Boston Property Report

2026-08-02 · Furlong PA → Boston Area relocation

32 qualifying corridor listings across seven towns (23 active, 9 pending) — Rehoboth MA carries 18 of them but fails the 10-minute rail rule, Norwood MA again returns zero active inventory, and the cheapest buildable entries remain 0 Britton Ave, Stoughton MA at $100,000 and 145 Winthrop St, Rehoboth MA at $225,000. 9 viable RI beach-area rental buy candidates concentrated in North Kingstown RI, Narragansett RI, Wakefield RI and Jamestown RI, with Narragansett RI's STR permit cap still frozen under injunction and no ruling found since the December 2025 stay.

Search criteria

Section 1 — corridor land & homes, 0.75 to 5.0 acres inclusive: vacant/buildable land, teardown-grade structures, or existing single-family homes. Public water and sewer at street preferred but never disqualifying. ≤10 min to an MBTA Providence/Stoughton line station, ≤15 min hospital, ≤30 min highly rated library, ≤30 min Planet Fitness. Manufactured-home requirement is dropped from this section.
Towns: Canton MA, Stoughton MA, Sharon MA, Norwood MA, Mansfield MA, Attleboro MA, Rehoboth MA (02769). Rehoboth MA is included flagged — its station drive times run ~18–22 min and fail the rail rule, but it carries the deepest qualifying inventory.
Section 2 — small beach-area properties to buy and then rent by the week: condos, duplexes/two-families, mobile/manufactured homes, and small cottages. Near beaches and within ~15 min of a Providence/Stoughton line station, in areas where weekly vacation rentals are already established.
Each run is a fresh search. No day-over-day deltas, no NEW / PRICE DROP / GONE markers. All drive times are estimates.

Section 1 — Corridor land & homes (0.75–5.0 acres)

Canton MA · Stoughton MA · Sharon MA · Norwood MA

Address	Price	Acres	Structure	Utilities	Station (est.)	Amenities (est.)	Zoning	Status	Source
106 Indian Ln, Canton MA	$329,000	1.00	Vacant buildable lot, backs to conservation land; lot survey and perc test on file	Unconfirmed — not stated in listing; verify with Canton DPW	Canton Center / Canton Junction ~5–8 min	Norwood Hosp ER ~15 min · Canton Public Library ~5 min · PF Stoughton/Norwood ~10–15 min	Residential	Active	LandSearch
140 York St, Canton MA	$1,999,000	1.10	Existing SFH 6bd/4.5ba, 6,696 sqft, 3-car garage — finished high-end home, not a teardown	Unconfirmed	Canton Center / Canton Junction ~5–10 min	As above (Canton reference points)	Residential	Pending	LandWatch
Lot 4 West St, Stoughton MA	$449,900	1.76	Vacant land abutting Muddy Pond Conservation Land with a brook	Unconfirmed — not itemized in listing	Stoughton ~6 min (per listing copy)	New England Sinai ~5–10 min · Stoughton Public Library ~5–10 min · PF Stoughton ~10 min	RB residential	Active	LandSearch
0 Britton Ave, Stoughton MA	$100,000	0.77	Vacant wooded residential lot; may be combined with adjacent 46 Britton Ave, Stoughton MA for a larger assemblage	Water, sewer, electric all listed “Nearby”; gas none. Hookup distance/cost not confirmed at street	Stoughton ~1–2 min (0.4 mi)	New England Sinai ~3–5 min · Stoughton Public Library ~2 min · PF Stoughton ~5 min	Residential (N/A in listing)	Active	Boston Pads
140 Grace Ln, Stoughton MA	$849,900	1.04	Existing 1994 Cape, 2bd/2ba finished (1,728 sqft); second floor framed and plumbed but unfinished — expansion play, not a teardown	Private well and private septic — no public water/sewer	Stoughton ~8–10 min	New England Sinai ~10 min · Stoughton Public Library ~10 min · PF Stoughton ~10 min	Residential	Active	Homes.com
10 Cobbler Ln, Sharon MA	$575,000	1.99	Vacant land — last remaining lot in Layton Estates; perc-tested and designed for a 5-bedroom septic, natural walk-out grade	Water on site; gas and electric on street; designed for private septic, not public sewer	Sharon ~3–5 min (1 mi)	Good Samaritan / Norwood ER ~15–20 min · Sharon Public Library ~5 min · PF Stoughton ~15–20 min	Residential	Active	Coldwell Banker

