Boston Property Report — 2026-08-03

Furlong PA → Boston Area relocation search. Fresh run — no day-over-day deltas. All drive times are estimates.

53 qualifying corridor listings across seven towns (43 active, 9 pending, 1 unverified) — Rehoboth MA again carries the deepest inventory at 27 active but fails the 10-minute rail rule, Norwood MA is effectively empty with a single secondhand-corroborated parcel, and the cheapest buildable entries remain 0 Britton Ave, Stoughton MA at $100,000 and 145 Winthrop St, Rehoboth MA at $225,000. 16 RI beach-area rental buy candidates, heavily weighted to the Warwick RI shore, where a citywide zoning ban on non-owner-occupied short-term rentals is this run's biggest flagged risk; Narragansett RI's permit-cap ordinance remains frozen under injunction with no ruling found.

Search criteria

Section 1 — corridor land & homes: 0.75–5.0 acres inclusive; vacant/buildable land, teardown-grade structures, or existing single-family homes; ≤10 min to an MBTA Providence/Stoughton line station; ≤15 min hospital, ≤30 min highly rated library, ≤30 min Planet Fitness. Public water and sewer preferred but never disqualifying. Towns: Canton MA, Stoughton MA, Sharon MA, Norwood MA, Mansfield MA, Attleboro MA, Rehoboth MA. The manufactured-home requirement is dropped from this section.
Section 2 — beach-area weekly rental buys: condos, duplexes/two-families, mobile/manufactured homes, and small cottages/houses to purchase and rent by the week; near beaches and within ~15 min of a Providence/Stoughton line station; areas with established weekly-rental markets.
Rehoboth MA is included but flagged — its station drives run ~18–22 min and fail the 10-minute rail rule. It is carried because it holds the deepest qualifying inventory in the corridor.

Section 1 — Corridor Land & Homes (0.75–5.0 acres)

