyer. According to data available from Rhode Island […]

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Rhode Island is one of the least affordable states for renters—see where it ranks

Full-time workers are feeling the pinch in today’s rental market. A nationwide housing shortage and skyrocketing property values—coupled with fewer pay raises for the general working population in recent decades—are fueling a squeeze in the rental market. But how affordable is rent in your state? In order to assess affordability, Foothold Technology looked at rent […]

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10 most common reasons people recently moved

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many in the workforce started working from home for the first time. The impact of this switch from a traditional office space has been one of the most significant social changes brought on by the pandemic. During the first year of the pandemic, from March 2020 to February 2021, the number of people […]

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Aquidneck Club condo sells for $1,782,500

Lila Delman Compass today announced the recent record sale of 125 Cory Lane Unit ‘Victory’, a three-bedroom residence in the Clubhouse at Aquidneck Club. Alexandra Thursby and Courtney van Beuren, Lila Delman Compass Sales Associates, jointly represented the seller and facilitated for the buyer in this sale. With a sales price of $1,782,500, this transaction marks the highest […]

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Realtor.com September Rental Report: National rent growth cools to the slowest annual pace in 16 months

September data confirm a fall cooldown has come to the rental market, as national rent growth dropped to its lowest annual pace (+7.8%) since June 2021, according to the Realtor.com Monthly Rental Report released today. In another sign of more typical seasonal moderation than last year, the U.S. median rental price posted its second month-over-month decline in eight […]

Historic George Champlin Mason House lists with Residential Properties for $4.395M  

Residential Properties Ltd. is proud to present The George Champlin Mason House, lovingly referred to as “Woodbine Cottage”. This rare, historic property was built by Newport’s most famed native architect, George Champlin Mason, as his personal residence. Mason is considered a master of the Newport Style and designed many Newport mansions of the Gilded Age, […]

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Fed officials call for more rate hikes to fight inflation

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will have to keep boosting its benchmark interest rate to a point that raises unemployment and gets inflation down from unusually high levels, two officials said in separate remarks Monday. Susan Collins, the new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, endorsed Fed […]

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Realtor.com August Rental Report: Americans spend 26% of their incomes on rents

August data shows renters are feeling the strain of higher costs, as Americans spent more than one-quarter (26.4%) of their monthly budgets on rents in August, on average, according to the Realtor.com® Monthly Rental Report released today. Among the 50 largest U.S. metros, coastal areas topped August’s list of least affordable rental markets, with rents accounting for […]

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