Norwood MA — zero qualifying active inventory. Every Norwood MA land parcel found across LandWatch, Land.com and Homes.com is Pending: 230 Richland Rd, Norwood MA (1.24 ac, $679,900); 0 Deerfield Rd, Norwood MA (6.21 ac, over the acreage cap regardless); 0 Quail Run, Norwood MA (0.58 ac, under the floor regardless). The one nominally active nearby parcel, 0 Charlotte Rd, East Walpole MA ($2,995,000, 7.79 ac Norwood MA / 3.07 ac Walpole MA split), exceeds the 5.0-acre cap and is marketed as a 122-unit apartment development site. Zillow independently reports 0 land listings for Norwood MA, corroborating this. Structural note: Norwood MA's own stations (Norwood Central, Norwood Depot) are on the Franklin line, not Providence/Stoughton — Norwood MA inventory has to be measured against Canton Junction or Route 128 instead.

Documented exclusions, this cluster. 210 Dedham St, Canton MA (0.72 ac, below the floor, active $550,000); 35 Turnpike St, Canton MA and 16 Danforth, Canton MA (too small); 435 Walpole St, Canton MA (sold 2024). 115 Kennedy Rd, Stoughton MA (8.8 ac, over the cap); 0 Washington St, Stoughton MA (sold 9/30/2025 — LandSearch's “Pending” tag was stale); Atkinson Avenue Ext, Stoughton MA (commercial, pending); Lot 2 Pondview Ln, Stoughton MA (status conflict — Homes.com shows both a for-sale header and a 05/02/2025 sold event; excluded pending verification). 7 Tisdale Rd, Sharon MA and 580 Mountain St, Sharon MA (both pending); 51 Norwood St, Sharon MA (sold). A 1.8-acre Rt 138 commercial parcel in Canton MA recurred in snippets with no verifiable street address — excluded rather than fabricated.

Mansfield MA · Attleboro MA

Address	Price	Acres	Structure	Utilities	Station (est.)	Amenities (est.)	Zoning	Status	Source
75 Fowler St, Mansfield MA	$995,000	2.35	Vacant buildable lot off Rte 140	Unconfirmed — verify with town DPW	Mansfield ~5–10 min	Sturdy Memorial ~10–15 min · Mansfield Public Library ~5–10 min · PF Norton ~10–15 min	Residential per listing tag — not independently confirmed	Active	Homes.com
1125 School St, Mansfield MA	$1,200,000	3.00	Existing SFH 3bd/2.5ba, 3,339 sqft	Unconfirmed	Mansfield ~5–10 min	Sturdy Memorial ~10–15 min · Mansfield Public Library ~5–10 min · PF Norton ~10–15 min	Not confirmed	Active	LandSearch
Lot 7 Pleasant St, Attleboro MA	$240,000	0.86	Vacant lot with approved building permit and septic design — build-ready	Approved septic design; not public sewer	Attleboro ~8–12 min	Sturdy Memorial ~5–10 min · Attleboro Public Library ~5–10 min · PF Norton ~10–15 min	Residential, build-ready	Active	Homes.com
141 Downing Drive Ext, Attleboro MA	$699,900	1.72	Existing SFH 4bd/2ba, 2,412 sqft — newly listed (~4 days)	Unconfirmed	Attleboro ~8–12 min	Sturdy Memorial ~5–10 min · Attleboro Public Library ~5–10 min · PF Norton ~10–15 min	Not confirmed	Active	LandSearch
32 Thayer Farm Rd, Attleboro MA	$739,000	2.10	Existing SFH built 1952, 5bd/3ba, 3,352 sqft	Unconfirmed	Attleboro ~8–12 min	Sturdy Memorial ~5–10 min · Attleboro Public Library ~5–10 min · PF Norton ~10–15 min	Not confirmed	Active	LandSearch
23 York Dr, Attleboro MA	$374,900	~2.00 (1.97–2.0 across sources)	Vacant residential lot	Unconfirmed	Attleboro ~8–12 min	Sturdy Memorial ~5–10 min · Attleboro Public Library ~5–10 min · PF Norton ~10–15 min	Residential per listing tag	Pending	LandWatch

