Boston Property Report — 2026-08-11

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17 qualifying corridor listings across all seven in-scope towns (12 active, 4 pending, 1 status-unconfirmed) — Rehoboth MA is again deepest at 7 but every parcel fails the 10-minute rail rule at an estimated 18–22 minutes, Norwood MA returns a single already-pending listing and zero active inventory, and Sharon MA carries three including two actives. The cheapest entries are 145 Winthrop St, Rehoboth MA at $225,000 and 156 Rocky Hill Rd, Rehoboth MA at $229,000, both perc-tested active buildable lots, while Lot 7 Pleasant St, Attleboro MA at $240,000 is the only corridor parcel this run with public water explicitly confirmed and an approved building permit and septic design already in hand — and at an estimated 5–8 minutes to Attleboro Station and Sturdy Memorial it is the strongest all-round parcel found. Norwood Hospital is re-confirmed permanently closed since the June 2020 flood, with Massachusetts signing an eminent-domain law on 2026-08-07 to force a reopening but no functioning ER on site today, so the 15-minute hospital criterion still fails for Sharon MA and Norwood MA at an estimated 15–22 minutes and continues to argue for the Attleboro MA and Mansfield MA end of the corridor. 5 RI beach-area rental buy candidates plus 2 hard-excluded no-rental cottage colonies and 1 flagged 55+ leased-land community, with 175 Bonnet Point Rd Unit N16, Narragansett RI at $225,000 the cheapest entry but flagged as a 32-square-foot beach cabana rather than a dwelling; Narragansett RI still posts the strongest weekly-rental economics at roughly $538 average daily rate on 65% occupancy across about 964 tracked listings, its 2024 permit-cap ordinance remains frozen under Superior Court injunction with the litigation unresolved, and the statewide 5% RI whole-home short-term-rental tax is confirmed in force since 2026-01-01. New this run: a dedicated duplex section returns 14 verified two-unit properties, 11 in the MA corridor (Attleboro MA deepest at 5, from $525,000) and 3 on the Warwick RI shore corridor, with Sharon MA, Mansfield MA and Jamestown RI all returning confirmed zero duplex inventory.

Criteria

Section 1 — Corridor land & homes: 0.75–5.0 acres inclusive. Vacant/buildable land, teardown-grade structures, or existing single-family homes. Public water and sewer at street preferred (recorded, never a filter). ≤10 min to an MBTA Providence/Stoughton line station · ≤15 min to a hospital · ≤30 min to a highly rated library · ≤30 min to a Planet Fitness. Towns: Canton, Stoughton, Sharon, Norwood, Mansfield, Attleboro, Rehoboth MA. The manufactured-home requirement is dropped from this section.
Section 2 — Beach-area weekly rental buys: properties to purchase and rent out by the week. Condos, duplexes/two-families, mobile/manufactured homes, and small cottages. Near RI beaches and within ~15 min of a Providence/Stoughton line station, in areas where weekly vacation rentals are already established.
Section 3 — Dwelling-unit duplexes: two separate living units with private entrances, owner-occupant strategy. Full Section 1 + Section 2 geography. No acreage cap, no price cap, no minimum room count.

