Boston Property Report — 2026-08-30

Furlong PA → Boston Area relocation. Fresh search, run 2026-08-30. Every run is independent — no day-over-day deltas.

22 corridor land & home listings on 0.75–5.0 acres (18 active, 4 pending), 15 RI beach-area weekly-rental buy candidates and 31 duplex entries (15 MA, 16 RI) — Rehoboth MA and Stoughton MA tie deepest at 5 corridor listings each but Rehoboth's are all active, Norwood MA is a corridor zero again, Attleboro MA is the deepest duplex market at 6 with Warren RI second at 5, and Sharon MA / Rehoboth MA / Jamestown RI / Saunderstown RI / Bonnet Shores RI / Buttonwoods RI / Warwick Neck RI are all confirmed duplex zeros; 145 Winthrop St, Rehoboth MA holds as the cheapest active buildable parcel at $219,900 for 3.18 perc'd acres and is now confirmed relisted 2026-08-24 under a new MLS (73567377) at a $5,100 cut with public water and an approved 4-bed septic design, 156 Rocky Hill Rd, Rehoboth MA holds unchanged at $229,000 active, 0 Read St, Attleboro MA is re-confirmed off-market across four live sources, 106 Indian Ln, Canton MA did not surface on any source this run after three conflicting figures last week, Norwood MA's own commuter stations are newly flagged as Franklin Line — not the Providence/Stoughton line the criteria specify, and Narragansett RI officials are newly reported to be proposing a near-townwide duplex ban allowing duplexes only by special permit in two zones, a direct new constraint on Section 3 there. Narragansett's STR permit cap remains enjoined with no final ruling; RI's 5% whole-home STR tax is re-confirmed in effect alongside a local hotel tax rise from 1% to 2%; Warwick RI's R-6/R-10 non-owner-occupied STR bar is confirmed only from secondary sources this run because the primary ordinance text was unreachable.

Criteria in force

Section 1 — corridor land & homes: 0.75 to 5.0 acres inclusive; vacant/buildable, teardown-grade, or existing single-family. Public water + sewer at street preferred, not required. ≤10 min to an MBTA Providence/Stoughton line station; ≤15 min hospital; ≤30 min highly rated library; ≤30 min Planet Fitness. Towns: Canton, Stoughton, Sharon, Norwood, Mansfield, Attleboro, Rehoboth MA. Rehoboth runs ~18–22 min to a station and is included flagged. The manufactured-home requirement is dropped from this section.
Section 2 — beach-area weekly-rental buys: properties Bill would buy and rent out by the week. Condos, duplexes, mobile/manufactured homes, small cottages. Near beaches and ~15 min of a Providence/Stoughton station, southern end. Areas with established weekly-rental markets.
Section 3 — dwelling-unit duplexes: two separate living units, private entrances. Owner-occupant strategy. No acreage cap, no price cap, no minimum room count. Full Section 1 + Section 2 geography.
All drive times are estimates. Every address carries its two-letter state code.

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
9 Chief Ln, Canton MA	$399,900	2.77	Vacant buildable — last lot in an approved cul-de-sac subdivision	Not stated	Canton Junction / Canton Center ~8 min	Hospital ~15–20 min (Norwood Hospital closed); Canton Public Library ~8 min; Planet Fitness ~10–15 min	Residential subdivision	Active	Redfin
980 Randolph St, Canton MA	$795,000	0.78	Existing SFH, 4bd/2.5ba, 2,176 sqft, good condition, same family 20+ yrs	Not stated	~8–10 min	Hospital ~15–20 min; library ~8 min; PF ~10–15 min	Residential	Active	Homes.com
1941 Washington St, Canton MA	$1,499,000	"Over an acre" — exact acreage unconfirmed	Existing SFH, 4bd/3.5ba, 3,660 sqft Colonial, well maintained	Not stated	~8–10 min	Hospital ~15–20 min; library ~8 min; PF ~10–15 min	Residential	Active	Homes.com
888 Turnpike St, Canton MA	$1,100,000	1.80	Vacant commercial land on Rt 138 (24k+ vehicles/day) — flagged, poor residential fit	Not stated	~8 min	Hospital ~15–20 min; library ~10 min; PF ~10–15 min	Commercial, 40% coverage by right	Active	Homes.com
492 Sumner St, Stoughton MA	$1,180,000	1.52	Existing SFH, 4bd/2.5ba, 3,374 sqft, good condition	Not stated	~5–10 min	Hospital ~20 min; Stoughton Public Library ~8 min; PF Stoughton ~10 min	Residential	Active	LandSearch
Lot 4 West St, Stoughton MA	$449,900	1.76	Vacant buildable; abuts Muddy Pond Conservation Land, brook at rear	Not stated	Listing self-reports ~6 min (unverified)	Hospital ~20 min; library ~8 min; PF ~10 min	Residential	Active	Redfin
Lot 2 Pondview Ln, Stoughton MA	$329,900	3.00	Vacant buildable, approved subdivision near pond	Not stated	~8–10 min	Hospital ~20 min; library ~10 min; PF ~10 min	Residential	Active	Homes.com
1961 Washington St, Stoughton MA	$1,099,900	3.50	Small 3bd/1ba, 996 sqft — likely teardown-grade against land value	Not stated	~8–10 min	Hospital ~20 min; library ~10 min; PF ~10 min	Mixed-use	Pending	LandSearch
Atkinson Avenue Ext, Stoughton MA	$99,000	1.30	Vacant, commercially zoned — flagged, not a residential fit	Not stated	~8–10 min	Hospital ~20 min; library ~10 min; PF ~10 min	Commercial	Pending	LandSearch
376 Mountain St, Sharon MA	$729,000 (Redfin also shows $724,000 — minor cross-site discrepancy)	2.12	Vacant; engineering, 5-bed septic design and house plans completed and included; across from Borderland State Park, conservation on three sides	Private septic implied; water source not stated	Sharon Station ~8–10 min	Hospital ~20–25 min; Sharon Public Library ~8 min; PF ~10–15 min	Residential	Active	Redfin
10 Cobbler Ln, Sharon MA	$550,000	1.99	Vacant buildable, last lot in Layton Estates, walk-out basement grade	Not stated	Listing self-reports ~5 min / 1 mile to Sharon station (unverified)	Hospital ~20–25 min; library ~8 min; PF ~10–15 min	Residential	Active	Redfin
Lot Two Old Wolomolopoag St, Sharon MA	$375,000	3.56	Vacant wooded, abuts 32+ acres of conservation land. Town unconfirmed — listing address reads Sharon MA but the description places the parcel in Foxboro MA on the town line	Not stated	~10–15 min	Hospital ~20–25 min; library ~10–15 min; PF ~15 min	Residential	Active	Homes.com

