Providence to Post 25% Property Tax Hike?

July 20, 2010
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Providence's Finance Committee Votes in Favor of Tax Hike
Even Higher Rate Increase for Small Landlords

On July 14th, the Providence City Council's Finance Committee voted to increase the property tax rates for residential and commercial property and eliminate the homestead exemption for owners of 1 – 5 non-owner occupied properties, (July 16th  and July 20th articles [...]

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Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian on Real Estate Insight

July 19, 2010
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Mayor Scott Avedisian in studio discussing T.F. Green's airport expansion plan.

Mayor Avedisian was a great guest explaining for almost the full hour about how the expansion of the T.F. Green runway was originally proposed a decade ago, and the positive and negative effects it will have on Warwick.
One thing we all learned was the train [...]

 
 The effect on local the real estate market around the airport area - specifically house values. [1:23m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (21)
 
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Interview for GoLocalprov.com on Downsizing Trends

July 15, 2010
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Choosing a Smaller House Doesn't Always Mean You are an Empty Nester.
I was interviewed last week by Cheryl Phillips, Real Estate Contributor to GoLocalProv.com on the growing trend in buyers looking for smaller homes, regardless of how many people are living there.
"…Downsizing isn't just for empty nesters anymore. More people, including first time homebuyers, are [...]

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Mortgage Rates Continue Historic Drop

July 15, 2010

The graph below represents the drop in 30 year fixed mortgage rates since April 21, 2010. Incredible. But it's also a reflection of our lagging economy and global fears of the world's economic stability.

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RI Single Family Real Estate Stats July 1, 2010

July 5, 2010
single family real estate statistics for rhode island july 2010
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RI Condominium Real Estate Stats July 1, 2010

July 5, 2010
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Senate Votes To Extend Home-Buyer Tax Credit Deadline

June 18, 2010
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Tax Credit Extension Would Allow Three More Months to Get Credits.
To qualify for the credit, buyers had to be under contract for a purchase by April 30. But under current law they have until June 30 to close on the sale.
Under the amendment, they would get an extra three months to close — useful for [...]

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May Pendings Show Decline in RI Real Estate Market – Video Post

June 15, 2010
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Gaspee Day Parade 2010 – The Traditon Continues!

June 14, 2010
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45 Years and Counting for the Gaspee Day Parade
From my Warwick, Rhode Island Page:

"Warwick holds claim to the first violent act against British rule when in 1772 local tax revolting patriots boarded the British ship Gaspee and destroyed it.  In history this was known as The Gaspee Affair, the first bloodshed of the American Revolutionary [...]

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RI Single Family Real Estate Stats June 1, 2010

June 4, 2010
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