Canton MA / Stoughton MA / Sharon MA / Norwood MA

Address	Price	Acres	Structure / Condition	Utilities	Station (est.)	Hospital / Library / PF (est.)	Zoning	Status	Source
85 York St, Canton MA	$1,150,000	1.46	Existing SFH, 4bd/3ba, 3,311 sf colonial	Not stated; town water/sewer common in area, unconfirmed	Canton Junction / Canton Center ~5–10 min	BID–Milton ~12–15 / Canton Public ~5–8 / Stoughton PF ~10–12	Residential	Active	Movoto
106 Indian Ln, Canton MA	$329,000	1.00	Vacant buildable lot, backs to conservation land, perc-tested	Public water; private septic; electric at street; no gas	Canton Junction ~5–10 min	~12–15 / ~5–8 / ~10–12	Residential	Active (138 days)	Movoto
888 Turnpike St, Canton MA	$1,100,000 ($100K cut)	1.80	Vacant land, Rt 138 frontage; small garage + trailer on site	Sewer/water/electric listed “Other” — not confirmed present	Canton Junction ~8–12 min	~12–15 / ~5–8 / ~10–12	LI — Light Industrial, not residential	Active (486 days)	Movoto
lot4 West St, Stoughton MA	$449,900	1.76	Vacant buildable homesite abutting Muddy Pond Conservation Land	Public sewer; gas/electric/water at street	Stoughton ~6 min (stated in listing)	Good Samaritan ~12–15 / Stoughton Public ~5–8 / PF ~5–10	RB residential	Active (22 days)	Movoto
0 Britton Ave, Stoughton MA	$100,000	0.77	Vacant land near Washington St/Lincoln St; may combine with 46 Britton Ave	Sewer/water/electric “nearby”, not confirmed at lot; no gas	Stoughton ~6–8 min	~12–15 / ~5–8 / ~5–10	GB — General Business (MLS subtype residential)	Active (72 days)	Movoto
10 Cobbler Ln, Sharon MA	$575,000	1.99	Vacant buildable lot, last parcel in Layton Estates, ~1 mile to Sharon Center	Public water at street; private septic (perc-tested); gas/electric at street	Sharon ~3–5 min	~15–20 / ~5–12 / Stoughton PF ~12–18	Residential	Active (52 days)	Movoto
376 Mountain St, Sharon MA	$739,000 ($10K cut)	2.12	Vacant land; house plans + septic design included; across from Borderland State Park	Private well and septic; electric at street	Sharon ~12–15 min (over 10-min rule)	~15–20 / ~5–12 / ~12–18	Residential	Active (53 days)	Movoto
160 Hampton Rd, Sharon MA	$950,000	0.92	Existing SFH, 4bd/2.5ba, 2,842 sf	Not disclosed	Sharon ~8–12 min	~15–20 / ~5–12 / ~12–18	Residential	Active	Trulia
49 Ashcroft Rd, Sharon MA	$1,099,000	0.85	Existing SFH, 5bd/3.5ba, 3,319 sf	Not disclosed	Sharon ~8–12 min	~15–20 / ~5–12 / ~12–18	Residential	Active	Trulia
18 Terrapin Ln, Sharon MA	$1,799,000	1.92	Existing SFH, 4bd/4ba, 5,135 sf	Not disclosed	Sharon ~8–12 min	~15–20 / ~5–12 / ~12–18	Residential	Active	Trulia
7 Tisdale Rd, Sharon MA	$1,049,900	2.39	Land	Not disclosed	Sharon ~8–12 min	~15–20 / ~5–12 / ~12–18	Residential	Pending / under contract	Movoto (Sharon)
580 Mountain St, Sharon MA	$1,050,000	1.84	Land	Not disclosed	Sharon ~12–15 min	~15–20 / ~5–12 / ~12–18	Residential	Pending / under contract	Movoto (Sharon)
816 Neponset St, Norwood MA	$1,595,000	2.79	Two existing homes on deeded lots marketed as one land package — redevelopment/teardown play	Unconfirmed	Canton Junction / Route 128 ~5–10 min (Norwood's own stops are Franklin line, not Providence/Stoughton)	Norwood Hospital still closed; BID–Milton ~15–20 / Morrill Memorial ~5–8 / Norwood PF ~5–8	Residential	Listed active (MLS 73432595) — page fetch blocked on all three broker sites, status corroborated by search snippet only	MNT International

Cluster notes. Canton MA, Stoughton MA and Sharon MA each hold a modest but real slate. Norwood MA is effectively a zero-inventory town this run — a direct sweep of its 15 active single-family listings found none in the 0.75–5.0 acre band, and the two land parcels that surfaced in search summaries (230 Richland Rd, Norwood MA and 92 Union St, Norwood MA) were verified sold in 2022 and 2025. Several Canton MA addresses that looked live in search summaries — 135 High St, 99 Green St, 25 Colts Xing and 60 Balancing Rock Rd, all Canton MA — were confirmed sold in 2024 and excluded. Hospital caveat affecting this whole cluster: Norwood Hospital has been closed since the June 2020 flood and remains an unfinished rebuild, so the realistic nearest emergency department is BID–Milton or Good Samaritan (Brockton) at roughly 15–20 min — several Sharon MA and Norwood MA parcels likely miss the ≤15-minute target.