Norwood MA: zero qualifying listings. Every Norwood parcel found is either well under 0.75 acres (51 Westview Dr, Norwood MA at 0.22 ac, which also carries a disclosed underground petroleum release) or, once the Norwood portion is broken out, over the 5.0-acre cap (0 Charlotte Rd, Norwood MA, Lot A at 7.79 ac). The largest confirmed in-town home lots on market were 0.67 ac and 0.54 ac, both below threshold. Checked against Homes.com, Zillow, Redfin and web search, which agree — a genuine zero, not a search gap.

Mansfield MA, Attleboro MA, Rehoboth MA

Address	Price	Acres	Structure	Utilities	Station (est.)	Amenities (est.)	Zoning	Status	Source
75 Fowler St, Mansfield MA	$995,000	2.35	Vacant/buildable, level, partly wooded and cleared	Sewer, gas, electric, water described as "nearby" — not confirmed stubbed to the lot	Mansfield Station ~5–8 min	Sturdy Memorial ~15 min; Mansfield Public Library ~5 min; PF Mansfield Crossing ~10 min	R3	Active (MLS 73511510)	Raveis
1125 School St, Mansfield MA	$1,200,000	3.00	Existing SFH, 3bd/2.5ba, 3,339 sqft	Unconfirmed	~8–10 min	Sturdy Memorial ~15 min; library ~5 min; PF ~10 min	Unconfirmed	Active	LandSearch
Lot 7 Pleasant St, Attleboro MA	$240,000	0.86	Vacant, ready-to-build with approved permit and septic	Not stated for this lot	Attleboro Station ~5–8 min	Sturdy Memorial ~5–10 min; Attleboro Public Library ~10 min; PF S. Attleboro ~10 min	Residential	Active (MLS 73549800, 45 DOM)	Redfin
23 York Dr, Attleboro MA	$374,900	1.97	Vacant land	Unconfirmed	~8–10 min	Sturdy Memorial ~5–10 min; library ~10 min; PF ~10 min	Unconfirmed	Pending	LandSearch
32 Thayer Farm Rd, Attleboro MA	$699,000	2.10	Existing SFH, 5bd/2.5ba, 3,352 sqft	Unconfirmed	~8–10 min	Sturdy Memorial ~5–10 min; library ~10 min; PF ~10 min	Unconfirmed	Pending	LandSearch
145 Winthrop St, Rehoboth MA	$219,900 — cheapest active buildable parcel this run	3.18	Vacant/buildable, wooded with wetlands present; perc'd 2026-08-28 with an approved septic design for a 4-bed home	Water: public. Sewer: private.	Attleboro Station ~18–22 min [fails the ≤10 min rule]	Sturdy Memorial ~18–20 min; Rehoboth Public Library ~8 min; PF Attleboro/Seekonk ~20–25 min	Front zoned Business, rear Residential	Active — relisted (MLS 73567377)	Boardwalk Properties
156 Rocky Hill Rd, Rehoboth MA	$229,000	1.99	Vacant/buildable, wooded, perc'd 2017, pre-existing non-conforming lot, buildable under current bylaw	Sewer: other. Water: other. Electric at street.	~18–22 min [fails ≤10 min]	Sturdy Memorial ~18–20 min; library ~8 min; PF ~20–25 min	RES	Active (MLS 73479150)	Homes.com
170 Rocky Hill Rd, Rehoboth MA	$739,900	4.00	Existing SFH, 3bd/2ba, 2,473 sqft	Unconfirmed	~18–22 min [fails ≤10 min]	Sturdy Memorial ~18–20 min; library ~8 min; PF ~20–25 min	Unconfirmed	Active	LandSearch
224 Perryville Rd, Rehoboth MA	$649,000	2.36	Existing SFH, 3bd/2ba, 1,802 sqft	Unconfirmed	~18–22 min [fails ≤10 min]	Sturdy Memorial ~18–20 min; library ~8 min; PF ~20–25 min	Unconfirmed	Active	LandSearch
38 Dean St, Rehoboth MA	$574,900	~1.80	Existing 5bd/2ba, 2,586 sqft with barn and 2-car garage — a renovation project. Homes.com files it under multi-family but the description reads single-family; unit split unconfirmed	Unconfirmed	~18–22 min [fails ≤10 min]	Sturdy Memorial ~18–20 min; library ~8 min; PF ~20–25 min	Unconfirmed	Active	Homes.com