Documented exclusions, this cluster. Attleboro MA out of the acreage band: Lot 6 Pleasant St (5.48 ac), Lot 8 Pleasant St (0.48 ac), 18 York Dr (0.47 ac, pending), LOT 8G Thacher St (5.3 ac, pending), 0 Pitas Ave (50.9 ac), 366/0 Pike Ave (17.2 ac), 933 Pleasant St (6.78 ac, pending), 240 Smith St (24.3 ac, pending), 219 S Main St (11.7 ac, commercial). Mansfield MA: 451R Gilbert St (27.7 ac, pending). “245 Winter St, Mansfield MA” was reported inconsistently across sources (one as a 4bd SFH on 1.5 ac, another as a 2bd condo) — could not verify, excluded rather than guessed. Mansfield MA is genuinely thin this run: repeated searches surfaced Taunton MA, Norton MA, Easton MA, Foxboro MA, Norfolk MA, Plainville MA and Franklin MA results, all separate towns and all excluded rather than used as padding.

North Attleborough MA — adjacent town, rail rule flagged

North Attleborough MA has no station of its own; the nearest Providence/Stoughton stop is Attleboro station. Both parcels below sit on the north/interior side of town, so estimated drive times run well past the 10-minute rule — flagged the same way Rehoboth MA is, and included because they clear every other filter.

Address	Price	Acres	Structure	Utilities	Station (est.)	Amenities (est.)	Status	Source
205 Paine Rd, North Attleborough MA	$699,500	4.89	Existing SFH 3bd/2.5ba, 2,048 sqft	Unconfirmed — likely well/septic given lot size	Attleboro ~12–18 min — exceeds the 10-min rule	Sturdy Memorial ~10–15 min · N. Attleborough library ~10 min · PF N. Attleboro ~5–10 min	Active	LandSearch
655 Allen Ave, North Attleborough MA	$749,900	1.90	Existing SFH 3bd/2.5ba, 2,436 sqft	Unconfirmed — likely well/septic	Attleboro ~12–18 min — exceeds the 10-min rule	Sturdy Memorial ~10–15 min · N. Attleborough library ~10 min · PF N. Attleboro ~5–10 min	Active	LandSearch

Rehoboth MA — deepest inventory, fails the rail rule

Nearest station for every Rehoboth MA listing is Attleboro station at an estimated ~18–22 minutes — over the 10-minute rule, included per the project's standing exception. Rehoboth MA is overwhelmingly well/septic, not public water/sewer. Amenity estimates from Attleboro-side reference points: Sturdy Memorial Hospital, 211 Park St, Attleboro MA ~15–22 min depending on which side of Rehoboth MA (inside target for western Rehoboth MA, over it for eastern/southern); Attleboro Public Library, 74 N Main St, Attleboro MA well inside 30 min; Planet Fitness at 175 Mansfield Ave, Norton MA or 40 Cumberland Ave, North Attleborough MA ~15–25 min, inside the 30-min target.