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.)	Hospital / Library / PF (est.)	Zoning	Status	Source
140 York St, Canton MA	$1,999,000	1.1	Existing home, 6bd/4ba, 6,696 sqft	Unconfirmed — residential area, town water/sewer likely	Canton Junction ~5–8 min	~15–18 / ~10 / ~15–20 min	Single-family residential	Pending	Land & Farm
106 Indian Ln, Canton MA	$329,000	1.0	Vacant residential lot	Unconfirmed	Canton Center ~8–10 min	~15–18 / ~10–15 / ~15–20 min	Residential	Status unconfirmed — listed ~4 months	LandSearch
West St, Stoughton MA	$449,900	1.76	Vacant residential land	Unconfirmed	Stoughton ~5–10 min	~12–15 / ~10 / ~10–15 min	Residential	Active	LandSearch
1961 Washington St, Stoughton MA	$1,099,900	3.5	Improved land with small home, 3bd/1ba, 996 sqft	Unconfirmed	Stoughton ~5–10 min	~12–15 / ~10 / ~10–15 min	Mixed-use / commercial overlay — verify	Pending	LandSearch
376 Mountain Street, Sharon MA	$729,000	2.12	Buildable homesite	Unconfirmed	Sharon ~5–8 min	~18–22 (fails) / ~8–10 / ~15–20 min	Residential	Active	LandWatch
190 N Main Street, Sharon MA	$675,000	1.25	Existing home, 3bd/2ba, 1,761 sqft	Unconfirmed	Sharon ~5–8 min	~18–22 (fails) / ~8–10 / ~15–20 min	Residential	Active	LandWatch
15 Wadsworth Way, Sharon MA	$1,699,800	1.22	Existing home, 4bd/4ba, 4,302 sqft	Unconfirmed	Sharon ~5–8 min	~18–22 (fails) / ~8–10 / ~15–20 min	Residential	Pending	LandWatch
230 Richland Rd, Norwood MA	$679,900	1.24	Existing home, 3bd/1ba, 1,540 sqft	Unconfirmed	Norwood Central / Norwood Depot ~5–10 min	~15–20+ (fails) / ~5–8 / ~10–15 min	Residential	Pending	LandWatch

Out of band this run and therefore excluded, not dropped silently: 16 Cape Club Drive, Sharon MA (23 ac); 0 Deerfield Rd, Norwood MA (6.21 ac); 0 Quail Run, Norwood MA (0.58 ac); 12 Danforth St and 16 Danforth St, Canton MA (0.23 ac); two commercially zoned Stoughton MA parcels at 5.3 ac and 1.3 ac.

Mansfield MA · Attleboro MA · Rehoboth MA

Address	Price	Acres	Structure	Utilities	Station (est.)	Hospital / Library / PF (est.)	Zoning	Status	Source
Lot 7 Pleasant St, Attleboro MA	$240,000	0.86	Vacant lot, approved building permit and septic design in hand	Public water confirmed; private septic, not public sewer	Attleboro ~5–8 min	~5–10 / ~10 / ~10 min	RES ACLNDV	Active	Homes.com
75 Fowler St, Mansfield MA	$995,000	2.35	Vacant lot, dead-end street off Rte 140	Unconfirmed	Mansfield ~5–8 min	~10–15 / ~10 / ~10–15 min	Residential, development-oriented	Active	Homes.com
145 Winthrop St, Rehoboth MA	$225,000	3.18	Vacant lot, approved septic for a 4-bed home, fronts Rte 44	Private septic	Attleboro ~18–22 min (fails 10-min rule)	~15–18 / ~15–20 / ~15–20 min	Split Business / Residential	Active	Homes.com
156 Rocky Hill Rd, Rehoboth MA	$229,000	1.99	Vacant lot, perc test complete, pre-existing non-conforming lot	Unconfirmed	Attleboro ~18–22 min (fails)	~15–18 / ~15–20 / ~15–20 min	Residential	Active	Homes.com
207 Providence St (Bldr Lot 2), Rehoboth MA	$270,000	1.47	Vacant lot, approved septic design	Private well and septic; not public water/sewer	Attleboro ~18–22 min (fails)	~15–18 / ~15–20 / ~15–20 min	Residential, restrictive covenants apply	Active	Homes.com
1 Round Farm Rd, Rehoboth MA	$275,000	1.51	Vacant buildable lot	Unconfirmed	Attleboro ~18–22 min (fails)	~15–18 / ~15–20 / ~15–20 min	Residential	Active	Homes.com
7 Ledge Hill Ln, Rehoboth MA	$279,999	1.6	Vacant lot, Rehoboth Country Club / The Fairways subdivision	Well and septic implied by subdivision; unconfirmed	Attleboro ~18–22 min (fails)	~15–18 / ~15–20 / ~15–20 min	Residential	Active	Homes.com
11a Ledge Hill Ln, Rehoboth MA	$329,900	1.74	Vacant lot, new subdivision off Perryville Rd	Unconfirmed	Attleboro ~18–22 min (fails)	~15–18 / ~15–20 / ~15–20 min	Residential	Active	Homes.com
38 Dean St, Rehoboth MA	$599,900	1.8	1905 house, 5bd/2ba, project/teardown grade; MLS records 2 units, plus barn and 2-car garage	Private well and septic, 100-amp electric	Attleboro ~18–22 min (fails) — listing states 6.9 mi	~15–18 / ~15–20 / ~15–20 min	R1	Active — price cut from $649,900	Homes.com