Mansfield MA / Attleboro MA

Address	Price	Acres	Structure / Condition	Utilities	Station (est.)	Hospital / Library / PF (est.)	Zoning	Status	Source
75 Fowler St, Mansfield MA	$995,000	2.35	Vacant buildable, wooded/cleared, level, dead-end street	Public water at street; sewer at street	Mansfield ~5–8 min	Sturdy Memorial ~15–18 / Mansfield Public ~5–8 / Norton PF ~8–12	R3 (MLS 73511510)	Active (listed 4/30/26)	Homes.com
889 Maple St, Mansfield MA	$1,449,000 ($50K cut)	4.35	New-construction SFH (2026), 4bd/3.5ba, 3,599 sf	Public water; private septic	Mansfield ~8–10 min	~15–18 / ~8–10 / ~10–12	R-1	Active (listed 5/2/26)	Homes.com
139 Grove St, Mansfield MA	$765,000 (cut from $910K)	1.43	1955 ranch, 2bd/3ba, 2,332 sf, oversized garage/workshop — dated but not a teardown	Public water; private septic	Mansfield ~8–10 min	~15–18 / ~8–10 / ~10–12	Residential	Active (listed 5/13/26)	Homes.com
Lot 7 Pleasant St, Attleboro MA	$240,000	0.86	Vacant, ready-to-build, approved building permit + approved septic design	Public water; approved private septic design	Attleboro ~5–8 min	Sturdy Memorial ~5–8 / Attleboro Public ~5–8 / N. Attleboro PF ~8–10	RES ACLNDV (MLS 73549800)	Active (listed 7/15/26)	Homes.com
1234 Commerce Way, Attleboro MA	$829,900 (cut from $879,900)	1.97	New-construction SFH (2026), 3bd/2.5ba, 1,830 sf, unfinished walkout basement	Public water AND public sewer	Attleboro ~8–10 min	~8–10 / ~8–10 / ~8–10	Residential (MLS 73538828)	Active (listed 6/19/26, motivated seller)	Homes.com

Cluster notes. Genuinely thin in both towns once stale records are filtered. 1125 School St, Mansfield MA now reads “not listed for sale” and was dropped. Excluded near-misses in Attleboro MA: 113 Slater St (pending), Lot 8G Thacher St (withdrawn), 980 Newport Ave (sold 12/24/25), Lot 6 Pleasant St (5.48 ac, over band), 366 Pike Ave and 0 Pitas Ave (over band), plus several sub-0.75-acre lots. No North Attleboro MA parcels are included — both entries above are Attleboro MA (02703) proper. 1234 Commerce Way, Attleboro MA is the only listing in the entire corridor with both public water and public sewer confirmed at the parcel.

Rehoboth MA — fails the 10-minute rail rule (~18–22 min to Attleboro Station), included for inventory depth

Reference for all Rehoboth MA rows: Attleboro Station, 133 South Main St, Attleboro MA (Providence/Stoughton line) ~18–22 min est.; Sturdy Memorial Hospital, 211 Park St, Attleboro MA ~15–20 min est. (borderline/over target); Blanding Free Public Library, 124 Bay State Rd, Rehoboth MA ~5–15 min est.; Planet Fitness, 140 Taunton Ave, Seekonk MA ~10–12 min est. Zoning is R-A / R-1 residential except where noted. Most parcels are private well and septic — there is effectively no public water/sewer story in this town.

