FHA Loans Demystified – 10 Useful Tips for Borrowers and Homeowners Alike

As a Rhode Island real estate agent who has recently navigated both ends of FHA backed transactions, I can personally attest to the fact that FHA loans are making a strong comeback as a useful alternative for first-time home buyers and home buyers with less than perfect credit.  My experience as of late has enlightened […]

Tales of The Help, a Newport RI Mansion Story

  An Elegant Hand-Me-Down from Newport, RI’s Gilded Age Tucked away in one of my closets is an antique wicker doll carriage abandned many years ago by my now grown-up daughters.  My mother-in-law, the late Dorothy Hogan, gave us the carriage when our daughter, Casey, was born. Casey was the first girl in two generations […]

Newport, RI Real Estate Market Snapshot

The charts below provide a snapshot of Newport’s Single Family Real Estate market for the 6 months ending February 28, 2011.  For those of you thinking about pricing your homes for spring, this is important information to consider.  If you would like a similar report on your town, just give us a call.

Epic Summer Rentals in Newport, RI

Mae West once said, “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” As a luxury waterfront rental specialist in Newport, RI, helping folks “do it right” is my profession. Lucky me – especially at this time of year when Rhode Island summer rental activity begins to heat up. If you’re […]

Secret Newport, RI Short Cuts: What your GPS won’t tell you.

“Isn’t it just awful getting around here in the summer?” When I bring buyers to see homes for sale in Newport, RI, I always get this question: “Isn’t it just awful getting around here in the summer?” I live in Newport, right downtown, and the truth is, it’s NOT hard to get around in the […]

Newport, RI: Tall Ships Challenge 101

Tall Ships come to Newport July 6-9, 2012 It seems everywhere I go these days I overhear people chatting in eager anticipation of the Tall Ships arrival to Newport this summer. The buzz generating around this maritime festival is quite contagious, and I too have caught “the bug”. I have quickly come to realize if […]