Boston Property Report — 2026-08-10

Furlong PA → Boston Area relocation. Corridor land & homes plus southern-RI beach-area weekly-rental buy candidates. Each run is a fresh search; no day-over-day deltas.

30 qualifying corridor listings across all seven in-scope towns (17 active, 12 pending, 1 status-unconfirmed) — Rehoboth MA is again deepest at 10 but every parcel fails the 10-minute rail rule at an estimated 18–22 minutes, Norwood MA returns a single already-under-agreement listing and zero active inventory, and Stoughton MA carries the most volume at 6 though four of those are pending and two are commercially zoned. The cheapest entries are Atkinson Avenue Ext, Stoughton MA at $99,000 (pending, commercial zoning) and 0 Britton Ave, Stoughton MA at $100,000 (pending); the cheapest genuinely active buildable residential parcel is 156 Rocky Hill Rd, Rehoboth MA at $229,000, perc-tested and explicitly confirmed buildable, and utilities remain unconfirmed on nearly every other parcel. New this run: Norwood Hospital is confirmed permanently closed since the 2020 flood with the rebuild halted, so the ≤15-minute hospital criterion is failing corridor-wide at an estimated 15–20+ minutes for Sharon MA and Norwood MA. 9 RI beach-area rental buy candidates plus 2 hard-excluded no-rental cottage colonies and 1 flagged-unverified 55+ park, with 72 W Shore Rd APT 202, Warwick RI at $190,000 the cheapest entry and North Kingstown RI the only sub-market reliably inside the 15-minute Wickford Junction radius; Narragansett RI's 2024 permit-cap ordinance remains frozen under Superior Court injunction with the litigation still unresolved, and the statewide 5% RI whole-home short-term-rental tax is confirmed in force since 2026-01-01.

Criteria in force this run

Section 1: 0.75–5.0 acres inclusive; vacant/buildable land, teardown-grade property, or existing single-family homes. Public water AND sewer at street preferred, recorded but never disqualifying. ≤10 min to an MBTA Providence/Stoughton station; ≤15 min hospital; ≤30 min highly rated library; ≤30 min Planet Fitness. The manufactured-home requirement is dropped from this section (Bill's decision, 2026-07-31).
Towns: Canton MA, Stoughton MA, Sharon MA, Norwood MA, Mansfield MA, Attleboro MA, Rehoboth MA (02769). Rehoboth MA runs ~18–22 min to a station and fails the rail rule — included anyway and flagged, because it carries the deepest qualifying inventory.
Section 2: properties to buy and rent out by the week — condos, duplexes/two-families, mobile/manufactured homes (incl. parks and seasonal cottage communities), and small-square-footage houses/cottages. Near beaches and within ~15 min of a Providence/Stoughton station, in areas where weekly vacation rental is already established.
All drive times are estimates. Every listing carries a real source URL; nothing is fabricated.

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

Canton MA — 3 listings (2 active, 1 pending)

Address	Price	Acres	Structure	Utilities	Station (est.)	Hosp / Lib / PF (est.)	Zoning	Status	Source
106 Indian Ln, Canton MA	$329,000	1.0	Vacant buildable lot, backs to conservation land	Unknown	Canton Center / Rte 128 ~8–10 min	12–15 / 8–10 / 10–12 min	Residential	Active	LandSearch
888 Turnpike St, Canton MA	$1,100,000	1.8	Vacant industrial land; small garage/trailer on site (teardown-grade)	Unknown (“Other/See Remarks”)	Rte 128 / Canton Junction ~8–10 min	10–12 / 10–12 / 8–10 min	Light Industrial (Rte 138 corridor)	Active	Homes.com
140 York St, Canton MA	$1,999,000	1.1	Existing SFH, 6bd/4.5ba, 6,696 sq ft (turnkey, not teardown)	Unknown	Canton Center ~8–10 min	12–15 / 8–10 / 10 min	Residential	Pending	LandWatch

Near-miss excluded: 210 Dedham St, Canton MA at 0.72 acres — just under the floor, though its listing does state public water and sewer at the lot.

