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Prices for single-family homes climbed in almost 88 percent of U.S. cities in the fourth quarter as the housing recovery broadened.
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By John Gittelsohn and Prashant Gopal |
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The Providence Preservation Society Executive Director James Brayton Hall will be leaving PPS in March to serve as deputy director of the Norton Museum of Art, in Palm Beach, Fla.
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By PBN Staff
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Wednesday that Rhode Island is slated to receive $3.24 million in disaster relief funding to rebuild following the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in the fall.
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By PBN Staff
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Single-family home prices in the Providence-Fall River-New Bedford metro area rose 3 percent from December 2011 to December 2012, according to CoreLogic’s Home Price Index.
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By PBN Staff
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The housing rebound is broadening to other parts of the U.S. economy and will likely lend impetus to growth through 2013 and beyond.
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By Rich Miller and Shobhana Chandra |
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The foreclosure inventory in Rhode Island rose 0.2 percentage points year over year in December to 2.9 percent, CoreLogic reported Friday. This means that 2.9 percent of all homes with a mortgage in Rhode Island were in one aspect of the foreclosure process.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island single-family home sales rose 9 percent in December compared with the same period the previous year, ending 2012 sales up 20 percent from 2011, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors said Friday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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The owner of the Industrial Trust Tower said he believes there is demand for new apartments downtown, but is not ruling out any mix of uses for the landmark known as the “Superman building.”
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Rhode Island is slated to receive nearly $450,000 from a $128 million multi-state settlement from Lender Processing Services Inc. to resolve claims of improper foreclosure practices, including the “robo-signing” of documents.
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By PBN Staff
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Cornish Associates has been hired to redevelop the Industrial Trust Tower at 111 Westminster St. in downtown Providence and turn the city’s tallest building into apartments.
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By Patrick Anderson |