Vacant / buildable land

Address	Price	Acres	Notes	Utilities	Status	Source
145 Winthrop St, Rehoboth MA	$225,000	3.18	Approved septic design for a 4-bed home; front zoned Business (Rte 44 frontage), rear Residential	Septic (approved design)	Active	Homes.com
156 Rocky Hill Rd, Rehoboth MA	$229,000	1.99	Perc test complete; legal non-conforming buildable lot	Not stated — well/septic likely	Active	LandSearch
207 Providence St Bldr Lot 2, Rehoboth MA	$270,000	1.47	Approved septic design (re-verify with town); restrictive covenants apply	Septic (approved design)	Active	Homes.com
1 Round Farm Rd, Rehoboth MA	$275,000	1.51	Build-ready; custom ranch/colonial packages offered	Not stated — well/septic likely	Active	Homes.com
52 Round Farm Rd, Rehoboth MA (lot listing)	$275,000	1.50	Possibly stale or duplicate — ~13 months on market; may have been re-listed as the improved 52 Round Farm Rd, Rehoboth MA home below	Not stated	Active (flagged)	LandSearch
7 Ledge Hill Ln, Rehoboth MA	$279,999	1.60	“The Fairways” subdivision off Perryville Rd; all upland	Septic (design pending per subdivision)	Active	Homes.com
11a Ledge Hill Ln, Rehoboth MA	$329,900	1.74	New subdivision off Perryville Rd; southern exposure	Not stated — well/septic likely	Active	Homes.com

Single-family homes on qualifying land

Address	Price	Acres	Details	Utilities	Status	Source
275 Summer St, Rehoboth MA	$699,000	2.75	3bd/2.5ba, 1,676 sqft	Not stated	Active	LandSearch
34 Smith St, Rehoboth MA	$759,000	2.00	4bd/3.5ba, 2,400 sqft — newly listed (~2 days)	Not stated — well/septic likely	Active	LandSearch
6 Running Stream Rd, Rehoboth MA	$999,999	1.38	5bd/3ba, 3,770 sqft	Not stated	Active	LandWatch
52 Round Farm Rd, Rehoboth MA (home)	$1,100,000	1.50	3bd/2.5ba, 2,522 sqft	Not stated	Active	LandSearch
72 New St, Rehoboth MA	$499,900	2.00	3bd/2ba, 1,387 sqft	Not stated	Pending	LandSearch
19 Cedar St, Rehoboth MA	$589,000	1.60	3bd/2.5ba, 2,400 sqft	Not stated	Pending	LandSearch
224 Perryville Rd, Rehoboth MA	$649,000	2.36	3bd/2ba, 1,802 sqft	Not stated	Pending	LandSearch
245 Perryville Rd, Rehoboth MA	$724,900	1.50	4bd/2.5ba, 2,800 sqft	Not stated	Pending	LandSearch
5 Victoria Ln, Rehoboth MA	$850,000	1.87	3bd/2.5ba, 3,175 sqft	Not stated	Pending	LandSearch
138 Chestnut St, Rehoboth MA	$949,900	1.39	4bd/4ba, 3,647 sqft	Not stated	Pending	LandWatch
48 Round Farm Rd, Rehoboth MA	$1,200,000	1.50	4bd/3ba, 2,820 sqft	Not stated	Pending	LandSearch

Documented exclusions, Rehoboth MA. Out of the acreage band: 82 Hornbine Rd, Rehoboth MA (7.8 ac); 70 Wheaton Ave, Rehoboth MA (118 ac); 339 Tremont St, Rehoboth MA (6 ac); 241 Perryville Rd, Rehoboth MA (9.5 ac). 12 Ciana Rd, Rehoboth MA (1.38 ac, $260,000) surfaced in an early search but its LandSearch URL now redirects to the generic Rehoboth MA search page — treated as inactive/removed and excluded rather than reported as current. Neighboring-town results from Dighton MA, Berkley MA and Seekonk MA that surfaced in the same searches were excluded.