Out of band this run and therefore excluded: Lot 6 Pleasant St, Attleboro MA (5.48 ac, just over cap); Lot 8 Pleasant St, Attleboro MA (0.48 ac); 0 Oak St, 0 Joseph St and 0 Rosedale Ln, Attleboro MA (all under 0.4 ac); 366 Pike Ave and 0 Pike Ave, Attleboro MA (17.18 ac combined); 0 Pitas Ave, Attleboro MA (50.86 ac, Chapter 61A forestry); 3, 7 and 11 Barney Ave, Rehoboth MA (18.04 ac family compound); a 27.7-acre pending Mansfield MA parcel.

Hospital-rule flag — re-confirmed this run

Norwood Hospital has been closed since the June 2020 flood and remains non-operational as of August 2026. Massachusetts signed an eminent-domain law on 2026-08-07 intended to force a reopening, but there is no functioning emergency room on the site today. The ≤15-minute hospital criterion therefore continues to fail for Sharon MA and Norwood MA at an estimated 15–22 minutes to the nearest active ER. Canton MA and Stoughton MA sit closer to Brockton-area hospital care but still warrant per-parcel verification; Attleboro MA and Mansfield MA are clean on this criterion thanks to Sturdy Memorial.

Section 2 — Beach-Area Weekly Rental Buys (RI)

Address	Price	Type	Bd/Ba	Sq Ft	HOA / Park fee	Beach (est.)	Station (est.)	STR notes	Status	Source
175 Bonnet Point Rd Unit N16, Narragansett RI	$225,000	Beach-club cabana — not a dwelling unit	—	32	Beach club dues apply	Bonnet Shores Beach — on site	Wickford Junction ~20 min	Not a weekly-rental play; included only as a signal that Bonnet Shores is an active beach-club market	Active	Homes.com
221 Leisure Dr, Wakefield RI	$440,000	Manufactured / mobile home	2 / 2	1,458	Land-lease likely; not stated — verify with agent	South Kingstown beaches ~10–15 min	Wickford Junction ~20–25 min	Community rental covenant unverified — confirm before purchase	Active	Homes.com
30 Acorn Ct Unit G6, Wakefield RI	$449,900	Condo	2 / 1.5	1,425	HOA, amount not stated	State and town beaches ~10–15 min	Wickford Junction ~20–25 min	South Kingstown registry required, $300/unit/yr for stays ≤30 days	Active, open house scheduled	Homes.com
10 Stellar Way, Wakefield RI	$459,000	Manufactured home, 55+ land-lease (Village at Worden’s Pond)	3 / 2	1,700	Land-lease fee not stated	Matunuck / Green Hill ~15 min	Wickford Junction ~20–25 min	55+ age-restricted — likely blocks or limits weekly guest turnover; verify covenant	Active	Homes.com
20 Narragansett Ave Unit 210, Narragansett RI	$1,200,000	Condo	2 / 2	989	Not stated	Narragansett Town Beach — ~2 min walk	Wickford Junction ~20 min	Registers under pre-2024 rules while the permit-cap ordinance stays enjoined	Active	Homes.com

Weekly rental rate benchmarks

Area	Metric	Value	Source
Narragansett RI	ADR / occupancy / monthly revenue across ~964 Airbnb + Vrbo listings	$538 ADR · 65% occupancy · ~$25,624/mo	AirDNA MarketMinder
Narragansett RI / South Kingstown RI cottages	Nightly average, implying roughly $3,600/wk at the top	$518/night avg; range $245–$500+/night ($1,715–$3,600+/wk) — directional	South County RI
Warwick RI	ADR / occupancy across 124 active listings	$263 ADR · 61% occupancy	Rabbu · AirDNA
South Kingstown RI	No clean ADR/occupancy figure surfaced this run	Data gap — use the ~$518/night cottage average as a proxy	—

Narragansett RI clearly carries the strongest weekly-rental economics of the towns checked — highest ADR, high occupancy, and roughly 960 tracked listings indicating a deep, established market. The Warwick RI shore runs at about half Narragansett’s ADR, consistent with a secondary market rather than a beach-premium one.

