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R.I. receiving $77K from multistate settlement with mortgage servicer

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive about $77,000 as part of a $15.5 million multistate settlement with NewRez LLC over the mortgage servicer’s improper...

Struggling U.S. homebuyers face new hurdles as mortgage rates near 7%

Home shoppers holding out for relief from rising mortgage rates may be in for a long wait. The weekly average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate...

Do Rhode Island communities spend more than they should for police...

Rhode Island spends the most in the nation on fire protection and is among the top 10 states for police protection spending per capita,...

Helping workers help themselves

PBN Healthiest Employers Awards 2026 100-499 EMPLOYEES 7. R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. CEO (or equivalent): Carol Ventura, CEO and executive director Full-time U.S. employees: 229 The...

Mortgage rates reach highest level in more than 14 months

Mortgage rates rose for the third week in a row, pushing the average long-term U.S. home loan rate to its highest level in over...

Cotality: R.I. home price index rises 3.64% year over year in...

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island home price index increased 3.64% year over year in July, same as Maine and the second-highest growth rate in...

State awards $4.875M to buy former Conant Thread mill site

PAWTUCKET – The Pawtucket and Central Falls redevelopment agencies have been awarded $4.875 million in state funding to purchase the former Conant Thread-Coats &...
THE STATE on Aug. 27 invested $21.1 million in Pennrose LLC's Tidewater School Street development that will build 76 new affordable apartments along the Seekonk River in Pawtucket. / COURTESY PENNROSE LLC AND CITY OF PAWTUCKET

Pawtucket officials hail state’s $21.1M investment in Tidewater housing construction

PAWTUCKET – Mayor Donald R. Grebien on Monday hailed $21.1 million in state funding to help build 76 affordable apartments planned as part of...
LOOKING UP: The R.I. Commerce Corp. board of directors on Aug. 24 unanimously approved up to $9.5 million in state support to help jump-start the stalled redevelopment of Providence’s “Superman” building, 
PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM

Do you support the decision to approve up to $9.5M in...

R.I. Commerce Corp.’s board of directors on Aug. 24 approved up to $9.5 million in new state support for the redevelopment of Providence’s "Superman"...

Rhode Island grants $38.7M to help produce 147 affordable homes

PROVIDENCE – The state on Thursday awarded $38.7 million that will support the production of 147 affordable homes across Rhode Island.  The funding, announced by Gov. Daniel...
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