Stoughton MA — 6 listings (1 active, 4 pending, 1 status-unconfirmed)

Address	Price	Acres	Structure	Utilities	Station (est.)	Hosp / Lib / PF (est.)	Zoning	Status	Source
4 West St (Lot 4), Stoughton MA	$449,900	1.76	Vacant lot, abuts conservation land	Unknown	Stoughton ~6 min (per agent)	12–15 / 8–10 / 8–10 min	RB	Active	LandSearch
Lot 2 Pondview Ln, Stoughton MA	$329,900	3.0	Vacant lot in approved subdivision	Public water + sewer nearby (confirmed on listing)	Stoughton ~8–10 min	12–15 / 6–8 / 8–10 min	Residential, cul-de-sac	Status unconfirmed (possible sold record on a sibling lot)	Homes.com
1961 Washington St, Stoughton MA	$1,099,900	3.5	Existing 996 sq ft bungalow — teardown / redevelopment candidate	Unknown	Stoughton ~12–15 min (town-line location)	12–15 / 12–15 / 10–12 min	General Business	Pending	LandWatch
Atkinson Avenue Ext, Stoughton MA	$99,000	1.3	Vacant commercial land	Unknown	Stoughton / Canton Jct ~8–10 min	10–12 / 8–10 / 6–8 min	Commercial	Pending	LandSearch
Atkinson Ave & Washington St, Stoughton MA	$369,900	1.3	Vacant commercial corner lot	Unknown	Stoughton / Canton Jct ~8–10 min	10–12 / 8–10 / 6–8 min	General Business	Pending	LandSearch
0 Britton Ave, Stoughton MA	$100,000	0.77	Vacant wooded lot	Water/sewer “nearby”, not confirmed at street	Stoughton ~6–9 min	12–15 / 6–8 / 8–10 min	GB	Pending	Homes.com

Sharon MA — 4 listings (3 active, 1 pending)

Address	Price	Acres	Structure	Utilities	Station (est.)	Hosp / Lib / PF (est.)	Zoning	Status	Source
190 N Main St, Sharon MA	$675,000	1.25	Existing SFH, 3bd/2ba, needs TLC	Unknown	Sharon ~5 min	18–20	Likely Single Residence	Active	LandWatch
376 Mountain St, Sharon MA	$729,000	2.12	Vacant lot; engineered septic plan and house plans included	No sewer (septic); water likely well	Sharon / Stoughton ~10–12 min	~20	Rural, near Borderland State Park	Active	LandWatch
10 Cobbler Ln, Sharon MA	$550,000	1.99	Vacant lot — last lot in Layton Estates subdivision	Unknown	Sharon ~4–5 min	18–20	Residential subdivision	Active	Coldwell Banker
15 Wadsworth Way, Sharon MA	$1,699,800	1.22	Existing SFH, renovated Colonial, 4bd/4.5ba	Unknown	Sharon ~7–9 min	~20	Single Residence	Pending	LandWatch

Library and Planet Fitness estimates for Sharon MA run ~5–10 min and ~10–15 min respectively — both inside criteria. The hospital column is the failing one; see the corridor-wide note below.

Norwood MA — 1 listing (0 active, 1 pending)

Address	Price	Acres	Structure	Utilities	Station (est.)	Hosp / Lib / PF (est.)	Zoning	Status	Source
230 Richland Rd, Norwood MA	$679,900	1.24	Existing renovated Cape, 3bd/1.5ba	Unknown	Providence/Stoughton line (Rte 128 / Canton Jct) ~12–15 min; Franklin line (Norwood Central) ~7–8 min	15–20	Single Residence	Under contract / Pending	LandWatch

Norwood MA inventory in the 0.75–5.0 acre band is genuinely thin. Everything else found was under 0.75 ac (0 Quail Run, Norwood MA at 0.58 ac), over 5.0 ac (0 Deerfield Rd, Norwood MA at 6.21 ac), off-market, or a mixed-use apartment development site. With this one listing already under agreement, Norwood MA has zero freely available active inventory this run — the same result as every recent run.