Short-term rental rules by town

Narragansett RI — ordinance still enjoined, litigation unresolved. The 2024 ordinance (Ch. 1123) would cap STR permits (1,100 declining to 900 by fall 2026) and impose a 7-night minimum. Narragansett 2100 sued; Superior Court Judge Sarah Taft-Carter granted injunctive relief in October 2024 on the grounds that the town did not follow Zoning Enabling Act procedure. As of August 2026 the injunction still stands and no resolution date has been announced — the town continues registering under the prior ordinance (Sec. 14-518 to 14-520). Boston Globe · WPRI · The Independent
South Kingstown RI (Wakefield, Peace Dale, Matunuck) — registry adopted April 2024, Town Code Ch. 9 §§9-200–9-210. $300/unit/yr for rentals of 30 days or less (capped at $1,000/owner), $50/unit for 30+ day rentals, posting requirements for noise, parking and occupancy rules. No cap on permit numbers found. Town of South Kingstown
North Kingstown RI — no dedicated STR ordinance found; regulated only through existing zoning, building code and assessor homestead rules. The least restrictive of the towns checked but also the least documented — confirm directly with NK Building/Zoning before purchase. The Independent
Jamestown RI — registration required since January 2024, tiered by residency ($100/bedroom for resident non-occupant owners, $200/bedroom for non-residents), $350 annual inspection fee, occupancy capped at 2 per bedroom excluding children under 12, and cesspool properties barred from STR use. Jamestown Press
Warwick RI — STR permitted with registration through the online portal. ADUs, accessory structures, affordable-housing units and code-violation properties are barred from STR use; occupancy is 2 per bedroom plus 2; guest records must be retained 180 days. No numeric cap found. City of Warwick
Statewide RI tax — confirmed still in force. Effective 2026-01-01, a new 5% state tax applies to whole-home short-term rentals on top of the existing hotel tax, and the local hotel tax doubled from 1% to 2%. Combined lodging tax load is now roughly 14%. Liability is based on the date of occupancy, not booking. No repeal found as of August 2026. RI Division of Taxation Notice 2025-09

Hard exclusions — communities that prohibit renting

Roy Carpenter’s Beach, 240 Cards Pond Rd, South Kingstown RI — 377 individually owned cottages with a long-standing no-renting policy protecting the family/generational-ownership character. The Beach Association purchased the underlying land on 2025-10-29, shifting to community ownership, which reinforces rather than loosens the no-rental posture. Exclude. roycarpenters.com
Mary Carpenter’s Beach Meadow, 854 Matunuck Beach Rd, South Kingstown RI — seasonal leased-land cottage community, open first Friday in May through October 15; listings explicitly state the properties cannot be rented. A unit here surfaced at $109,000 — the low acquisition cost is exactly the trap. Exclude. carpentersbeachmeadowinc.com
Village at Worden’s Pond, Wakefield RI (covers 10 Stellar Way above) — 55+ age-restricted land-lease community. Not confirmed as an outright ban, but age-restricted communities typically restrict short-term guest turnover. Flagged high-risk; verify the covenant before any offer.
General pattern: any South Kingstown RI seasonal cottage colony on leased land in the Matunuck / Cards Pond corridor should be assumed rental-restricted until its own governing document is read. The two above are the documented cases; smaller unnamed colonies in the same corridor were not surfaced by this pass.

Section 3 — Dwelling-Unit Duplexes

Owner-occupant strategy: a primary residence with immediate rental income from the second unit. No acreage cap, no price cap, no minimum room count. Rent estimates below are market-based approximations, not sourced rent comps.

