Don’t Think You Can Pull-Off a 1031 Exchange in a Hot Market? Do a Reverse 1031 Exchange Instead.
In this real estate market it is much easier to sell than buy, which makes it especially difficult to effectively do a 1031 exchange and stay within the 45-day rule of identifying properties. One strategy that many don’t know about is called a reverse 1031 exchange. It allows you to purchase a replacement property […]
Newport, RI Realtors Stay Home, Stay Positive, Stay the Course for Colleagues & Community
From restaurants to the economy, farms and politics to schools, the Coronavirus pandemic is shifting everything in our current lifestyle. The real estate market in Newport County, R.I., is equally impacted, but not necessarily in ways you might think. In some cases, things are slowing down, but in others, like closings, things are speeding up. […]
Selling the Island Life: How to Get on TV
By Matt Hadfield HOUSE HUNTING IN NEWPORT, RI ON HGTV See Matt Hadfield’s episode of “Island Life,” Sunday, April 21, 2019, 10pm EST on HGTV. When HGTV came knocking in Newport last fall, I was lucky enough to answer. Scanning the area and interviewing potential candidates for its popular weekly “Island Life” series, the home […]
TOP 5 TIPS FOR FINANCING YOUR FIRST RI HOME
By Jeff Brooks From interest rates to credit scores, income ratios to closing costs, financing for your first home is a multi-layered maze of dominos. But don’t let one domino (i.e. late credit card payments or an impromptu car purchase) start the toppling effect. With a decade in the real estate industry, a degree in […]
NEWPORT RI’S TOUSSAINT: A HISTORIC HOME STORY
Stepping across the threshold of 10 Cottage St. in Newport transports you back to the 19th century, its carved mahogany banisters, warm wood flooring, six fireplaces, coffered ceilings and leaded glass echoing the stories of its historic residents. Built in 1841, this quaint little farmhouse stood at the nucleus of three acres of verdant […]
INITIAL LAND SALES TOP $2,000,000 at SAKONNET BLUFFS, PORTSMOUTH, RI
4 SAKONNET BLUFFS’ LOTS SOLD: YEARS IN THE MAKING, WELL WORTH THE WAIT Portsmouth, RI: Hogan Associates Real Estate announced the sale of four newly created lots at the waterfront enclave of Sakonnet Bluffs in Portsmouth, RI. A 5.66-acre parcel consisting of 3 contiguous waterfront lots sold for $1,560,000 to Aquidneck Financial, LLC on August […]