Targeted re-checks

145 Winthrop St, Rehoboth MA — Active at $219,900. MLS history resolves the price question cleanly this run: originally listed 2025-12-20 at $225,000 under MLS 73463306, cancelled 2026-08-24 and relisted the same day at $219,900 under new MLS 73567377, going active 2026-08-28. Some portals (Homes.com among them) still carry the stale $225,000 record. Perc test dated 2026-08-28 with an approved 4-bed septic design; public water, private sewer. This is the cheapest confirmed-active buildable parcel across all seven corridor towns.
156 Rocky Hill Rd, Rehoboth MA — Active, unchanged at $229,000, 1.99 acres (not the larger figure occasionally cited elsewhere), MLS 73479150. Perc on file from 2017; pre-existing non-conforming lot, buildable under current bylaw.
0 Read St, Attleboro MA — re-confirmed off-market. Absent from Redfin's live 02703 land list (7 listings), LandSearch's full Attleboro inventory (108 listings, both pages), Houzeo's Attleboro land list (18 listings) and the first 25 of LandWatch's 57 Attleboro results. A Homes.com address search for "Read St" surfaced 741, 940 and 158 Read St but no 0 Read St. Search-engine caches still return two mutually inconsistent stale figures ($115,000 / 3.81 ac and $65,000 / 4.4 ac "pending") that match no live listing page. Treat as sold or withdrawn.
106 Indian Ln, Canton MA — did not surface on any source this run. Last week it appeared at $1,499,999 / 1.16 ac, a third mutually incompatible figure against a prior $329,000 / 1.0 ac listing and a 2026-03-17 sale record of $835,000. This run it is absent from Redfin, Zillow, Homes.com and LandSearch for Canton MA. The parcel's status remains genuinely unresolved and still requires direct broker confirmation; its absence here is not evidence it sold.
75 Fowler St, Mansfield MA — Active, unchanged at $995,000, 2.35 acres, MLS 73511510, zoned R3. Listing describes utilities as "nearby" rather than stubbed to the lot.
Norwood Hospital — re-confirmed closed. Shut since the June 2020 flood. Massachusetts passed emergency legislation in August 2026 to accelerate a revitalization effort and two operators are reported in talks with the property owner, but there is no reopening date and the building is not operational. The nearest open acute-care hospitals to Canton MA, Sharon MA and Norwood MA are Good Samaritan (Brockton MA), Beth Israel Lahey – Milton MA, and Brigham and Women's/Faulkner (Boston MA), all roughly 15–25 minutes out (estimate) — which means the ≤15 minute hospital criterion is not currently met by any of the four northern corridor towns. Sources: CBS Boston, WBUR.
New structural finding — Norwood MA and the rail criterion. Norwood's own commuter stations (Norwood Central, Norwood Depot, Windsor Gardens) sit on the Franklin Line, not the Providence/Stoughton line the criteria specify. The nearest Providence/Stoughton station to Norwood is Canton Junction, likely more than 10 minutes from most of the town (estimate). Any future Norwood candidate must be re-checked against the rail rule specifically, independent of its acreage. This has not been flagged in prior runs.
Excluded, just outside band: 55 King Arthur Way, Mansfield MA at $1,299,900 on 5.2 acres (over the 5.0 cap); 480 York St, Canton MA (5.93 ac); 68 Elm St, Canton MA (7.45 ac); Washington St, Stoughton MA (5.3 ac, $135,000, pending); Lot One Old Wolomolopoag St, Sharon MA (5.5 ac); Lot 43 Pondview Ln, Stoughton MA (0.67 ac); 16 Danforth, Canton MA (0.23 ac); 35 Turnpike St, Canton MA (0.33 ac); 131A Beach St, Sharon MA (0.10 ac).

Section 2 — Beach-area weekly-rental buy candidates (RI)

Properties Bill would buy and then rent out by the week — not places for him to rent.