Section 2 — Beach-area weekly rental buys (RI)

Geography reality check. The Providence/Stoughton line's two southernmost stations are Wickford Junction (North Kingstown RI) and T.F. Green Airport (Warwick RI). Measured against those, only North Kingstown RI / Wickford RI / Saunderstown RI and the Warwick RI shore reliably satisfy the ~15-minute target. Narragansett RI (~17 min est.) and Bonnet Shores RI (~15–20 min est.) are borderline. South Kingstown RI / Wakefield RI / Matunuck RI (~20–30 min est.) and Jamestown RI (~20–25 min est.) are genuinely outside the band — covered because they are named focus areas, but flagged rather than glossed over.

Address	Price	Type	Bd/Ba · sqft	Fees	Beach (est.)	Station (est.)	STR notes	Status	Source
49 Seawynds Dr, North Kingstown RI	$549,900	Condo, Reynolds Farm	2/2 · 1,168	Not stated — condo fee applies, pull the docs	Wickford / N. Kingstown Town Beach ~10 min drive	Wickford Junction ~5–8 min	No townwide STR registry; state DBR registration mandatory. Verify condo docs allow weekly rentals	Active	Homes.com
515 Davisville Rd, North Kingstown RI	$599,000	Legal two-family / duplex, fully vacant	4/2 total · 1,232	None	Wickford Town Beach / Rome Point ~10 min drive	Wickford Junction ~8–10 min	State DBR registration; confirm zoning with N. Kingstown building/zoning	Active, open house scheduled	Homes.com
20 Narragansett Ave Unit 210, Narragansett RI	$1,200,000	Condo, Surfside — 99-unit building directly across from the Town Beach, an established weekly-rental building	2/2 · 989	Condo fee not stated	Narragansett Town Beach, ~2 min walk	Wickford Junction ~17 min — borderline	Narragansett STR ordinance under injunction; verify Surfside condo docs permit weekly rentals before offering	Active	Homes.com
194 S Pier Rd, Narragansett RI	$999,900	Side-by-side two-family / duplex, Narragansett Pier	4/2 · 1,728	None	Short walk to Town Beach, seawall, The Towers	Wickford Junction ~17 min	Narragansett ordinance under injunction — 7-night minimum and permit cap unresolved	Active	Homes.com
6 MacAlder St, Narragansett RI	$1,495,000	Duplex, “Jerusalem” neighborhood, water views	6/4 · 2,358	None	Short walk to the ocean	Wickford Junction ~17 min	Same Narragansett injunction caveat; priced above the small-format target — buyer discretion	Active	Homes.com
30 Acorn Ct Unit G6, Wakefield RI	$449,900	Condo, finished walkout lower level	2/1.5 · 1,425	Condo fee not stated	Minutes to downtown Wakefield RI and area beaches	Wickford Junction ~20–30 min — outside the 15-min band	South Kingstown annual STR registration, $100 fee; no cap, no litigation	Active	Homes.com
285 Gooseberry Rd, Wakefield RI	$950,000	Two cottages on one parcel (main house + separate 1-bed beach cottage, separate utilities and basements) — functions as a duplex	2/2 combined · 700	None	Bike to East Matunuck Beach	Wickford Junction ~20–30 min	South Kingstown registration; two units = potentially two rental streams	Active	Homes.com
22 Southwest Ave, Jamestown RI	$695,000	Condo; companion unit at 24 Southwest Ave, Jamestown RI may be bought together (MLS 1406521)	1/1 · 1,200	Condo fee not stated	Walk to grocery, post office, park, beach	Wickford Junction ~20–25 min	Jamestown licenses STRs: $350/yr, Oct 1 deadline, biennial inspection, 126 licensed + 6 pending — functioning, uncapped	Active, $300K price drop	Homes.com
24 Southwest Ave, Jamestown RI	$695,000	Condo, companion to 22 Southwest Ave, Jamestown RI	3/1 · 1,200	Condo fee not stated	Walk to grocery, post office, park, beach	Wickford Junction ~20–25 min	Same Jamestown licensing regime	Active, $300K price drop	Homes.com

