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 — [...]

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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 [...]

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Memorial Day Image

June 2, 2010
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Everyone remembers, celebrates, and honors Memorial Day in their own way.  For some, the day hits home more poignantly than for others.  Every year, this gentleman walks throughout Providence, not saying a word, simply carrying his message on his shoulder. Watching him walk down a very warm Wickenden Street, I wondered what his connection to [...]

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Interesting Things I See When Looking at Properties

May 20, 2010
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Umm…no I can't.  

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30-Year Mortgage Rates Drop to Lowest levels This Year

May 17, 2010
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Adjustable Mortgage Rates Down As Well – Good News! According to Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.93 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending May 13, 2010. This rate is down from last week when it averaged 5.00 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 4.86 percent. [...]

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Foreclosures Jumped 55% in R.I. in April

May 9, 2010
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RI Foreclosures are Up 55% From a Year Ago and Up 19% From March One in every 525 households received a foreclosure notice in April, according to RealtyTrac. The Irvine, Calif.-based real-estate tracking firm said 861 properties in Rhode Island, or one in every 525 homes, received a foreclosure notice last month. The state’s foreclosure [...]

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