Address	Price	Type	Bd/Ba	Sq ft	HOA / fees	Beach (est.)	Station (est.)	STR notes	Status	Source
12 Park Ave #8, Narragansett RI	$589,000	Condo townhouse w/ garage	3/3	1,332	$390/mo	Narragansett Town Beach ~1.5 mi / ~5 min	Wickford Junction ~20 min (outside the ~15 min target)	Subject to the stalled Narragansett STR ordinance	Active	Redfin
335 South Pier Rd Unit 3B, Narragansett RI	$549,000	Condo (Lakewood Glen)	2/1.5	1,468	Not disclosed	South-end beaches ~1–2 mi / ~5 min	Wickford Junction ~20 min (outside target)	Subject to the stalled Narragansett STR ordinance	Active	Redfin
194 South Pier Rd, Narragansett RI	$999,900	Duplex / two-family, Narragansett Pier	4/2 across 2 units	1,728	None (fee simple)	Walk to ocean / Town Beach, ~0.3 mi	Wickford Junction ~20 min (outside target)	Subject to the stalled Narragansett STR ordinance; see also the new duplex-ban proposal below	Active	Redfin
8 Cinnamon Ln, Saunderstown RI	$559,000 vs $579,000 — two Redfin pages disagreed within the same session; verify before offering	Condo (Riverdell townhouse)	2/1.5	1,364	Not disclosed	Bonnet Shores / Narragansett beaches ~5–7 mi / ~15 min	Wickford Junction ~10 min (within target)	Subject to the stalled Narragansett STR ordinance	Active	Redfin
45 Cherry Ln Unit B, Wakefield RI	$485,000	Condo	2/1.5	1,036	Not disclosed	South Kingstown Town Beach ~4 mi / ~10 min	Wickford Junction ~20 min; Kingston (Amtrak, not MBTA) ~10 min	Subject to the South Kingstown rental registry	Active	Redfin
167 Winter St #6, South Kingstown RI	$424,900	Condo (Winter Farm Assoc.)	2/1.5	1,206	Fee not disclosed	~4–5 mi / ~10 min	Kingston (Amtrak) ~10 min	Subject to the SK rental registry	Active	Redfin
30 Noel Ct, Wakefield RI	$429,000	Condo	2/1.5	1,104	Not disclosed	~4–5 mi / ~10 min	Kingston (Amtrak) ~10 min	Subject to the SK rental registry	Active	Redfin
260 Sweet Allen Farm Rd Unit B3, Wakefield RI	$398,900	Condo	2/2.5	1,510	Not disclosed	~4–5 mi	Wickford Junction ~9 mi / ~15 min (at target)	Subject to the SK rental registry	Active	Redfin
32 Paddy Hill Rd, Peace Dale RI	$359,900	Small house (795 sqft)	2/1	795	None	~5 mi / ~12 min	Kingston (Amtrak) ~8 min	Subject to the SK rental registry	Active	Redfin
18 Railroad Ave, West Kingston RI	$619,000	Duplex / two-family, historic former general store	4/3 total, 2bd per level	2,464	None	~8 mi / ~15 min — West Kingston is a South Kingstown village but is inland, not beach-adjacent; borderline fit	Kingston (Amtrak) within walking distance	Subject to the SK rental registry	Active	Redfin
32 Carder Rd, Warwick RI	$399,900	Small house	3/2	1,540	None	Oakland Beach ~0.5 mi / ~2 min	Wickford Junction ~15 min; T.F. Green ~10 min	Check the R-6/R-10 non-owner-occupied STR bar before buying	Active	Homes.com
11 N Shore St, Warwick RI	$469,900	Small waterfront house/loft w/ dock access	1/1	750	None	Oakland Beach ~0.3 mi	Wickford Junction ~15 min; T.F. Green ~10 min	Check the R-6/R-10 STR bar	Active	Homes.com
74 Ticonderoga Dr, Warwick RI	$435,000	Small ranch house (Meadowbrook)	3/1	1,144	None	Oakland Beach area ~1 mi / ~3 min	T.F. Green ~10 min	Check the R-6/R-10 STR bar	Active	Homes.com
49 Seawynds Dr, North Kingstown RI	$549,900	Condo (Reynolds Farm)	2/2	1,168	Not disclosed	Wickford-area / Narragansett Bay beaches ~3–5 mi	Wickford Junction ~5–8 min (best station access in Section 2)	No dedicated North Kingstown STR registry found	Active	Redfin
150 Bay View Dr #1, Jamestown RI	$675,000	Condo (Jamestown Overlook, community pool/hot tub)	2/2	1,490	Fee not disclosed	Mackerel Cove / Bay ~2–3 mi	No station on Jamestown; Wickford Junction ~25–30 min via the bridge — structurally fails the ~15 min rule	Jamestown requires $350/yr STR registration plus inspections	Active	Redfin

Bonnet Shores RI: zero addressed candidates verifiable this run — searches returned only aggregate counts (Zillow 31 homes; eXp Realty 9 condos across "Bonnet Shores/Wesquage") with no individually priced, addressed listing page that could be fetched. Conimicut RI, Buttonwoods RI and Warwick Neck RI: zero addressed Section 2 candidates verified — only neighborhood-level market statistics (median sale price ~$439K–$455K per Redfin/Compass) were retrievable. Mobile / manufactured homes: zero qualifying for-sale inventory anywhere in the focus towns. The one nearby hit, 8 Jacob Perry Dr (Border Hill Mobile Home Park), Charlestown RI at $65,000, is outside the focus geography and is a land-rights-only sale whose existing structure is condemned and must be removed.

Jamestown RI is also a poor structural fit on price as well as rail: its cheapest available condo is $675,000 against a townwide condo median of $795,000.

Weekly rental rate benchmarks

Area	Weekly rate benchmark	Season	Source
Narragansett RI	Market ADR $503/night (AirDNA) or $439/night (Rabbu). By size: 1BR ~$199/night (~$1,400/wk), 2BR ~$274/night (~$1,900/wk), 3BR ~$389/night (~$2,700/wk), 4BR ~$567/night (~$4,000/wk). Peak-month revenue per active listing $23,386–$24,553/mo, implying roughly $5,400–$5,700/week at true peak.	Year-round data; peak Jun–Aug	AirDNA · Rabbu
South Kingstown / Wakefield / Matunuck RI	Average weekly rate $4,401 (KAYAK, trailing two weeks). Nightly average across South Kingstown $531.90; Matunuck area $604/night.	Summer peak; cheapest months Aug–Sep	KAYAK
Jamestown RI	Observed VRBO listing rates $434–$2,223/week. July–August is structured as mandatory Saturday-to-Saturday weekly stays.	Jul–Aug mandatory weekly; shoulder more flexible	Newport & Jamestown Rentals · VRBO
Warwick shore RI (Oakland Beach etc.)	Thin data. Nightly rates start as low as $24 (likely an off-season floor). KAYAK's monthly Warwick average is $2,898 (~$670/wk spread evenly, though real summer weeks would run materially higher). No dedicated Oakland Beach weekly figure located.	Summer peak assumed; seasonality not sourced	KAYAK
North Kingstown / Wickford RI	Thin data. Nightly range $51–$3,080 across listing types; no clean weekly average found.	Peak Jun–Aug	VacationRenter · HiChee
Bonnet Shores RI	No area-specific benchmark exists separate from Narragansett. Bonnet Shores is a Narragansett neighborhood; treat it as tracking the Narragansett line above rather than inventing a separate figure.	—	No distinct source found

Honest caveat on the income side: only Narragansett RI and South Kingstown RI have solid sourced weekly/ADR data this run. The Bonnet Shores RI, Warwick shore RI and North Kingstown/Wickford RI figures are thin or absent and should not be used as investment inputs without pulling AirDNA or Rabbu data for those specific ZIPs directly.