Zero qualifying inventory this run: Saunderstown RI (no qualifying condo, duplex or mobile home — the only listing was a $2.45M estate, excluded); Bonnet Shores RI (no qualifying dwelling unit at all); Buttonwoods, Warwick RI (0 condos for sale); Conimicut and Warwick Neck, Warwick RI (no qualifying duplex or beach-adjacent mobile home); Jamestown RI and North Kingstown RI both returned zero genuine manufactured-home inventory — MHVillage's “North Kingstown” results were all actually in Middleborough MA, Norton MA, Attleboro MA and Groton/Mystic CT, i.e. cross-sell, not local stock.

Unverified leads — do not treat as data. Aggregators report 2 condos for sale in Oakland Beach, Warwick RI (median ~$460K), citing 107 Coburn St, Warwick RI ($339,900, 2bd/1.5ba, 1,120 sqft), 109 Coburn St, Warwick RI, and 73 Pinehurst Ave, Warwick RI ($399,000, 2bd/2ba, Greenwich Bay water views). No live listing page could be fetched to confirm any of these — oceanstatecondos.com returned no retrievable content and the underlying Trulia/Redfin/BEX pages are JS-gated. Treat as leads for a buyer's agent to verify, not as confirmed listings.

Weekly rental rate benchmarks

Area	Source & sample	Occupancy	Nightly ADR	Implied weekly
Narragansett RI	AirDNA — 964 active listings	65%	$538	~$3,766 annual average; peak summer weeks run well above this. $25,624/mo average revenue
Warwick RI	AirDNA — 124 active listings	61%	$263 (+10.8% YoY)	~$1,841; $24.1K/yr average revenue
Kingston RI (proxy for inland South Kingstown RI)	AirDNA — 31 listings	60%	$287	~$2,009; $16,152/mo revenue
South Kingstown RI (townwide)	Awning — ~264 active rentals, 33% entire-home share	n/a	not reported	not reported
Matunuck RI / South County cottages	Wallander Realty direct agency listings, peak season	n/a	n/a	$1,775–$7,850/wk: Craig St Cottage, South Kingstown RI (2bd) $1,775; Coastal Charm (4bd pondfront) $5,350; 358G Card's Pond Rd, South Kingstown RI (4bd, sleeps 10) $7,400; SEA VIEW beachfront (2bd) $7,850
Wickford RI / North Kingstown RI	Casai aggregator — sample cottages $586–$605/night	n/a	~$592	~$4,144
Oakland Beach, Warwick RI	Kayak — cottages from ~$320/night	n/a	~$320 floor	~$2,240 floor; no peak-week average confirmed

Reading the numbers. Narragansett RI and the South County cottage-colony market (the Matunuck RI / Charlestown RI corridor) command roughly 2–4x Warwick RI's rates, which is exactly the “established weekly rental market” premium being targeted. The Warwick RI shore is a real market but a lower-yield, lower-ceiling one — and it is the only area that comfortably clears the 15-minute rail radius. That tension between rail proximity and rental yield is the central trade-off in this section.