Single-family homes — active

Address	Price	Acres	Structure / Condition	Utilities	Notes	Source
198 Brook St, Rehoboth MA	$629,999 ($50K cut)	1.38	Rebuilt 1820 farmhouse, 5bd/3ba, 3,092 sf, corner lot	Likely well & septic	Possible two-family conversion	Homes.com
38 Dean St, Rehoboth MA	$599,900	1.8	Legal 2-unit multi-family, 5bd/2ba, built 1905, barn + 2-car garage — investor/fixer	Private septic; individual well; 100-amp electric	Multi-family, not SFH; listing states 6.9 mi to station (~13 min est.)	Homes.com
18 Allens Ln, Rehoboth MA	$729,900	1.4	Custom one-owner home, 3bd/2ba, 1,904 sf	Likely well & septic	—	Homes.com
252 Pine St, Rehoboth MA	$899,900	1.38	3bd/2.5ba	Unknown	Search-snippet only — verify directly	Homes.com (Rehoboth)
243 Chestnut St, Rehoboth MA	$585,000	1.85	4bd/1ba	Unknown	Search-snippet only — verify directly	Homes.com (Rehoboth)
151 Summer St, Rehoboth MA	$695,000 ($25K cut)	2.5	3bd/1.5ba, 1,618 sf	Likely well & septic	—	Homes.com
170 Rocky Hill Rd, Rehoboth MA	$749,900 ($25K cut)	~4+ (approx.)	Cape, 3bd/2ba, 2,473–2,973 sf	Likely well & septic	Sources disagree on square footage	Homes.com
20 King Phillip Dr, Rehoboth MA	$799,999	~2+ (approx.)	Custom colonial, 4bd/2.5ba, 2,582 sf	Likely well & septic	—	Homes.com
52 Round Farm Rd, Rehoboth MA	$1,100,000	1.51–1.57	New-construction SFH, 3bd/2.5ba, 2,522 sf, 5-bed septic design	Private well & septic — not public	Confirmed active 7/30/26	Land And Farm
6 Running Stream Rd, Rehoboth MA	$999,999	1.38	Tudor, 5bd, built 1986, 3,770–4,970 sf	Likely well & septic	Square footage and bath count disagree across sources; confirmed active 8/2–8/3/26	Homes.com
30 Starr Ln, Rehoboth MA	$1,999,900	3.63	New construction, 5bd/4.5ba, 3,222 sf, gated community, hilltop, shared pond	Likely well & septic	Top of the price band for this town	Homes.com
28-30 Locust Ave, Rehoboth MA	$599,999–$649,000 (price conflict)	2.78	Two structures — Cape (2bd/1ba) + Ranch (2bd/1ba), 3-car garage; explicit renovation/redevelopment fixer	Unknown	Redfin page would not render — price unresolved between sources; MLS 73539603	Redfin

Vacant / buildable land — active

Address	Price	Acres	Notes	Utilities	Zoning	Source
145 Winthrop St, Rehoboth MA	$225,000	3.18	Buildable, approved 4-bed septic design, fronts Rte 44 — cheapest per acre in the corridor	Septic design pending town verification	Split — Rte 44 frontage Business, rear Residential	Homes.com
156 Rocky Hill Rd, Rehoboth MA	$229,000	1.99	Buildable, perc test complete; confirmed active 8/1/26	Likely well & septic	R-A, legal non-conforming lot	Land And Farm
207 Providence St Bldr Lot 2, Rehoboth MA	$270,000	1.47	Buildable, approved septic design (town-unverified); restrictive covenants apply	Septic design pending town verification	R-A	Homes.com
1 Round Farm Rd, Rehoboth MA	$275,000	1.51	Buildable; custom builder packages available	Likely well & septic	R-A	Homes.com
7 Ledge Hill Ln, Rehoboth MA	$279,999	1.6	Buildable, The Fairways subdivision Phase II, all upland	Unknown	R-A	Homes.com
11a Ledge Hill Ln, Rehoboth MA	$329,900	1.74	Buildable, new subdivision off Perryville Rd, no wetlands, southern exposure	Unknown	R-A	Homes.com

Homes with unconfirmed acreage (retained rather than dropped, per criteria)

Address	Price	Structure	Acreage note	Source
20 School St, Rehoboth MA	$550,000	6bd/4ba, 2,001 sf	Acreage unconfirmed	Homes.com
115 Spring St, Rehoboth MA	$649,900	Raised ranch, 3bd/2ba, 2,248 sf	Acreage unconfirmed	Homes.com
12 Pine St, Rehoboth MA	$699,000	2bd/1ba, 1,050 sf — fixer-adjacent	Acreage unconfirmed	Homes.com
20 Mine Brook Rd, Rehoboth MA	$699,900	New-construction raised ranch, 3bd/2ba, 1,500 sf	Acreage unconfirmed, corner lot	Homes.com
2 Clubhouse Way, Rehoboth MA	$1,079,500	Executive ranch, 3bd/2.5ba, 2,200 sf	Fairways subdivision; comps run 1.5–2 ac	Homes.com
16 Ledge Hill Ln, Rehoboth MA	$1,320,000	New-construction colonial, 4bd/3ba, 2,816 sf	Comps run 1.5–2 ac	Homes.com
11 Ledge Hill Ln, Rehoboth MA	$1,495,000	New construction, 5bd/4.5ba, ~4,000 sf	Comps run 1.5–2 ac	Homes.com
3a Johnnies Way, Rehoboth MA	$1,574,500	4bd/2.5ba, 3,128 sf	Acreage unconfirmed	Homes.com
3 Johnnies Way, Rehoboth MA	$1,699,500	5bd/3.5ba, 4,150 sf, gated community	Acreage unconfirmed	Homes.com

