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Multifamily home sale on East Side matches $2.1M sales record

PROVIDENCE – At $2.1 million, the sale of 247 Wayland Ave. on the East Side of Providence has matched the highest price ever recorded...

Barrington house in Rumstick Point sells for $1.2M

BARRINGTON – A custom house built in 2010 and located on more than an acre of land in the Rumstick Point section of the...
AN ANALYSIS BY personal finance website GOBankingRates found Woonsocket, home to the Stadium Theatre, is a better alternative to Providence for homebuyers who want to see the value of their homes improve more quickly. / COURTESY STADIUM THEATRE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE/JORDAN W. HARRIS

Analysis: Woonsocket better home-value buy than Providence

WOONSOCKET – A national website that evaluated communities within 15 expensive metro areas found Woonsocket was a good buy. The analysis by personal finance website...
A PURCHASE and sale agreement has been executed for Parcel 6 in the I-195 Redevelopment District. / COURTESY I-195 REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMISSION.

Purchase of I-195 district parcel on East Side moves forward

PROVIDENCE – An agreement for the purchase and sale of Parcel 6 on the East Side was executed on Tuesday, according to a signed...
THE WOONSOCKET Housing Authority was awarded $1 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Development to identify and address lead-based paint hazards.

Woonsocket Housing Authority receives $1M to address lead paint hazards

WOONSOCKET – The Woonsocket Housing Authority was awarded $1 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to identify and reduce lead-based paint...
THE MEDIAN PRICE of a single-family home sold in July was $297,500, a 6.5% increase year over year. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/SCOTT MCINTYRE

R.I. median single-family goes for $298K in July, up 6.5% Y/Y

PROVIDENCE – The median price of a single-family home in Rhode Island was $297,500 in July, a 6.5% increase year over year, according to...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT In Rhode Island increased 5.2% year over year in July, the fastest rate of increase in New England./ PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. construction employment growth highest in New England in July

PROVIDENCE – The year-over-year construction employment growth rate in Rhode Island in July was the 15th-highest in the nation, according to the Associated General...
TAX RELIEF: Providence City Solicitor Jeffrey Dana said tax challenges represent almost 20% of the active civil cases involving the city. In his most recent annual tally, Dana reported to the City Council that 155 of the 845 open civil cases Providence has in either state or federal court are seeking tax relief.
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

What’s commercial property worth? Depends whom you ask

No one likes to pay property taxes. In Providence, fighting that annual bill has become almost routine for many large commercial property owners when...

For blacks, housing crisis endures

Here’s one way the 2008 financial crisis is still very much with us: For black Americans, homeownership is more out of reach than it...

R.I. mortgage delinquency declines in May, still above U.S. rate

PROVIDENCE – The share of Rhode Island mortgages in 30-day-or-more delinquency in May was 4.2%, a 0.5 percentage-point decline year over year, CoreLogic said...
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