STR rules by town

Narragansett RI — permit cap, re-checked. The May 2024 ordinance (Chapter 1123) would cap STR permits at 1,100, stepping to 900 by September 2026, and ban rentals under 7 nights. It has been under injunction since October 2024, when Superior Court Judge Sarah Taft-Carter granted a TRO and preliminary injunction after landlord group Narragansett 2100 sued under the Home Rule Amendment. No final ruling found. The most recent confirmed status is a 2025-12-19 town council meeting at which Town Solicitor James Callaghan reported the ordinance had been non-enforceable for over a year and the town was weighing scrapping the business-ordinance approach in favor of re-enacting the rules as a zoning ordinance, considered more defensible. No votes were taken; no 2026 coverage updating this was found. The underlying registration/rental rules remain separately in force. Sources: Boston Globe, WPRI, RI Central (2025-12-19).
Warwick RI — R-6/R-10 zones. Confirmed from secondary sources only this run. The base STR ordinance (No. O-23-4) requires Building Department registration; the code was recodified under Ordinance No. O-25-11, adopted 2025-07-08. Secondary sources report that current Warwick zoning bars new short-term rentals in the R-6 and R-10 residential zones — which cover much of Oakland Beach and Gaspee — unless the owner occupies the property. The primary ordinance PDF and the Municode zoning text both returned blank on fetch this run, so zone boundaries and effective date could not be verified from a primary legal source. Verify with Warwick Planning before buying in Oakland Beach. Sources: City of Warwick; secondary Jaken Finance Group.
South Kingstown RI — rental registration. A townwide Residential Rental Registration ordinance was adopted 2025-10-14, building on an April 2024 STR registry. Fee $100, late fee $300, fines to $500. The original 2025-12-31 filing deadline was extended to 2026-03-31. Housing Authority units and deed-restricted affordable units are fee-exempt. Sources: Town of South Kingstown, The Independent.
Rhode Island statewide — 5% whole-home STR tax: confirmed, in effect. Effective 2026-01-01, RI imposes a 5% tax on whole-home short-term rentals, distinct from and not stacked with the existing 5% state hotel tax on single-room rentals. The local hotel tax rose from 1% to 2% the same day, bringing the total possible STR tax load to roughly 14%. Tax applies by date of occupancy, not date of booking. Sources: RI Division of Taxation notice, RI Realtors.
Jamestown RI. Local registration after state DBR registration, via an OpenGov portal. $350 annual fee, inspection by building official and fire marshal, re-inspection every 3 years and 2 years respectively. Registration opens the prior fall; the process takes 4–6 weeks. Source: Jamestown Press.
North Kingstown RI. No dedicated townwide STR ordinance or public registry page found. The town appears to manage STR use through general zoning, building and assessor review — note the homestead tax exemption can be affected by short-term leasing. All RI hosts must still register with the state Department of Business Regulation if listing on a third-party platform. Source: RI DBR.

Exclusions — cheap cottages that cannot be rented

Community	Address	Renting	Basis
Roy Carpenter's Beach	240 Cards Pond Rd, South Kingstown RI	PROHIBITED	Community site states plainly that to maintain the family atmosphere, no renting is allowed. 377 leased-land cottages; the Roy Carpenter's Beach Association purchased the underlying land 2025-10-29. roycarpenters.com
Mary Carpenter's Beach / Carpenter's Beach Meadow, Inc.	854 Matunuck Beach Rd, South Kingstown RI	PROHIBITED	The association's own for-sale page states the cottage sits on leased land and cannot be rented. Season runs the first Friday in May through October 15. carpentersbeachmeadowinc.com
Knowles Camp / Scarborough Village	Off Burnside Ave, Narragansett RI — correction: this community is in Narragansett RI, not South Kingstown RI as previously recorded	PROHIBITED	106 leased-land cottages governed by the Scarborough Village Tenant Association. A current listing at 64-Unit87 Burnside Ave, Narragansett RI ($319,900) states outright that the unit cannot be rented. Knowles Camp cottages run $259,999–$319,900 for ~500–564 sqft steps from Scarborough Beach — they look ideal and are not rentable. Lila Delman listing · SVTA
Buttonwoods Campground (Buttonwoods Campers Association)	Budlong Farm area, Warwick RI	UNRESOLVED	Confirmed as a historic (est. 1899) leased-land summer cottage colony — the association leases ~25 acres from the Hohler/Maynard families and holds 120 cottages — but no public statement of a rental prohibition or permission was found. Public About and FAQ pages carry no rental-policy language and member bylaws sit behind a members-only login. This is the inverse risk to the three above: unverified rather than confirmed-prohibited. Contact the association board directly before assuming either way. buttonwoodsbca.com

Section 3 — Dwelling-unit duplexes

Owner-occupant strategy: live in one unit, rent the other. No acreage cap, no price cap, no minimum room count.