Mansfield MA — 3 listings (3 active)

Address	Price	Acres	Structure	Utilities	Station (est.)	Hosp / Lib / PF (est.)	Zoning	Status	Source
1125 School St, Mansfield MA	$1,200,000	3.04	Existing SFH built 1985, 3,339 sq ft, 3bd/2.5ba, 30×50 barn, 2018 roof	Private septic (4-bedroom) confirmed; water source not stated	Mansfield ~5–8 min	12–15 / 5–8 / 5–10 min	Not stated	Active	LandSearch
889 Maple St, Mansfield MA	$1,449,000	4.35	New construction (2026), 3,599 sq ft, 4bd/3.5ba	Public water confirmed; private septic	Mansfield ~10–12 min (Norton town line)	10–13 / 10–12 / 10–12 min	R-1	Active	Lamacchia Realty (MLS)
75 Fowler St, Mansfield MA	$995,000	2.35	Vacant land, dead-end lot near Rte 140; marketed to developers	Unknown	Mansfield ~5–8 min	12–15 / 5–8 / 5–10 min	Not stated	Active	Homes.com

Attleboro MA — 3 listings (2 active, 1 pending)

Address	Price	Acres	Structure	Utilities	Station (est.)	Hosp / Lib / PF (est.)	Zoning	Status	Source
32 Thayer Farm Rd, Attleboro MA	$739,000	2.1	Existing SFH built 1952, 3,352 sq ft, 5bd/2.5ba; new 5-bedroom septic being installed pre-closing, new oil tank and generator	New private septic confirmed; water source not stated	Attleboro ~7–10 min	8–10 / 8–10 / 8–10 min	R1	Active	LandSearch
980 Newport Ave, Attleboro MA	~$799,900 (low confidence)	0.75 (from an earlier land-only listing)	Now listed as a single-family residence; condition not independently confirmed	Unknown	South Attleboro ~5–8 min	8–10 / 8–10 / 8–10 min	Residential single-family (per snippet)	Active (snippet only — Redfin page was JS-gated, not independently fetched)	Redfin
23 York Dr, Attleboro MA	$374,900	1.97	Vacant land — foundation already poured, building-department plans available	Unknown	Attleboro ~8–10 min	8–12 / 8–12 / 8–12 min	Not stated	Pending	LandSearch

Checked and excluded from Attleboro MA: LOT 8G Thacher St, Attleboro MA (5.3 ac — over the 5.0-acre cap, pending at $290,000, city water/sewer available) and 36–38 Jarson Ln, Attleboro MA (2.76 ac — sold Nov 2025, off-market).

Rehoboth MA (02769) — 10 listings (6 active, 4 pending) — FLAGGED: fails the 10-minute rail rule

Rehoboth MA has no station of its own; nearest Providence/Stoughton stop is Attleboro MA or South Attleboro MA at an estimated 18–22 minutes. Included by standing instruction because Rehoboth MA carries the deepest qualifying inventory. Several entries also miss the 15-minute hospital target.