Pending / unresolved — not counted as available

Address	Price	Acres	Structure	Status	Source
19 Cedar St, Rehoboth MA	$589,000	1.6	3bd/2.5ba, 2,400 sf	Pending	LandSearch
224 Perryville Rd, Rehoboth MA	$649,000	2.36	3–4bd/2ba colonial, 1,802 sf	Pending	Homes.com
275 Summer St, Rehoboth MA	$699,000	2.75	3bd/2.5ba, 1,676 sf, wood-burning fireplace	Pending	Land.com
5 Victoria Lane, Rehoboth MA	$850,000	1.87	3bd/2ba, 3,175 sf	Pending	Land.com
138 Chestnut Street, Rehoboth MA	$949,900	1.39	4bd/4ba, 3,647 sf	Pending	Land.com
48 Round Farm Rd, Rehoboth MA	$1,200,000	1.5	4bd/3ba, 2,820 sf	Pending	LandSearch
72 New St, Rehoboth MA	$499,900	1.96	Cape / horse property with barn, 3bd/2ba	Status conflict — LandWatch showed active, Land And Farm showed pending 7/30/26. Treat as pending until reverified.	Land And Farm
37 Davis St, Rehoboth MA	Price unconfirmed	2.70	2bd/1ba, 884 sf	Unverified — broker page returned blank on fetch; retained but not counted as active	Boardwalk Properties

Rehoboth MA exclusions. Over the 5.0-acre cap: 82 Hornbine Rd (7.8 ac), 339 Tremont St (6 ac), 70/241 Wheaton Ave (114-ac farm spilling into Seekonk MA), 139 Rocky Hill Rd (8.37 ac), 241 Perryville Rd (9.5 ac) and 3/7/11 Barney Ave Bldr Lots 7–9 (18.04 ac), all Rehoboth MA. Confirmed sold: 380 Tremont St, Rehoboth MA ($725,000, 6/24/26). Confirmed off-market: 33 Sophia Dr, Rehoboth MA (the 1.44-acre figure in circulation is stale; actual lot is 0.2 ac). Excluded as non-residential despite in-band acreage: 157 Tremont Street, Rehoboth MA — a $975,000, 6,733 sf open-span commercial building on ~0.82 ac.

Section 2 — RI Beach-Area Weekly Rental Buys

Properties to purchase and then offer as weekly vacation rentals — condos, duplexes, mobile/manufactured homes and small cottages near beaches, within roughly 15 minutes of the southern end of the Providence/Stoughton line. All drive/walk times are estimates.