Massachusetts — Canton, Stoughton, Sharon, Norwood

Address	Price	Condition	Layout	Utilities	Est. rent, rented side	Zoning notes	Status	Source
26 Tremont St, Norwood MA	$850,000	Well-maintained true 2-family, 1,812 sqft on a 9,806 sqft lot, dead-end street, ample parking	5bd/3.5ba combined; per-unit split only partly stated in the listing	Not fully stated	Listing cites strong rental income potential; no figure disclosed	Multigenerational/rental flexibility noted; no restriction flagged	Active	Homes.com
24 Short St, Norwood MA	$849,900 (down $50,000)	Move-in-ready true 2-family, 2,442 sqft, stone-countertop kitchen in each unit	2bd/2ba combined; per-unit split not itemized	Not stated	Not stated; move-in condition suggests near-market rent achievable	Not stated	Active, open house Sunday	Homes.com
244 Washington St, Norwood MA	$1,140,000 (down $10,000)	Recently renovated 3-family (not a duplex), 2,488 sqft, near the Westwood line, strong rental history, 7+ cap rate	7bd/3ba across 3 units; "generously sized"	Separate utilities confirmed	Currently cash-flowing; per-unit rents not disclosed	Investment-oriented 3-family	Active	Homes.com
3 Revere Ct, Canton MA	$899,900	Triple-decker (3-family, not a duplex), 2,748 sqft	7bd/3ba total; not itemized per unit	Not stated	Canton 2BR market rents run roughly $2,200–$2,700/mo (estimate, not from this listing)	Existing legal 3-family use	Active	Homes.com
26 Howard St, Canton MA	$649,900	4bd/2ba total, 1,627 sqft — condition and unit split not documented in the listing	Not itemized	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated	Active	Homes.com
651 Washington St, Canton MA	$1,395,000 (down $104,000)	Mixed-use: an occupied 7-bedroom rooming house with shared kitchen and laundry, plus a leased brick storefront — does not fit the owner-occupant duplex model	Rooming-house layout, not two units	Shared kitchen, common laundry	Storefront leased; rent not disclosed	Downtown mixed-use	Active	Homes.com
1508 Central St, Stoughton MA	$1,649,900 (down $150,000)	6-unit dwelling, 6,567 sqft on a 15,333 sqft lot — far beyond a duplex, but Stoughton's only active multi-family listing	12bd/6ba across 6 units	Not stated	Not stated	Existing 6-unit multi-family use	Active, open house scheduled	Homes.com

Sharon MA: zero active duplex or multi-family listings. Confirmed independently three ways — Homes.com returns "no properties matching your criteria," Zillow returns 0 exact matches for Sharon MA duplex (showing 9 similar homes only in neighbouring towns), and a specific two-family that surfaced in a search snippet, 415 & 417 S Main St, Sharon MA, is confirmed off-market, having sold in March 2019 for $475,000. A genuine zero. Norwood MA carries the strongest duplex inventory of these four towns, with two true 2-families around $850,000; Canton MA's three listings are all imperfect matches to the owner-occupant model.

Massachusetts — Mansfield, Attleboro, Rehoboth

Address	Price	Condition	Layout	Utilities	Est. rent, rented side	Status	Source
117 Bacon St, Attleboro MA	$529,900	Good, well-maintained with numerous updates	2bd/1ba each side, eat-in kitchen and family room; 1,852 sqft total	Not specified	~$1,800–$2,000/mo per side (estimate)	Active	Homes.com
299 S Main St, Attleboro MA	$550,000	Good — same family since 1949, well kept	2bd plus a flex room each side; 2,092 sqft total	Not specified	~$1,800–$1,900/mo per side (estimate)	Active	Homes.com
387 Mendon Rd, Attleboro MA	$599,900	Good — updated and well-maintained	Upper 3bd, lower 2bd; 1,925 sqft total	Windows, heating system and hot water tank recently updated; separate meters not confirmed	~$1,800–$2,000/mo for the 2bd side (estimate)	Active	Homes.com
18 North Ave, Attleboro MA	$625,000	Teardown / renovation-grade — listing states it needs work; a value-add project	6bd/3ba total across 2 units, split not detailed; 3,355 sqft on 0.89 ac	Not specified	~$1,900–$2,300/mo post-renovation (estimate)	Active	Homes.com
127 Maple St, Attleboro MA	$625,000	Good — built 2009, modern	4bd/2ba total, 2,100 sqft; split not detailed	Not specified	~$1,900–$2,100/mo (estimate)	Active	Homes.com
485 Mendon Rd, Attleboro MA	$674,900	Good — updated electrical, new heat/AC mini-splits	1st floor 3bd/1ba, 2nd floor 2bd/1ba; 2,032 sqft total	Updated electrical service; separate meters not confirmed	~$1,800/mo for the 2bd side (estimate)	Active	Homes.com
71-73 Fowler St, Mansfield MA	$795,000	Good — separate entrances, functional layout, enclosed porch on each unit	3bd/1ba each side (6bd/2ba total), 2,392 sqft combined	Not specified — unconfirmed	~$2,200–$2,600/mo (estimate, 3BR Mansfield market)	Active	Homes.com
38 Dean St, Rehoboth MA	$574,900	Ambiguous — Homes.com categorises it as multi-family but the description reads as a single-family renovation project (barn, 2-car garage, well pump and oil tank updates) with no unit split mentioned	Not detailed; likely single-family, unit count unconfirmed	Not specified	Do not rely on this as a confirmed duplex	Active	Homes.com

Attleboro MA is again the deepest duplex market in the corridor: 12 multi-family listings town-wide, of which roughly 6 are true two-families in the $525K–$675K band; the remainder (2 Hope St, 30 Hope St, 110 Knight Ave, 222-226 S St, all Attleboro MA) are 3-family or larger and are out of scope. Mansfield MA has only 2 multi-family listings town-wide and just one genuine 2-family — the town is largely single-family zoned. Rehoboth MA is effectively a duplex zero: its single multi-family-tagged listing (38 Dean St) does not read as a two-unit property, consistent with the town's rural single-family zoning.

