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Do you support R.I.’s so-called “Taylor Swift Tax” on second homes...

A lawsuit was recently filed in R.I. Superior Court on behalf of more than 40 Rhode Island homeowners challenging the constitutionality of the state’s...

Lawsuit challenges Rhode Island’s ‘Taylor Swift Tax’

NEWPORT – Providence-based law firm Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP has filed a lawsuit in R.I. Superior Court on behalf of more than 40...
UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Michelle Wilcox, CEO and president of Crossroads Rhode Island, stands in front of the Summer Street Apartments project in Providence in 2024. It’s Crossroads’ five-story building featuring 176 single-bed residences for those who were previously homeless. 
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For homebuyers, landscape grows more discouraging

One word has echoed around the residential real estate sector in Rhode Island for a while now and will continue to do so: affordability. It’s...

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce donate $1M to Rhode Island Community Food...

PROVIDENCE – Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have donated $1 million to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, the organization announced Thursday. The donation is...
ADDITIONAL PAYMENT: The 11,579-square-foot home at 626 Bellevue Ave. in Newport, which sold for $30 million in 2021, is now assessed at $21.6 million. That will mean an additional $103,200 annual payment to the state under the “Taylor Swift tax” taking effect in July. 
COURTESY GUSTAVE WHITE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY

How will ‘Taylor Swift tax’ impact R.I.’s luxury real estate market?

As the Ocean State’s so-called “Taylor Swift tax” is poised to go into effect this July, observers agree that for Rhode Island’s wealthiest homeowners,...
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