Warwick, R.I. – October 19, 2026 – Rhode Island single-family home sales saw an annual drop of 11.7% in September and a 14.8% decrease in contracts signed but not sold by the end of month. According to data recently released by the Rhode Island Association of Realtors, the median price rose .75% to $534,000.
Rhode Island residential home sale trends continued in August with slower sales and rising median prices year-over-year in all sectors of the market.
Warwick, R.I. – August 20, 2026 – Today, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors reported that the median price of single-family home sales in the Ocean State continued to increase year-over-year last month, rising to $525,000 from $505,000 in July 2025. Rising prices and recent mortgage rate increases prompted fewer sales than the prior year, helping to increase the number of homes on the market.
Rhode Island's housing market posted year-over-year gains in closed sales across all residential property types despite ongoing economic uncertainty. Single-family home sales led the way with a 14% increase - the first annual gain in closed transactions this year - while the median sales price climbed to a record monthly high of $550,000, up 5.8% from June 2025.
Warwick, R.I. – June 18, 2026 – May sales data from the Rhode Island Association of Realtors marked a reversal of a long-standing trend of single-family home median price gains year-over-year. For the first time since January 2017, last month's median price of $500,000 represented a 2.5% decline from 12 months earlier.
Warwick, R.I. –May 20, 2026 – Rhode Island’s housing market has seen growing inventory and increased sales for the past three months, a typical trend leading into spring. Year-over-year, however, data released by the Rhode Island Association of Realtors show that the Ocean State’s housing issues has shown little overall improvement.
Warwick, R.I. --- April 22, 2026 – First-quarter single-family home sales fell by nearly nine percent year-over-year, and by the end of the quarter, March sales remained 5.3% below the prior year. The Rhode Island Association of Realtors reported that the Ocean State realized the slowest activity in single-family home sales last month since monthly record-keeping began in 2010. A 13.5% annual drop in pending sales also foretells a slower market heading into spring.
Warwick, R.I. – March 19, 2026 – In February, a combination of weather, economic uncertainty, and the continued critical supply shortage, caused R.I.’s home sales to fall 13.6% year-over-year, according to a new report released by the Rhode Island Association of Realtors. Last month’s 349 single-family home sales signified the lowest number of monthly sales recorded since February 2011. Pending sales, those under contract but not completed by month’s end, fell by 4.8%.
Warwick, R.I. – The Realtor Foundation: Rhode Island and RIHousing today announced a new round of their RI Realtors Homebuyer Grant, with $50,000 available in down payment and closing costs assistance for Rhode Island families purchasing their first home. This additional program funding comes after a successful first round in 2025, which saw 49 families assisted in buying a home.
Rhode Island’s housing market was off to a slow start in 2026, having experienced the lowest single-family home sales at the beginning of the year since 2011. With just 429 homes sold statewide in January, sales activity fell 7.3% from 12 months prior.