Address	Price	Acres	Structure	Utilities	Station (est.)	Hosp / Lib / PF (est.)	Zoning	Status	Source
156 Rocky Hill Rd, Rehoboth MA	$229,000	1.99	Vacant buildable lot; perc test complete; pre-existing legal non-conforming lot	Unknown	18–20 min	15–18	RES — explicitly noted buildable per Rehoboth bylaws	Active	LandSearch
72 New St, Rehoboth MA	$499,900	2.0	Existing SFH, 3bd/2ba, 1,387 sq ft	Unknown (not independently fetched)	18–22 min	Not fetched	Not confirmed	Pending	LandSearch
19 Cedar St, Rehoboth MA	$589,000	1.6	Existing SFH, 3bd/2.5ba, 2,400 sq ft	Unknown (not independently fetched)	18–22 min	Not fetched	Not confirmed	Pending	LandSearch
224 Perryville Rd, Rehoboth MA	$649,000	2.36	Existing Colonial built 1985, 1,802 sq ft, 3–4bd/2ba	Unknown	18–20 min	15–17	RS	Active (relisted 7/27/26)	LandSearch
275 Summer St, Rehoboth MA	$699,000	2.75	Existing Ranch built 1996, 1,676 sq ft, 3bd/2.5ba	Water filtration system noted (implies private well); sewer not stated	20–22 min	18–20	Res	Active (back on market 7/22/26)	LandSearch
170 Rocky Hill Rd, Rehoboth MA	$739,900	4.0	Existing expanded Cape built 1979, 2,473 sq ft, 3bd/2ba	Unknown (rural; likely private well/septic)	18–20 min	15–18	R	Active	LandSearch
5 Victoria Ln, Rehoboth MA	$850,000	1.87	Existing SFH, 3bd/2.5ba, 3,175 sq ft	Unknown (not independently fetched)	18–22 min	Not fetched	Not confirmed	Pending	LandSearch
52 Round Farm Rd, Rehoboth MA	$1,100,000	1.5	Existing SFH, 3bd/2.5ba, 2,522 sq ft	Unknown (not independently fetched)	18–22 min	Not fetched	Not confirmed	Active but aging (listed ~5 months) — verify current status	LandSearch
48 Round Farm Rd, Rehoboth MA	$1,200,000	1.5	Existing SFH, 4bd/3ba, 2,820 sq ft	Unknown (not independently fetched)	18–22 min	Not fetched	Not confirmed	Pending	LandSearch
15 Key West Blvd, Rehoboth MA	$1,249,000	3.01	Existing Colonial built 2009, 3,647 sq ft, 3bd/3.5ba, geothermal heat	Unknown (geothermal noted; well/septic unconfirmed)	20–22 min	18–20	R	Active	LandSearch

A duplicate land-only listing at 52 Round Farm Rd, Rehoboth MA ($275,000, 1.5 ac, posted ~13 months ago) also appears on LandSearch — almost certainly a remnant tied to the same parcel as the $1,100,000 house listing above, so it is not counted separately.

Corridor-wide hospital note — new this run

Norwood Hospital has been permanently closed since the 2020 flood; rebuild construction halted in 2024 and the Determination of Need was revoked. The nearest open hospital for the Sharon MA / Norwood MA end of the corridor is therefore an estimated 15–20+ minutes, above the ≤15-minute target. This does not disqualify any listing here, but it changes the amenity math for the northern corridor towns and argues in favor of the Attleboro MA and Mansfield MA end, where Sturdy Memorial Hospital sits at an estimated 8–15 minutes.

Section 2 — RI Beach-Area Weekly-Rental Buy Candidates

Properties to purchase and offer as weekly vacation rentals — income properties, not places for Bill to rent.

Address	Price	Type	Bd/Ba	Sq Ft	Fees	Beach (est.)	Station (est.)	STR notes	Status	Source
72 W Shore Rd APT 202, Warwick RI	$190,000	Condo	2/1	756	Not listed	Buttonwoods / Longmeadow shore ~5–8 min	Warwick (T.F. Green) ~10 min	Warwick 2023 ordinance: permitted in residential zones	Active	Zillow
51 Terrace Ave, Warwick RI	$459,000	Small house	2/1	1,859	None (fee simple)	Oakland Beach ~2–3 min (“easy beach access” per listing)	Warwick (T.F. Green) ~10–12 min	Warwick 2023 ordinance	Active	Zillow
11 N Shore St, Warwick RI	$469,900	Small house / cottage	1/1	750	None (fee simple)	Oakland Beach ~3–5 min	Warwick (T.F. Green) ~10–12 min	Warwick 2023 ordinance	Active	Zillow
30 Acorn Ct APT G6, South Kingstown RI	$449,900	Condo	2/2	1,425	Not listed	South Kingstown Town Beach ~10 min	Wickford Junction ~18–20 min (over the 15-min target)	Annual STR registration required, $100 fee	Active	Zillow
49 Seawynds Dr, North Kingstown RI	$549,900	Condo	2/2	1,168	Not listed	Wickford Town Beach ~5 min	Wickford Junction ~8–10 min	No town STR registry; zoning/assessor governs	Active	Zillow
22 Southwest Ave, Jamestown RI	$695,000	Condo	1/1	1,200	Not listed	Mackerel Cove / East Ferry ~5–10 min	Wickford Junction ~25–30 min via bridges (well over target)	Registration required since 8/2023, $350/yr + inspections	Active	Zillow
24 Southwest Ave, Jamestown RI	$695,000	Condo	3/1	1,200	Not listed	Mackerel Cove / East Ferry ~5–10 min	Wickford Junction ~25–30 min via bridges	Same Jamestown registration regime	Active (148 days on market)	Zillow
160 Allegra Ln, North Kingstown RI	$749,900	Condo	2/2	1,600	Not listed	Wickford Town Beach ~5–8 min	Wickford Junction ~8–10 min	No town STR registry	Active	Zillow
20 Narragansett Ave Unit 210, Narragansett RI	$1,200,000	Condo (The Pier)	2/2	989	Not listed	Narragansett Town Beach ~5 min walk	Wickford Junction ~20–25 min	Subject to the enjoined 2024 permit-cap ordinance — live legal risk	Active	Zillow