MA corridor

Address	Price	Condition	Layout per side	Utilities / meters	2nd-unit rent (est.)	Zoning notes	Status	Source
56 Parker St, Attleboro MA	$525,000	Updated	Unit 1: 2bd, modern kitchen, 1 full bath · Unit 2 (2nd floor): 3bd	Split unconfirmed	~$2,000–$2,400/mo (est.)	2-family; near hospital, park, I-95 and transit	Active	Homes.com
100 S Main St, Attleboro MA	$529,999	Fully vacant, solid bones, “fresh start”	4bd / 2ba total across 2 units; split unconfirmed	Unconfirmed	Not stated — near-MBTA location suggests strong demand	Downtown 2-family, steps from Attleboro Commuter Rail	Active	Homes.com
299 S Main St, Attleboro MA	$550,000	Well maintained, same family since 1949	Each unit: 2bd, living room, separate dining room, own kitchen, private front and rear stairwell entrances	Unconfirmed	~$1,800–$2,200/mo (est.)	Two-family, detached garage	Active, open house scheduled	Homes.com
387 Mendon Rd, Attleboro MA	$639,900	Updated, well maintained	Upper: 3bd · Lower: 2bd	Windows, heating and hot-water tank replaced recently; meter split unconfirmed	~$1,900–$2,400/mo (est.)	Existing legal 2-family	Active, open house held	Homes.com
78 Parker St, Attleboro MA	$679,900	Turn-key	6bd / 2ba total across 2 units; delivered with one unit vacant	Unconfirmed	Vacant unit “at market rent upon closing” — figure not disclosed	Two-family, corner lot	Active, open house scheduled	Homes.com
77 Messinger St, Canton MA	$759,000	Two-family, sold as-is	2bd each unit, wood floors, thermopane windows, vinyl siding	Separate utilities confirmed; gas heat and hot water, 1-car detached garage	~$2,200–$2,500/mo (est.)	Two-family residential	Active	Homes.com
106 Monk St, Stoughton MA	$779,000	Deleaded two-family ~2,000 sqft, plus a separate 1,678 sqft building formerly used as a recording studio	3bd / 2ba total in the two-family portion; per-side split not detailed	Unconfirmed	~$2,000–$2,400/mo (est.)	Verify zoning for the second building’s use	Active, $20K price cut	Homes.com
29-31 Pond St, Canton MA	$799,000	Updated duplex near Shepard Pond, both units renovated (quartz, stainless, oak floors)	5bd / 2.5ba total, side-by-side	Unconfirmed — likely separate	~$2,400–$2,800/mo (est.)	Two-family residential, existing use	Active	Homes.com
12 Danforth St, Canton MA	$800,000	Two-family, first-floor unit freshly painted	Unit 1: 3 rooms, full bath, bed and living room, W/D hookups · Unit 2 spans the second floor	Unconfirmed	~$2,200–$2,600/mo (est.)	Two-family near town center and commuter rail	Active, $30K price cut	Homes.com
23-25 Hoyle St, Norwood MA	$995,000	Two townhouse-style units	Unit 1: 4bd / 2ba fully renovated · Unit 2: 3bd / 1ba original, renovation potential	Separate heat and hot water confirmed; natural gas, W/D hookups in lower level, town water and sewer confirmed	~$2,800–$3,200/mo once renovated (est.)	Multi-family zoning	Active, $105K price cut	Homes.com
38 Dean St, Rehoboth MA	$599,900	1905 structure, fixer/teardown grade — MLS records 2 units but marketing copy does not describe two finished units with private entrances	Unconfirmed split	Private well and septic, 100-amp electric	Not applicable until unit separation is verified	R1 — ambiguous; also appears in Section 1	Active	Homes.com

Sharon MA and Mansfield MA both return zero qualifying duplex inventory this run — confirmed null results, not gaps. The single Homes.com hit under a Mansfield MA search was actually 380 Central St, Foxboro MA, mislabeled by the aggregator, and was excluded as out of scope. Excluded as outside the two-unit definition but noted: 651 Washington St, Canton MA ($1,395,000, a 7-bed rooming house with shared kitchen plus a leased commercial storefront) and 244 Washington St, Norwood MA ($1,150,000, a renovated three-family with separate utilities and a reported 7%+ cap rate).

