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1 in 8 R.I. home loans are ‘underwater’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The 12.1 percent of Rhode Islanders who owe more on their mortgage than their homes are worth puts the state below...
THE OFFICE uses solar-thermal water heaters from Viessmann Manufacturing Co. of Warwick and 25 solar-electric panels  from Bristol-based SolarWrights. /

Developer creates first ‘Net-Zero’ building in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – A former jewelry factory has reopened as what the R.I. Economic Development Corporation (EDC) describes as the state’s “first and only Net-Zero”...

RISD installs adaptive lighting system

PROVIDENCE – In the 70-year-old Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Rhode Island School of Design this year upgraded to an “ultra–advanced” lighting system that...
USER-FRIENDLY FEATURES are the key to Residential Properties' Web site, says director of information technology Tom Flanagan. /

Five Questions With: Tom Flanagan

PROVIDENCE – In the real estate industry, the use of Web sites to list and sell properties has become second nature. Residential Properties Ltd....
THE HIGHEST RATES of foreclosure, shown in red (one per every 10 to 250 households), continued to be reported in the volatile real estate markets of Nevada, California, Arizona and Florida. /

R.I. foreclosures more than double in September

IRVINE, Calif. – Compared with September 2007, the number of home foreclosures in Rhode Island last month jumped 122.38 percent, according to RealtyTrac Inc.,...
FIFTEEN YEARS after moving to Newport, AVTECH has announced plans to purchase Warren's Cutler Mill, renovate it and move into the space not currently occupied. /

AVTECH to buy Cutler Mill, move to Warren

NEWPORT – AVTECH Software last week announced plans to buy and renovate a 140-year-old former mill in Warren, which will become the software developer’s...
GOV. DONALD L. CARCIERI gave a brief tour of the Intermodal Train Station in Warwick before pushing for approval of the Transportation Bond that goes before R.I. voters on Nov. 4 as Question 1 on the general-election ballot. /

Intermodal station update a chance to push for R.I. transportation bond...

WARWICK – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri and R.I. Department of Transportation Director Michael P. Lewis today used a news conference touting Warwick’s Intermodal Train...
ECONOMIC FACTORS: Developers of the property at 19 Harrison St., Providence, say the West Side project is unlikely to move forward until the economy improves. /

West Side redevelopment plan stalls

Caught between a legal battle over parking variances, the shrinking Rhode Island economy and the loss of the R.I. Historic Preservation Investment Tax Credit...
R.I. HOUSING Executive Director Richard Godfrey would like to see state legislation that better protects tenants in foreclosed properties. /

R.I. Housing plans program, staffing cuts of 10%

For the last 15 years, Richard H. Godfrey Jr. has served as the executive director of Rhode Island Housing, a quasi-public state agency...
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SBANE poll shows support growing for Sen. McCain

While a Smaller Business Association of New England poll of New England business owners in September showed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama leading as their...
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