Rhode Island

Address	Town / area	Price	Condition	Layout	Utilities	Est. rent, rented side	Status	Source
31 Child St, Warren RI	Warren	$539,000 (down $10,000)	Fair / dated — one side needs updates; 3,452 sqft	Unit 1 3bd/1ba (hardwood, updated); Unit 2 3–4bd/1ba (hardwood)	Not specified	~$1,800–$2,000/mo (estimate)	Active	Homes.com
319 Main St, Warren RI	Warren	$549,900	Good / updated, 2,676 sqft	Unit 1 oversized townhouse-style with granite/SS kitchen and in-unit laundry; Unit 2 not fully detailed (5bd total)	Not specified	~$1,900–$2,100/mo (estimate)	Active	Homes.com
348 Market St, Warren RI (aka 348-350 Market St)	Warren	$775,000	Good — period charm with updates, built 1900, 2,086 sqft	Side-by-side townhouse duplex on two separate legal lots; unit split not itemized	Not specified	~$2,000–$2,200/mo (estimate)	Active	Homes.com
27 Barney St, Warren RI	Warren	$800,000	Good / renovated, 2,618 sqft	3bd/1ba each side, eat-in kitchen and private enclosed porch each	Updated systems per listing; separate-meter status not confirmed	~$2,000–$2,200/mo (estimate)	Active	Homes.com
36 Kinnicutt Ave, Warren RI	Warren	$990,000	Good / renovated — two separate structures on one lot (ADU-style), not a single-roof duplex	Main house 4bd/2.5ba plus a fully renovated back house 2bd/1ba	Listing implies separate utilities for the back house; not confirmed	~$1,800–$2,200/mo for the back house (estimate)	Active, open house	Homes.com
379 Maple Ave, Barrington RI	Barrington	$729,900	Good / updated, 1,486 sqft	4bd/4ba total (~2bd/2ba each side, not itemized)	Not specified — verify separate meters before offer	~$2,400–$2,800/mo (estimate)	Active	Compass
192 Washington Rd, Barrington RI	Barrington	$919,000	Good, 2,667 sqft	5bd/3ba total; split not itemized	Not specified	~$2,600–$3,000/mo (estimate)	Active	Compass
42 Orchard Ave, Barrington RI	Barrington	$1,100,000	Good, 2,930 sqft	5bd/5ba total; split not itemized	Not specified	~$2,800–$3,200/mo (estimate)	Active, open house	Compass
16 Jennison Rd, Warwick RI	Warwick — Conimicut	$550,000	Good / well-maintained, 2,240 sqft	2bd/1ba each unit, each with its own in-unit washer/dryer	In-unit laundry each side; meter separation not confirmed	~$1,900–$2,100/mo (estimate)	Active	RI Statewide MLS
19 Wood St, Warwick RI	Warwick — Oakland Beach	$880,000	New construction, currently under construction, 2,400 sqft	2bd/1.5ba each side, side-by-side townhouse	New construction — separate systems likely but not explicitly confirmed	~$2,200–$2,500/mo each side (estimate)	Active	Homes.com
515 Davisville Rd, North Kingstown RI	North Kingstown	$579,900 (down $19,000)	Move-in ready, vacant, 1,232 sqft	2nd floor traditional 2bd; 1st floor unit style described but bed count not itemized (4bd total)	Not specified	~$1,900–$2,100/mo (estimate)	Active	Homes.com
44 Maxwell Dr, North Kingstown RI	North Kingstown, near Wickford	$689,900 (down $60,000)	Good, near half-acre lot, 2,709 sqft	4bd/3ba total, split not itemized — three baths raises the possibility of more than two units; verify unit count	Two outbuildings noted; meter setup not specified	~$2,200–$2,600/mo (estimate)	Active	Homes.com
18 Railroad Ave, West Kingston RI	South Kingstown — West Kingston	$619,000 (down $10,000)	Good / updated — historic former general store, 2,464 sqft	2bd unit on each level	Town water and sewer; systems partially updated	~$1,700–$1,900/mo (estimate)	Active	Homes.com
285 Gooseberry Rd, Wakefield RI	South Kingstown — Wakefield	$919,900	Two separate cottages on one parcel — 700 sqft main plus a smaller cottage	Main house with 2-car garage/loft; second structure a true 1-bed beach cottage, heated year-round	Separate utilities and separate basements for both structures	~$1,600–$1,900/mo for the cottage (estimate)	Active	Homes.com
194 S Pier Rd, Narragansett RI	Narragansett — the Pier	$999,900	Good / renovated, 1,728 sqft	Side-by-side two-family, both one-level units; bed/bath split not itemized	Not specified	~$2,600–$3,000/mo (estimate)	Active	Homes.com
6 MacAlder St, Narragansett RI	Narragansett — Jerusalem	$1,495,000	Good / well-maintained, 2,358 sqft, water views	6bd/4ba total; split not itemized	Not specified	~$2,800–$3,200/mo (estimate)	Active	Homes.com

Confirmed RI duplex zeros this run: Jamestown RI (a dedicated two-family search returns "no matching listings," with all suggested alternatives in North Kingstown or Exeter); Buttonwoods RI (neighbourhood page shows 9 active homes, all single-family); Warwick Neck RI (dedicated multi-family search returns nothing); Saunderstown RI (all results single-family or market-stat pages); Bonnet Shores RI (12 active listings, every one a single-family home or vacant land — a private beach-association neighbourhood with no duplex stock). Warren RI is the standout: 5 qualifying two-families from $539,000, concentrated in the historic Water Street / Main Street corridor, the best mix of depth and price accessibility in the RI footprint. Broader Warwick RI (outside the four named shore neighbourhoods) carries 14 multi-family listings, almost none of them inside the shore sub-areas in scope. Excluded as out of scope: 126 Main St, Warren RI ($945,000, 5-unit); 185 Washington Rd, Barrington RI ($4,975,000, 28bd/34ba apartment building); 28 Park Ave, South Kingstown RI ($1,749,900, 15+ unit Victorian); 2185 Post Rd, Wakefield RI ($949,900, main house plus workshop/ADU without a confirmed second dwelling unit); 77 Water St and 55 Warren Ave, Warren RI (bed/bath counts of 6bd/4ba and 9bd/3ba suggest 3+ units, unconfirmed).