Not a listing, but worth naming so it does not resurface: 175 Bonnet Point Rd #J6 and #N16, Narragansett RI ($175,000 and $225,000) are 16–32 sq ft cabana / beach-club units at Bonnet Shores Beach Club, not habitable dwellings.

Zero qualifying inventory this run: Saunderstown RI and Bonnet Shores RI returned no standalone condo, duplex, or small-cottage listings meeting the size and type criteria. Bonnet Shores RI results were entirely cabana units or large single-family homes. A valid null result, not a search failure.

Weekly rental rate benchmarks

Area	Source	ADR	Occupancy	Implied weekly	Notes
Narragansett RI	AirDNA MarketMinder	$538/night	65%	~$3,766/wk	Highest rate in the corridor
South Kingstown / Wakefield / Matunuck RI	Aggregated active VRBO-style listing snippets	~$518/night	n/a	~$875/wk shoulder to ~$3,500/wk peak (late Aug–early Sept)	No single authoritative source — directional only
North Kingstown RI	AirDNA	$343/night	56%	~$2,401/wk	Best rail access of the group
Jamestown RI	AirDNA (search snippet)	$265/night	n/a	~$1,855/wk	Snippet only; raw index mixes RI and NC Jamestown — use with caution
Warwick RI	Rabbu / AirDNA	$263/night	61% (~$24.1K/yr per unit)	~$1,841/wk	Lowest ADR, best station proximity

Read: Narragansett RI and peak-season South Kingstown RI / Matunuck RI command the highest weekly rates; Warwick RI and Jamestown RI trail meaningfully. Warwick RI has the best commuter-rail story and the worst rate math — the two do not line up.

STR rules by town

Statewide RI: DBR registration required before listing on any hosting platform, with the registration number and expiration shown on the listing. ADUs may not be short-term rented (R.I. Gen. Laws §45-24-73). Effective 2026-01-01: a new 5% statewide whole-home STR tax on entire-dwelling stays of 30 nights or fewer, plus the local hotel tax raised from 1% to 2% — these stack with the existing 5% state hotel tax and 7% sales tax on gross rental receipts. Sources: RI Division of Taxation FAQ, RI REALTORS®.
Narragansett RI — 2024 permit-cap ordinance, re-checked this run: the Town Council's 2024 ordinance (7-night minimum stay; permit cap stepping down from 1,100 to 900 by September 2026) was blocked by Superior Court Judge Sarah Taft-Carter, who granted a TRO and preliminary injunction on 2024-09-18 and reaffirmed the block in an October 2024 ruling. The most recent reporting located (November 2025) still describes the ordinance as on hold amid the lawsuit, with Narragansett 2100 v. Town of Narragansett unresolved — no 2025 or 2026 final decision was found this run. Practical read for a buyer: the cap is not currently being enforced, but it is a live legal risk that could flip against short-term rentals with little notice. Sources: Boston Globe, The Independent, town rental-registration page.
South Kingstown RI (incl. Wakefield RI, Matunuck RI): annual Short-Term Residential Rental registration required — $100 fee, $300 late fee, fines to $500, plus posting and occupancy-notice requirements. Town page.
North Kingstown RI (incl. Wickford RI, Saunderstown RI): no dedicated townwide STR ordinance or registry; managed through zoning, building, and assessor rules. Short-term leasing can affect the homestead tax exemption. Source.
Warwick RI: February 2023 ordinance — STRs are a permitted use in residential and mixed-use village zones and prohibited in commercial and industrial zones; safety equipment mandatory, owner/LLC identification required. WarwickPost, Warwick Beacon.
Jamestown RI: registration mandatory since August 2023 — $350 annual fee, building-official inspection every 3 years and fire-marshal inspection every 2 years. Regulation guide.