Address	Price	Type	Bd/Ba	Sq Ft	HOA / fees	Nearest beach (est.)	Nearest station (est.)	STR notes	Status	Source
77 Huron St, Warwick RI	$249,000	Small bungalow (fixer)	3/1	944	None	Oakland Beach — walkable	TF Green ~5–10 min	Warwick RI zoning ban — see rules below; cash / no FHA	Active	Homes.com
68 Uncas St, Warwick RI	$339,900	Small ranch	2/1	680	None	Oakland Beach — walkable	TF Green ~5–10 min	Warwick RI zoning ban	Active	Homes.com
50 Lloyd Ave, Warwick RI	$379,999	Small cottage	2/2	900	None	Oakland Beach — short drive	TF Green ~8–12 min	Warwick RI zoning ban	Active	Homes.com
131 Canfield Ave, Warwick RI	$434,900	Small house (Buttonwoods)	4/2	1,308	None	Oakland Beach — walkable	TF Green ~8–12 min	Warwick RI zoning ban	Active	Homes.com
51 Terrace Ave, Warwick RI	$459,000	Small house on double lot (Conimicut)	2/1	1,859	None	Conimicut waterfront — direct	TF Green ~8–12 min	Warwick RI zoning ban	Active	Homes.com
11 N Shore St, Warwick RI	$469,900	Waterfront condo / loft	1/1	750	Not stated	Oakland Beach — ~5 min walk	TF Green ~5–10 min	Warwick RI zoning ban	Active	Homes.com
269 Bellman Ave, Warwick RI	$549,000	Small house (Conimicut Point)	3/2	1,580	None	Conimicut Point — ~2–5 min walk	TF Green ~8–12 min	Warwick RI zoning ban	Active	Homes.com
19 Wood St (& Unit A), Warwick RI	$880,000 full / $440,000 half	New-construction side-by-side duplex	4/4 (full)	2,400 (full)	Not stated	Oakland Beach — ~5 min walk	TF Green ~5–10 min	Warwick RI zoning ban	Active, under construction	Homes.com
30 Acorn Ct Unit G6, Wakefield RI	$449,900	Condo	2/1.5	1,425	Fee not stated	“Minutes from” RI state/town beaches (unspecified)	Wickford Junction ~25–30 min (over 15-min target)	South Kingstown RI registration required	Active	Homes.com
285 Gooseberry Rd, Wakefield RI	$950,000	Two cottages on one parcel (main + 1bd cottage)	2/2 total	700 (cottage)	None found	East Matunuck State Beach — short drive/bike	Wickford Junction ~25–30 min (over target)	South Kingstown RI registration required; two-unit structure is a real rental advantage	Active	Homes.com
3 Fowler St, Jamestown RI	$599,000	Small house (Jamestown Village)	1/1	726	None found	Village waterfront — short walk	Wickford Junction ~20 min + Pell Bridge	Jamestown RI 87-unit license cap — availability unconfirmed	Active	Homes.com
10 Summer St, Jamestown RI	$895,000	Small cottage	2–3/1	976	None found	North-end shoreline — short drive	Wickford Junction ~20 min + Pell Bridge	Jamestown RI 87-unit license cap	Active	Homes.com
194 South Pier Rd, Narragansett RI	$999,900	Duplex / two-family	4/2	1,728	Not stated	Narragansett Town Beach — ~5 min walk	Wickford Junction ~20–25 min (over target)	Narragansett RI ordinance under injunction — enforcement paused, legally unsettled	Active	Homes.com
20 Narragansett Ave Unit 210, Narragansett RI	$1,200,000	Condo	2/2	989	Condo fee not stated	Narragansett Town Beach — ~2 min walk, direct view	Wickford Junction ~20–25 min (over target)	Narragansett RI ordinance under injunction	Active	Homes.com
6 MacAlder St, Narragansett RI	$1,495,000	Duplex / two-family (Jerusalem)	6/4	2,358	Not stated	Salty Brine / Galilee — ~5–10 min walk	Wickford Junction ~25 min (over target)	Narragansett RI ordinance under injunction; price is above the “small property” brief	Active	Homes.com
47 Kingsland Ct Unit 6B, Charlestown RI	$239,900	Condo	1/1	790	Not stated	Coastal setting, distance unconfirmed	Wickford Junction ~35–40 min (well over target)	Charlestown RI STR rules not verified this run	Active	Homes.com

North Kingstown RI / Wickford RI: a genuinely thin market, not a search miss. Only two condos are active in the entire town — 49 Seawynds Dr, North Kingstown RI ($549,900, 2bd/2ba, 1,168 sf) and 160 Allegra Ln, North Kingstown RI ($749,900, 2bd/2ba, 1,600 sf) — and neither listing claims beach proximity; both read as inland/golf-adjacent. Excluded on that basis. Zero mobile/manufactured homes are listed for sale in Wickford RI. Bonnet Shores RI returned no confirmed small-format for-sale address this run — treat as unconfirmed rather than empty.

