R.I.’s luxury real estate market proving to be attention-getting

Katie Castellani

10/10/2025

70beaconhill072817500 — HIGH-END REAL ESTATE agencies in Rhode Island say the entrance of Serhant Real Estate – owned by reality show star Rayn Serhant – is a sign of the strength of the state's luxury market. Television personality and retired judge Judy Sheindlin recently sold her Newport house, above, for $15.3 million, seven years after she purchased it for $9 million. / COURTESY MICHAEL OSEAN

Netflix reality show star Ryan Serhant is looking to make a big splash in the Ocean State’s real estate market by expanding his brokerage into Rhode Island with 30 new agents. But other high-end agencies aren’t worried about the new heavyweight competitor, taking the arrival as a sign of the growing strength of the state’s

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