RI / coastal corridor

Address	Price	Condition	Layout per side	Utilities / meters	2nd-unit rent (est.)	Zoning / STR notes	Status	Source
65 New London Ave, Warwick RI	$475,000	Fully renovated, new roof and siding, turn-key	Not itemized per side	Not stated	Not stated	Subject to the Warwick STR permit process	Active	Homes.com
74 Pontiac St, Warwick RI	$525,000	Renovated	2bd / 1ba each side	Not stated	Not stated	Standard 2-family; subject to the Warwick STR permit process	Active	Homes.com
19 Wood St, Warwick RI	$880,000	New construction, currently under construction	2bd / 1.5ba side-by-side townhouse each side	Not stated — verify	Not stated	Warwick bars STR in ADUs and requires permit plus inspection; this is a standard 2-family, not an ADU	Active	Homes.com

Jamestown RI returns zero duplex or multi-family inventory this run — a confirmed null result. All three Warwick RI listings above are inland Warwick rather than the Oakland Beach, Conimicut, Buttonwoods or Warwick Neck shore neighborhoods, which returned no multi-family inventory of their own. Barrington RI, Warren RI, North Kingstown RI, South Kingstown RI and Narragansett RI produced no verifiable two-unit product inside the beach-proximity footprint this pass; treat the RI duplex slice as thin rather than exhausted.

Coverage & Caveats

Blocked sources. Zillow, Redfin, Trulia, Movoto and AirDNA’s granular dashboards are JS-gated and could not be fetched directly; only WebSearch snippets were available from them. Zillow reported 0 duplex listings for Canton MA and Sharon MA and 3 for Norwood MA, and directional counts of roughly 12 multi-family in Attleboro MA and 8 land listings across Rehoboth MA and Attleboro MA. None of those could be opened to confirm individual addresses, so roughly 10–15 corridor listings remain unconfirmed and were deliberately not invented into rows.
Verified sources. Homes.com, LandSearch.com, LandWatch.com and Land & Farm all render server-side and were fetched directly; every priced row above traces to a page actually retrieved this run.
Unverified leads, deliberately kept out of the tables. 23 Colonial Way, Rehoboth MA — a reported 2-family on roughly an acre, built 1967, 4bd/2ba, 2,146 sqft, listed by Keller Williams South Watuppa; brokerage detail pages were unreachable and Zillow was gated, so price and status could not be confirmed. 27 White Birch Ct, North Kingstown RI — a reported $476,000 2bd/2ba 1,650 sqft condo, surfaced only in a snippet with no confirmable listing URL. 12 Mill St, Warren RI ($599,900 multi-family) and 379 Maple Ave, Barrington RI (4bd/2.5ba, 1,486 sqft, not confirmed as a true duplex) — snippet-only, no direct URL. Two small-cottage leads in the Pettaquamscutt neighborhood and Saunderstown Village RI surfaced with no address at all. None of these should be relied on without a re-check.
Utilities. Public water versus well and public sewer versus septic are unconfirmed on nearly every parcel. Explicitly confirmed this run: Lot 7 Pleasant St, Attleboro MA (public water, private septic); 38 Dean St, Rehoboth MA and 207 Providence St, Rehoboth MA (private well and septic); 23-25 Hoyle St, Norwood MA (town water and sewer, separate heat and hot water); 77 Messinger St, Canton MA (separate utilities).
Drive times. Every station, hospital, library and Planet Fitness figure is an estimate derived from town geography, not a routed calculation.
Rent estimates. Second-unit rent figures in Section 3 are market approximations, not sourced comps, and are labelled as estimates throughout.
Rate benchmarks. Narragansett RI and Warwick RI figures come from AirDNA/Rabbu overview snippets; the cottage nightly average is directional. South Kingstown RI has no clean figure this run — an acknowledged data gap.
Zero-inventory results, stated rather than padded. Sharon MA and Mansfield MA duplexes; Jamestown RI duplexes and multi-family; the Warwick RI shore sub-neighborhoods; verified two-unit product in Barrington RI, Warren RI and the RI beach towns.
Not verified this run. Live-URL deploy verification of the published page was not independently performed.

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