Boston Property Report — 2026-09-01

Furlong PA → Boston Area relocation · fresh search, no day-over-day deltas · all drive times are estimates

21 corridor land & home listings on 0.75–5.0 acres (14 active, 6 pending, 1 confirmed off-market), 12 RI beach-area weekly-rental buy candidates and 21 duplex entries (10 MA, 11 RI) — Rehoboth MA is again the deepest corridor market at 9 against Sharon MA 4, Stoughton MA 4, Canton MA 3, Attleboro MA 4, Norwood MA 1, while Mansfield MA is a confirmed corridor ZERO for the first time in this report's history; the headline reversal is 0 Read St, Attleboro MA has RESURFACED ACTIVE at $115,000 for 3.81 acres with water, sewer, gas and electric all at the street after months off-market, making it the strongest price-per-acre buy in the sweep; 145 Winthrop St Rehoboth MA is still active but at $225,000 under a different MLS number (73463306, not 73567377) — a live price/MLS conflict against the prior baseline; 38 Dean St Rehoboth MA has gone PENDING at $574,900 after an 11.6% cumulative cut; Warren RI is the runaway duplex market at 7 entries; and after five runs of ambiguity Mary Carpenter's / Carpenter's Beach Meadow, 854 Matunuck Beach Rd South Kingstown RI is now VERBATIM-CONFIRMED no-rental from the association's own for-sale page — upgraded from "verify with the association" and now a hard exclusion alongside Roy Carpenter's Beach and Knowles Camp, while Buttonwoods Campground Warwick RI stays UNRESOLVED for a fifth consecutive run. Norwood Hospital is re-confirmed closed with major new detail: Governor Healey signed an eminent-domain bill on 2026-08-07 giving Medical Properties Trust until 2026-11-01 to reach a deal with a qualified nonprofit operator or lose the 11-acre site to the state — two operators are reportedly still in talks, but no reopening, so the 15-minute hospital rule still fails corridor-wide for the four northern towns with only Attleboro MA and Rehoboth MA covered via Sturdy Memorial. Source-gating flipped this run: Zillow and Redfin were largely FETCHABLE on all three sweeps, reversing the uniform gating of the last run, while LandVest, StreamlineRE, Westcott, LoopNet detail, Raveis, LRGboston, HoganAssociates and Municode were gated.

Criteria in force this run

Section 1 — corridor land & homes: 0.75 to 5.0 acres inclusive; vacant/buildable, teardown-grade, or existing single-family; public water AND sewer at street preferred but never a disqualifier; ≤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. The manufactured-home requirement is DROPPED from this section (Bill, 2026-07-31).
Rehoboth MA exception: station drive times run ~15–22 min and fail the 10-minute rail rule. Rehoboth is included anyway, flagged, because it carries the deepest qualifying inventory.
Section 2 — beach-area weekly-rental buys: properties Bill would BUY and then rent out by the week. Condos, duplexes/two-families, mobile/manufactured homes and small cottages. Near beaches and within ~15 min of a Providence/Stoughton station (southern end), 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 MA + RI footprint. No acreage cap, no price cap, no minimum room count.
Address format: every address carries a two-letter state code. This search straddles the MA/RI border.

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

Rehoboth MA — deepest corridor market this run (9 listings)

Rail rule flag: Rehoboth MA has no station of its own. Nearest is Attleboro station, Attleboro MA at an estimated 15–22 minutes, which fails the 10-minute rule for every listing below. Included per standing exception. Hospital coverage is Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro MA at an estimated 15–18 min (borderline pass); library is Blanding Public Library, Rehoboth MA at an estimated 8–10 min; Planet Fitness is North Attleboro MA at an estimated 15–18 min.

Address	Price	Acres	Structure / condition	Utilities	Station (est.)	Status	Source
145 Winthrop St, Rehoboth MA	$225,000	~3.18	Vacant buildable lot; approved 4-bed septic design; front zoned Business (Rte 44), rear Residential	Private septic (approved design); public water unconfirmed this run	~18–20 min (fails)	Active	Lamacchia
156 Rocky Hill Rd, Rehoboth MA	$229,000	1.99	Vacant, perc'd, pre-existing non-conforming buildable lot	NOT confirmed public — no public-utility field surfaced in any source; consistent with the prior "Other" flag	~20 min (fails)	Active (listed 2026-02-20, no price changes) · MLS 73479150	LandSearch · Compass
224 Perryville Rd, Rehoboth MA	$649,000	2.36	Existing SFH, 3bd/2ba, 1,802 sqft	Unconfirmed	~20 min (fails)	Active	LandSearch
170 Rocky Hill Rd, Rehoboth MA	$739,900	4.00	Existing SFH, 3bd/2ba, 2,473 sqft	Unconfirmed	~20 min (fails)	Active	LandSearch
52 Round Farm Rd, Rehoboth MA	$1,100,000	1.50	Existing SFH, 3bd/2.5ba, 2,522 sqft	Unconfirmed	~20 min (fails)	Active (listing ~6 months old — verify currency)	LandSearch
16 Ledge Hill Ln, Rehoboth MA	$1,199,000	2.53	Existing SFH, 4bd/3ba, 3,125 sqft	Unconfirmed	~20 min (fails)	Active	LandSearch
15 Key West Blvd, Rehoboth MA	$1,249,000	3.00	Existing SFH, 3bd/3.5ba, 3,647 sqft	Unconfirmed	~22 min (fails)	Active	LandSearch
38 Dean St, Rehoboth MA	$574,900 (−11.6% cumulative: $649,900 → $599,900 on 7/10 → $574,900 on 8/5)	1.80	Teardown-grade — multi-family record, 5bd/2ba, 2,586 sqft, built 1905, barn + 2-car garage	Private sewer; water individual meter (well)	~15 min per listing text (fails)	PENDING — Under Agreement (76 days on market) · MLS 73537719	Sampson Realty
5 Victoria Ln, Rehoboth MA	$850,000	1.87	Existing SFH, 3bd/2.5ba, 3,175 sqft	Unconfirmed	~20 min (fails)	Pending — under contract	LandSearch