Weekly rental rate benchmarks

AirDNA figures are blended annual averages across all active listings, not peak-summer-only. A well-located Narragansett RI or Matunuck RI property typically fetches meaningfully more than the blended figure in July and August.

Area	Avg. daily rate	Occupancy	Monthly revenue	Blended weekly equivalent	Source
Narragansett RI	$538	65%	$25,624	~$3,700–3,800	AirDNA
Wakefield / South Kingstown RI	$396	64%	$26,812	~$2,770	AirDNA
Jamestown RI	$394	62%	$29,677	~$2,760	AirDNA
Warwick RI (citywide, incl. Oakland Beach / Conimicut / Buttonwoods)	$263	61%	~$2,000 (RevPAR $141)	~$1,840	AirDNA
Matunuck RI (VRBO spot-check)	$340–$1,400+/night by house	n/a	n/a	Peak week roughly $2,500–$7,000+	VRBO
Bonnet Shores RI (Airbnb spot-check)	$150–$375/night, smaller cottages	n/a	n/a	~$1,050–$2,600 basic cottages	Airbnb

The Warwick RI trade-off in one line: it is the only focus area that comfortably clears the 15-minute station rule and it has by far the cheapest entry prices — and it also has the weakest rental economics (~$1,840/week blended) and the most hostile STR zoning. Narragansett RI earns roughly double the weekly rate but sits 20–25 minutes from the station.

STR rules by town

Statewide — RI 5% whole-home STR tax: confirmed in effect since January 1, 2026 and unchanged as of today. Applies to whole-home short-term rentals (houses, condos, mobile homes) on top of existing state sales tax and the state hotel tax, which itself rose from 1% to 2% — roughly a 14% combined lodging tax load. Liability is keyed to date of occupancy, not date of booking. (RI Division of Taxation FAQ, RI REALTORS)
Narragansett RI (includes Bonnet Shores RI) — the 2024 ordinance sets a 7-night minimum, bans STR use for weddings/parties, and caps permits (1,100 in 2024 stepping down to 900 by 2026). Status today: still under preliminary injunction. Judge Sarah Taft-Carter granted the landlord group Narragansett 2100 a TRO and preliminary injunction in October 2024, and a follow-up ruling again went against the town. No trial date or final ruling was found this run — the cap is not currently being enforced, but this is unsettled and reversible, not repealed. (Boston Globe, GoLocalProv)
Warwick RI — the highest-risk town on this list for a buy-and-rent model. City officials have stated current zoning technically bans all short-term rentals citywide, enforced complaint-driven via cease-and-desist letters. The 2024–2025 ordinance rewrite would permit STRs only where owner-occupied, banning non-owner-occupied units and ADUs outright in residential zones — precisely the model this section screens for — with later reporting describing 2026 rules further restricting R-6/R-10 zones, which cover Oakland Beach and Gaspee. AirDNA nonetheless shows 124 active Warwick listings in 2026 (up 4.2% year over year), implying de facto tolerance. Verify the adopted ordinance text and zone map with Warwick's Building/Planning Department before buying here — do not rely on secondary summaries. (reporting, 2026 guide)
South Kingstown RI (Wakefield RI / Peace Dale RI / Matunuck RI) — registration required for all rentals under 30 days with the Building Official; $100 fee, $300 late fee, fines to $500 for non-compliance; 2026 filing deadline extended to March 31, 2026. No outright ban — the friendliest regime among the focus towns. (Town of South Kingstown)
Jamestown RI — total units capped (87 registered per recent reporting). Operators need an RI DBR registration certificate, a Town Council–approved Jamestown STR license, and a building inspection certificate. Whether the 87-unit cap is currently full or waitlisted could not be confirmed this run — a material unknown for both Jamestown listings above. (ordinance summary)
North Kingstown RI — a registry has been under discussion/development; 54 units appear on the state registry per the most recent reporting found. No confirmed outright ban. (The Independent)