Hard exclusions — communities that prohibit renting

Mary Carpenter's Beach Meadow, 854 Matunuck Beach Rd, South Kingstown RI — seasonal cottage community (first Friday in May through October 15), cottages sit on leased land, and renting is confirmed prohibited by Carpenter's Beach Meadow, Inc. Looks perfect on price; is not rentable. Community site, example MLS listing.
Roy Carpenter's Beach, 240 Cards Pond Rd, South Kingstown RI — 377 cottages on leased land; no renting allowed per the community's own published policy, explicitly to preserve a family/generational-ownership atmosphere. Community site, The Independent.
Flagged, not confirmed — Village at Worden's Pond, 434 Leisure Dr, South Kingstown RI — a 230-site, 55+ age-restricted, leased-land manufactured-home community. It is inland rather than beach-adjacent, and land-lease 55+ parks of this type nearly always bar short-term rental, but no published rule confirming a ban was located this run. Verify directly with park management before treating it as either excluded or viable. Community site.
Checked and found rentable: Snug Harbor, South Kingstown RI (East Matunuck) appears to allow rentals — active VRBO listings exist there, unlike the two Carpenter's communities. VRBO.

Coverage & Caveats

All drive times on this page are estimates, derived from road-network knowledge rather than measured routing. Treat them as rough guidance.
Blocked sources — MA corridor: Zillow land-search grids returned JS-gated empty shells for most corridor towns (aggregate counts visible, no per-listing detail); Redfin was JS-gated across all four northern towns; Realtor.com was not independently queryable for detail pages. Roughly 6–10 snippet-counted listings across Canton MA, Stoughton MA, Sharon MA and Norwood MA remain unconfirmed behind those gates, plus 1 in Attleboro MA (980 Newport Ave, Attleboro MA, flagged low-confidence in its row).
Blocked sources — RI: Zillow city/neighborhood pages rendered fine and were the backbone of Section 2. Redfin's South Kingstown RI beach-cottage and cheap-homes queries, and the town's own Cottage Community Regulations page, returned empty JS-rendered bodies. AirDNA's granular dashboards require login — the figures above are AirDNA/Rabbu summary snippets surfaced via search, so treat them as directional benchmarks rather than precise data.
Sources that worked well: LandSearch (the backbone of the corridor search — full detail pages with acreage, zoning, price history), LandWatch, Land.com, Homes.com, Lamacchia Realty's MLS mirror, Coldwell Banker, and Zillow detail pages on the RI side.
Detail not fetched: six Rehoboth MA listings (19 Cedar St, 72 New St, 52 Round Farm Rd, 5 Victoria Ln, 48 Round Farm Rd) were confirmed for address, acreage, price and status from LandSearch town-list cards but not individually fetched for utilities and zoning — those fields read “unknown” rather than being guessed.
Deliberately dropped: several ambiguous search-snippet mentions (an unnamed teardown lot near Norwood Central, and 7 Black Elk Rd, Sharon MA) were discarded rather than reported as fact, per the no-fabrication rule.
Live-URL deploy verification was not independently performed this run; publication is confirmed only at the git commit/push level.

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