Attleboro MA — the only town passing both the rail and hospital rules (4 in-band listings + 1 off-market)

Attleboro station, Attleboro MA is an estimated 5–10 min from all listings below (passes). Sturdy Memorial Hospital, 211 Park St Attleboro MA is an estimated 5–8 min (passes). Attleboro Public Library, 74 N Main St is an estimated 5–8 min. Planet Fitness, 40 Cumberland Ave North Attleboro MA is an estimated 8–10 min.

Address	Price	Acres	Structure / condition	Utilities	Zoning	Status	Source
0 Read St, Attleboro MA	$115,000 (one source shows $119,000 — price conflict, unresolved)	3.81	Vacant, two combined lots, ~250 ft frontage; wetlands limit subdivision but a duplex is described as likely approvable	Water, sewer, gas AND electric all at the street (per listing text)	Residential	ACTIVE — 96 days on Zillow. REVERSAL: this parcel was reported off-market in prior runs and has resurfaced.	Zillow (Attleboro land search — exact zpid not resolvable) · agent: Koury Signoriello Realtor Group / New World Realty
23 York Dr, Attleboro MA	$374,900	2.00	Vacant land	Unconfirmed	Unconfirmed	Pending — under contract	LandSearch
32 Thayer Farm Rd, Attleboro MA	$699,000	2.10	Existing SFH, 5bd/2.5ba, 3,352 sqft	Unconfirmed	Unconfirmed	Pending — under contract	LandSearch
0 Oak Street, Attleboro MA	~$160,000 for Lot 15 alone per secondary source; combined two-lot package price still unconfirmed	Lot 15 alone = 0.19 ac — BELOW the 0.75 floor. Combined package acreage unconfirmed.	Vacant, shovel-ready	Lot 15: PUBLIC WATER AND PUBLIC SEWER stubbed to the lot — the only full-public-utility parcel in the entire sweep for a second consecutive run	Unconfirmed	Active per LandSearch secondary record · MLS 73526161 · broker pages JS-gated for a second run	LandSearch · LandVest (gated)
138 Washington St, Attleboro MA	—	2.00 (LoopNet facts table)	Vacant	Unconfirmed	R1 per LoopNet's own facts table	CONFIRMED OFF-MARKET — LoopNet states the listing is no longer advertised	LoopNet

Sharon MA (4 listings)

Sharon station, Sharon MA is an estimated 5–10 min (passes — several listings self-describe as 0.5–1 mile from the station). Hospital: Good Samaritan / BMC South Brockton at an estimated 15–20 min (borderline / fails, Norwood Hospital closed). Sharon Public Library, Sharon MA ~5–10 min. Planet Fitness: no Sharon MA location; nearest Stoughton MA or Norwood MA at an estimated 10–15 min.

Address	Price	Acres	Structure / condition	Utilities	Zoning notes	Status	Source
190 N Main Street, Sharon MA	$675,000	1.25	Fixer / near-teardown — existing SFH 3bd/2ba, 1,761 sqft, "requires TLC and updating"; furnace and electrical updated 2024	Unconfirmed	—	Active · MLS 73555384	LandWatch
10 Cobbler Ln, Sharon MA	$550,000	1.99	Vacant buildable land, last lot in Layton Estates subdivision, walk-out basement grade	Unconfirmed	Subdivision lot	Active	Redfin
376 Mountain Street, Sharon MA	$729,000 (see conflict below)	2.12	Vacant land, conservation on three sides, septic engineering and house plans included	Unconfirmed	ANR lot — straightforward single-family buildout	Active · MLS 73533570	LandWatch
15 Wadsworth Way, Sharon MA	$1,699,800	1.22	Existing SFH, 4bd/4ba, 4,302 sqft, good condition	Unconfirmed	—	Pending	LandWatch

Stoughton MA (4 listings)

Stoughton station, Stoughton MA (line terminus) is an estimated 5–10 min (passes; the West St listing states "6 min from MBTA commuter rail"). Hospital: Good Samaritan / BMC South Brockton at an estimated 10–15 min (borderline). Stoughton Public Library, Stoughton MA ~5–10 min. Planet Fitness, 638 Washington St Stoughton MA — in town, ~5–10 min.

