A beachfront farm in Westport and seaside estate in Jamestown have sold for a combined $16.2 million, Gustave White Sotheby’s International Realty announced. more

Bristol County, Mass. foreclosure starts rose 6 percent in November while finished foreclosures dropped 35 percent compared with the same period in 2011, The Warren Group said Wednesday more

Last winter, banking-software firm Andera Inc. moved into a new 15,000-square-foot headquarters in downtown Providence’s Gateway Center to accommodate its growing workforce. more

Patrick Boris, a banquet chef in Las Vegas, is inching closer to his own “fiscal cliff,” 2,100 miles away from the political brinksmanship under way on Capitol Hill. If Congress and the White House allow the country to go over the cliff, Boris figures he could owe federal income taxes on more than $100,000 in forgiven mortgage debt following the short sale of his two-bedroom townhome next year – a personal financial “disaster,” in his words. more

Bob Kunz, corporate safety director at Dimeo Construction Co.’s Providence office, was recently named the 2012 Construction Safety Professional of the Year by the Associated General Contractors of Connecticut. The award honors a leading individual from the commercial construction industry who has demonstrated skills, integrity and responsibility in his or her career. Kunz was presented the award during AGC’s eighth annual Industry Recognition Awards Dinner in October. He has been employed with Dimeo since 2007 and has worked as a safety professional since 1992. more

For the residents and office workers in Providence’s Empire district, 2012 has been a year of highs and lows. more

The Procaccianti Group has purchased the 272-guest room Renaissance Providence Hotel from Sage Hospitality, the group announced Thursday. more

Since bringing the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling program to Rhode Island in 2007, the HelpCenter at Rhode Island Housing has provided foreclosure prevention counseling to more than 14,000 Rhode Islanders, the organization announced Thursday. more

Sales of single-family homes in Bristol County, Mass., rose 37 percent in November compared with the same period last year, The Warren Group said Thursday. more

Rhode Island single-family home sales rose 43 percent in November compared with the same period last year, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors said Thursday. more