Short-term-rental rules by town

Statewide RI. Any STR listed on a hosting platform must register with the RI Dept. of Business Regulation before listing (R.I. Gen. Laws §42-63.1-14); the registration number and expiration must appear on the listing. Accessory dwelling units are statutorily barred from STR/transient use (§45-24-73). RI DBR
Statewide 5% whole-home STR tax — confirmed still in effect. Effective 2026-01-01 and verified live as of this run against the RI Division of Taxation's own December 2025 FAQ and January 2026 coverage. Stacked with the existing 7% sales tax and the local hotel tax rising from 1% to 2%, whole-home STRs now face roughly 14% combined lodging tax. RI DoT FAQ · RI DoT notice · RI Realtors · WhatsUpNewp
Narragansett RI — re-checked this run, still unresolved. The 2024 ordinance (Ch. 1123) imposes a 7-night minimum stay, a declining annual permit cap (1,100 → 1,000 → 900 for the year beginning September 2026), and a ban on weddings, parties and corporate events. It remains under court injunction: Superior Court Judge Sarah Taft-Carter granted a TRO and preliminary injunction in October 2024 in the Narragansett 2100 home-rule challenge, and the most recent development locatable is a stay reported around December 2025, with the court expecting the town to return with further justification. No final ruling, trial outcome or resolution could be found between then and August 2026. This is a live, fluid legal situation — confirm current status directly with the Town of Narragansett solicitor's office before underwriting any Narragansett RI purchase on the permit-cap framework. Boston Globe · WPRI · GoLocalProv · Town registration page
South Kingstown RI (covers Wakefield RI, Peace Dale RI, Matunuck RI). Annual Short-Term Residential Rental registration required under Town Code Ch. 9 §§9-200–9-210: $100 fee, $300 late fee, deadline extended to March 31, 2026. Ordinances, lease and registration form must be posted inside the unit. No permit cap, no injunction — the cleanest regulatory environment among the focus towns. Town notice
North Kingstown RI (incl. Wickford RI, Saunderstown RI). No dedicated townwide STR registry; handled case-by-case through zoning, building and assessor review. State DBR registration still mandatory. Confirm with Building/Zoning before buying — and note that STR use can affect homestead tax-exemption status.
Warwick RI. Dual registration: state DBR ($25/yr, effective Jan 30, 2025) and a city permit (Owner's Affidavit, a local contact who must respond within 30 minutes, annual fire/building inspection). Zoning permits STRs in residential and mixed-use village zones only, not commercial or industrial. Fines to $500/day; two or more violations can revoke the permit. City of Warwick
Jamestown RI. Local registration via OpenGov, annual Oct. 1 deadline, $350/yr, biennial fire-marshal and building inspection. Occupancy capped at 2 per bedroom + 2 (children under 12 excluded), 1 parking space per bedroom + 1, local representative must respond within 2 hours, 3 violations in 12 months revokes. As of 2026, 126 STRs licensed with 6 pending — a functioning, uncapped system with no litigation found. Jamestown Press
Bonnet Shores RI. A Narragansett RI neighborhood — governed entirely by the Narragansett rules above, injunction included.

Explicit exclusions — attractive but not rentable

Mary Carpenter's Beach Meadow, 854 Matunuck Beach Rd, South Kingstown RI. Seasonal leased-land cottage community (first Friday in May through Oct 15). Renting is not permitted — owner-occupancy only. Community site
Roy Carpenter's Beach, 240 Cards Pond Rd, South Kingstown RI. 377 leased-land cottages, seasonal occupancy May 1–Oct 15, explicitly no rentals allowed, family-occupancy culture, guest pets also barred. Community site · Independent RI
Wakamo Park / Village at Potter Pond, Succotash Rd, South Kingstown RI (East Matunuck). A third leased-land seasonal cottage colony, 72 cottages, belonging to the same South County Beach Community Alliance as the two above. Its current written rental rule could not be independently confirmed after residents bought the land from Shoreline Realty Co. Flagged high-risk-of-no-rental — verify with the homeowners association before considering. Independent RI
Age-restricted 55+ communities. Village at Worden's Pond, Wakefield RI (e.g. 10 Stellar Way, Wakefield RI, $480,000, 3bd/2ba manufactured home); the 55+ manufactured-home community on Toll Gate Rd, Warwick RI (979 Toll Gate Rd, Warwick RI $90,000 and 979 Tollgate Rd, Warwick RI $124,900); Wakefield Meadows, South Kingstown RI; Hillsdale, Richmond RI. These are not conventional no-rent communities, but the Housing for Older Persons Act 55+ restriction means occupants — renters included — generally must meet the age threshold, which is fundamentally incompatible with weekly rentals to vacationing families. The Toll Gate Rd, Warwick RI units are additionally central/inland Warwick RI, not the shore.
416 Bridgetown Rd, Saunderstown RI — $2,450,000, 4bd/4.5ba, 3,800 sqft, 5-acre “coastal meadow estate.” Excluded as an estate, outside the small-format target.
28 Park Ave, South Kingstown RI (Matunuck RI) — $1,749,900, 15+ units, 10,168 sqft Victorian on a subdividable lot. Commercial-scale multifamily, beyond the duplex/two-family scope.
175 Bonnet Point Rd Unit N16, Narragansett RI (Bonnet Shores Beach Club) — $225,000 for a 32-sqft beach cabana with club membership passes. Not a habitable dwelling.
65 Ridge Rd Unit P37, Newport RI — $3,500. Surfaced in a Jamestown RI condo search but is in Newport RI (out of geography) and is a timeshare week, not a purchasable property.