Duplex zoning notes

Narragansett RI — new this run. Town officials are reported to have an active proposal to ban duplexes across most of the town, allowing them only by special permit in two zones, in response to Rhode Island's 2023 housing-production legislation. Existing ordinance already demands very large minimum lots for a duplex — 100,000 sqft buildable area in R80 and 60,000 sqft in R-40. This is a live regulatory risk against any Narragansett duplex purchase (194 S Pier Rd and 6 MacAlder St above) and should be verified with the town planning department before an offer.
South Kingstown RI. Duplexes are allowed by right in R10, R20, RM, MU, CN, CD and CW. R40, R80 and R200 are single-family only; R30 requires a special use permit. An accessory apartment cannot be added on top of an already-permitted two-household dwelling unless it replaces an existing unit. Zone matters enormously here — confirm the parcel's district before assuming a conversion or rebuild is allowed.
North Kingstown RI. Two-family dwellings are permitted in the Neighborhood Residential (NR) district per Article III. Other districts were not fully enumerated in retrievable sources; verify parcel-specific zoning with planning (401-268-1571).
Warwick RI. Ordinance language allows two-family and multiple-family developments and even permits more than one residential structure per lot in specific conformity sections (308, 309, 502), but the district-by-district permitted-use table was not fully retrievable this run. Warwick is generally the most permissive of these towns on multi-family, reflected in its larger inventory — but confirm the district for the specific shore parcel. Note this interacts with the R-6/R-10 STR bar above: a Warwick duplex may be buildable and rentable long-term while still barred from non-owner-occupied short-term rental.
Barrington RI. The town maintains a zoning use table and dimensional code (Chapter 185), but the specific two-family district permissions were not retrievable. Barrington is a low-density, largely single-family suburb; existing two-families there are commonly legal-nonconforming rather than newly permitted uses. Confirm with Barrington's Building and Zoning Office before assuming any new conversion is allowed.
Massachusetts corridor towns. Every MA duplex found is an existing legal non-conforming or grandfathered two-family use in a residential zone; none of the listings state new multi-family construction rights. Attleboro MA's downtown-adjacent neighbourhoods (Hope St, the Mendon Rd corridor, S Main St) hold the deepest two-family stock. A buyer should verify with each town's building department whether a purchased two-family retains its non-conforming status if substantially rebuilt.
Jamestown RI, Warren RI. No district-level detail retrieved this run. General results indicate Jamestown's ordinance does include provisions for detached one- and two-family dwellings. Treat all zoning statements above as a starting point for due diligence, not a substitute for a parcel-level title and zoning search.

Coverage & caveats

Source gating was non-uniform across agents again this run, and in the opposite direction from last week. Zillow and Redfin were fully open on the northern-corridor sweep (Canton/Stoughton/Sharon/Norwood MA) and on the RI duplex sweep, but Zillow was JS-gated on the southern-corridor sweep (Mansfield/Attleboro/Rehoboth MA), where only search snippets were readable and no detail page could be fetched. Coverage depth is therefore uneven between town clusters and the two clusters are not strictly comparable on inventory counts.
LandWatch and Land.com were JS-gated for every town-filtered search on the northern corridor — requests returned "0 Properties / Javascript must be enabled" and fell back to unrelated statewide inventory (Berkshire, Worcester, Franklin County). Snippet-level counts from those sites could not be independently confirmed and were deliberately excluded from the tables. This is a real gap, likely single digits of additional land parcels per northern town. The same sites worked on the southern sweep.
Homes.com was the single richest and most reliable source this run across all three sections. Compass, LandSearch, Houzeo, Raveis, Boardwalk Properties/Boston Pads and the RI Statewide MLS IDX feed (searchrirealestate.com) were all fully accessible.
The Blackstone Team (the-blackstoneteam.com) was JS-gated on its Oakland Beach RI multi-family page — navigation chrome only, no server-rendered listing data. Impact was minor: Homes.com independently supplied the Oakland Beach listing (19 Wood St, Warwick RI).
Realtor.com, Movoto, Trulia, Point2Homes, Mott & Chace, Lila Delman (except one exclusion-confirming listing), Residential Properties Ltd and RE/MAX RI appeared only as search snippets and were not fetched directly. In this market they largely mirror the same MLS PIN and RI Statewide feeds already covered, so incremental unique inventory is likely small — but broker-exclusive and pocket listings on those platforms cannot be ruled out.
Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist and other FSBO channels were not checked. Non-MLS inventory should be treated as uncovered.
Several primary legal sources were unreachable: the Warwick RI ordinance PDF and Municode zoning text (blank on fetch), policycommons.net (Warwick zoning amendment document), and the South Kingstown RI rental-registration page itself (blank on direct fetch — the ordinance details above come from the town's search summary plus The Independent). Nothing was bypassed; the confidence level is flagged inline in each case.
All drive times, hospital, library and Planet Fitness distances are estimates derived from general geographic knowledge, not from a routing tool. Treat them as directional.
Two live price discrepancies are flagged rather than resolved: 376 Mountain St, Sharon MA ($729,000 vs $724,000 across sites) and 8 Cinnamon Ln, Saunderstown RI ($559,000 vs $579,000 across two Redfin pages in the same session).
Rehoboth MA is included in Section 1 despite failing the ≤10 minute rail rule (~18–22 min to Attleboro Station), by standing instruction, because it carries the deepest qualifying corridor inventory. Every Rehoboth row is flagged accordingly.
Two criteria are currently unmet corridor-wide rather than per-listing: the ≤15 minute hospital rule fails for all four northern towns while Norwood Hospital stays closed, and Norwood MA's own stations are on the Franklin Line rather than the Providence/Stoughton line. Both are structural, not artifacts of this run's inventory.
This is a point-in-time snapshot taken 2026-08-30. Every run is a fresh search — no day-over-day deltas are computed and nothing is marked new, price-dropped or gone relative to a previous report.

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