Excluded — cheap cottages where renting is prohibited

Mary Carpenter's Beach Meadow, 854 Matunuck Beach Rd, South Kingstown RI — confirmed again this run directly from the association's own for-sale page. Cottages currently listed (Site 23 at $199,000, Site 30 at $235,000) state explicitly: “On leased land, cannot be rented.” Seasonal community, first Friday in May through October 15. Cheap and beachfront and completely unusable for this purpose. (carpentersbeachmeadowinc.com)
Roy Carpenter's Beach, 240 Cards Pond Rd, South Kingstown RI — renting is not permitted anywhere in this ~350–377 cottage community, a rule kept to preserve the family atmosphere. Note the October 2025 development: the cottage owners' association completed a buyout of the underlying 50-acre parcel, ending an 80-year land lease — but the no-rental rule is a community bylaw independent of the land-lease change and still stands. (background, WJAR, Nov 2025)
No additional no-rental cottage colonies were confirmed this run. The nearby Snug Harbor RI and East Matunuck RI colonies were checked and are the opposite case — both show active, established VRBO/Airbnb inventory. South Kingstown RI publishes a Cottage Community Regulations page that returned no retrievable content this run; worth a manual read for other small associations along Matunuck Beach Rd and Cards Pond Rd, South Kingstown RI with no-rental bylaws.

Coverage & Caveats

Zillow and Redfin remain the largest blind spot. Redfin returned an empty body on every direct property fetch attempted (Sharon MA and Rehoboth MA detail pages); Zillow's search grids are JS-gated throughout. Zillow's own aggregate counts for Rehoboth MA (~29 land, ~26 house) suggest a meaningful slice of inventory stayed unconfirmed beyond what Homes.com, LandSearch, Land.com, LandWatch, Land And Farm, Movoto and Trulia corroborated. Any listing syndicated only to Zillow or Redfin is invisible to this run.
Search-summary staleness was a recurring hazard. WebSearch's own summaries repeatedly surfaced 2020–2024 MLS records as currently for sale. Each was individually re-verified against a direct property page before inclusion; where a page could not be fetched, the listing was excluded or flagged rather than reported as active. Affected and dropped: 135 High St, 99 Green St, 25 Colts Xing and 60 Balancing Rock Rd (all Canton MA); 1 Pondview Ln, Stoughton MA; East Foxboro St, Sharon MA; 230 Richland Rd and 92 Union St (both Norwood MA); 33 Sophia Dr, Rehoboth MA.
Unverifiable listings retained with flags: 816 Neponset St, Norwood MA (status via search snippet only — three broker sites blocked); 28-30 Locust Ave, Rehoboth MA (price unresolved, Redfin blocked); 37 Davis St, Rehoboth MA (broker page blank); 72 New St, Rehoboth MA (two sources disagree on active vs. pending); 252 Pine St and 243 Chestnut St, Rehoboth MA (snippet-level only).
Saunderstown RI is this run's largest Section 2 gap. A summary search returned ~45 houses and a $527,500 median, but the listings fetch exceeded output limits and no specific address was captured. Recommend a targeted Homes.com Saunderstown RI fetch next run.
Utilities data for existing homes is structurally unavailable, not merely unfound — MLS aggregators expose septic/sewer fields for raw land but generally not for built houses. That is why the Sharon MA homes and 85 York St, Canton MA read “not disclosed.”
Non-MLS channels were partially blocked: ByOwner/BuyOwner FSBO grids and Hubzu auction pages are JS-gated (aggregate counts only, ~45 homes / ~14 land claimed for Rehoboth MA — inconclusive, not counted). Facebook Marketplace requires login and was not pursued. Craigslist yielded exactly one Rehoboth MA hit, excluded as commercial.
All drive and walk times on this page are estimates derived from road geography, not from a routing engine.

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