Coverage & Caveats

Sources that worked. LandSearch, LandWatch, Land.com, Homes.com, Trulia, Boston Pads, Coldwell Banker Homes, LandVest, Raveis for the MA corridor; Homes.com (server-rendered, the backbone of Section 2), AirDNA, Wallander Realty, RI DBR, RI Division of Taxation, and town websites for the RI section.
Sources that blocked. Zillow and Redfin were never fetched directly — both are JS-gated, and per standing rules no attempt was made to route around them. Every Zillow/Redfin figure here is secondhand from search snippets. Snippet counts suggest roughly 5 Attleboro MA land listings, 0 Mansfield MA, and 29 Rehoboth MA (city) / 16 for zip 02769 sit behind that gate; overlap with LandSearch/LandWatch is likely high given shared MLS feeds, but an unknown slice stays unconfirmed. oceanstatecondos.com and the Homes.com Wakefield RI condo category page both returned empty content on fetch. Realtor.com, Movoto and Point2Homes surfaced in snippets but their listing pages were not independently fetched this run — treat anything attributed to them as secondary.
Stale status tags are a recurring hazard. Aggregator “Pending” and “Active” flags proved unreliable more than once: 0 Washington St, Stoughton MA showed Pending on LandSearch but was confirmed Sold via Boston Pads; Lot 2 Pondview Ln, Stoughton MA carries a for-sale header over a 05/02/2025 sold event; 12 Ciana Rd, Rehoboth MA now redirects to a generic search page; 52 Round Farm Rd, Rehoboth MA appears as both a 13-month-old lot listing and a finished home at the same address. Verify status before acting on any row.
Drive times are estimates throughout, derived from listing copy, map mileage on source pages, and geographic reasoning. No routing tool was used.
Utilities. No listing was dropped for unknown utility status, per criteria. Most Attleboro MA and Mansfield MA listings do not state water/sewer and would need per-parcel DPW confirmation. Rehoboth MA defaults to well/septic townwide; rows citing an approved septic design say so.
Zoning was not independently verified at the town-planning-board level for any listing this run — that requires per-parcel calls. Where a listing stated zoning or covenant terms directly (the split Business/Residential zoning at 145 Winthrop St, Rehoboth MA; restrictive covenants at 207 Providence St Bldr Lot 2, Rehoboth MA), it is recorded; everything else reads “not confirmed.”
Needs follow-up before any offer. Wakamo Park / Village at Potter Pond, South Kingstown RI current rental policy; live status of the Narragansett RI STR litigation past the December 2025 stay; actual condo-association STR rules for Surfside Condominiums, Narragansett RI and the Wickford RI condo buildings — these must come from the condo documents, not marketing copy; and confirmation of the unverified Oakland Beach, Warwick RI condo leads.
Town counts, Section 1. Canton MA 2 · Stoughton MA 3 · Sharon MA 1 · Norwood MA 0 · Mansfield MA 2 · Attleboro MA 4 · North Attleborough MA 2 (flagged) · Rehoboth MA 18 (7 land, 11 homes). Total 32: 23 active, 9 pending.

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