Address	Price	Acres	Structure / condition	Utilities	Zoning	Status	Source
Atkinson Avenue Ext, Stoughton MA	$99,000	1.30	Vacant commercial land	Unconfirmed	Commercial	Pending — under contract	LandSearch
West St (Lot 4), Stoughton MA	$449,900	1.76	Vacant buildable land, abuts Muddy Pond Conservation Land	Unconfirmed	RB (Residence B)	Active (listed 2026-07-10) · MLS 73547901	LandSearch · Redfin
1961 Washington St, Stoughton MA	$1,099,900	3.50	Plausible teardown-grade — 3bd/1ba, only 996 sqft on 3.5 acres; lot value far exceeds structure	Unconfirmed	—	Pending / under contract	LandSearch
492 Sumner St, Stoughton MA	$1,180,000	1.52	Existing SFH, 4bd/2.5ba, 3,374 sqft, good condition	Unconfirmed	—	Active (9 days on market)	LandSearch

Canton MA (3 listings)

Canton Junction and Canton Center, Canton MA are an estimated 5–10 min (passes). Hospital: Beth Israel Deaconess Milton at an estimated 15 min (borderline); Norwood Hospital closed. Canton Public Library, Canton MA ~5–10 min. Planet Fitness: no Canton MA location; nearest Stoughton MA or Norwood MA at an estimated 10–15 min.

Address	Price	Acres	Structure / condition	Utilities	Zoning	Status	Source
9 Chief Ln, Canton MA	$399,900	2.77	Vacant buildable land, cul-de-sac, last lot in an approved subdivision	Unconfirmed	Subdivision lot	Active	Homes.com · Redfin
888 Turnpike St, Canton MA	$1,100,000 (−$200K price drop)	1.80	Vacant commercial land, Rte 138 frontage, ~24K vehicles/day, 40% max lot coverage by right	Unconfirmed — commercial corridor, likely public at street	Commercial	Active	Homes.com
1941 Washington St, Canton MA	$1,499,000	1.13	Existing SFH, Colonial built 1998, well-maintained (not a teardown), 4bd/3.5ba, 3,660 sqft	Public water AND public sewer	SRB (Single Residence B)	Active (listed 2026-08-20)	Homes.com

Norwood MA (1 listing — and it is already under contract)

Rail note: Norwood MA is served by the Franklin/Foxboro line, NOT the Providence/Stoughton line. Nearest Providence/Stoughton station is Canton Junction, Canton MA or Sharon station, Sharon MA at an estimated 10–15 min — fails the 10-minute rule for most Norwood addresses. Hospital: Norwood Hospital remains closed; nearest open are BID-Milton at an estimated 15–20 min and Good Samaritan Brockton at an estimated 20–25 min — fails. Morrill Memorial Library, Norwood MA is well-regarded, ~5–10 min. Planet Fitness, 418 Walpole St Norwood MA — in town, ~5–10 min.

Address	Price	Acres	Structure / condition	Utilities	Status	Source
230 Richland Rd, Norwood MA	$679,900	1.24	Existing SFH, Cape, 3bd/1.5ba, 1,540 sqft, "beautifully well-maintained"; wooded lot with Neponset River views	Unconfirmed	Pending / under contract · MLS 73033537	LandWatch · Land.com

Norwood MA is again zero on ACTIVE in-band inventory. Two other Norwood parcels surfaced — 0 Deerfield Rd at 6.21 ac and 0 Quail Run at 0.58 ac — and both fall outside the 0.75–5.0 acre band, so neither is counted.

Mansfield MA — CONFIRMED ZERO

No qualifying corridor listing exists in Mansfield MA this run. Zillow's dedicated Mansfield land page returns literally zero listings. The only two Mansfield parcels found anywhere fall outside the acreage band: 55 King Arthur Way, Mansfield MA at 5.2 ac / $1,299,900 (over the 5.0 ceiling) and 451R Gilbert St, Mansfield MA at 27.7 ac / $650,000 (pending, far over). A vague secondary reference via Signal Real Estate to "a 1.7-acre Colonial" and "a 2.3-acre listing" could not be resolved to a real address, price or URL and is not counted as confirmed inventory. This is a real, reportable zero — the first time Mansfield MA has gone to a hard zero in this report.

Section 2 — Beach-Area Weekly-Rental Buy Candidates

Properties Bill would buy and then rent out by the week. The MBTA Providence/Stoughton line's southern terminus is Wickford Junction station, North Kingstown RI; all station drive times below are estimates to that station. Condo-level STR restrictions are NOT independently verified below — each would require pulling that association's declaration and bylaws. Treat every "unconfirmed" as a live diligence item before offering any unit for weekly rental.

Narragansett RI & Saunderstown RI

Address	Price	Type	Bd/Ba	Sqft	HOA / fee	Beach (est.)	Wickford Jct (est.)	STR notes	Status	Source
335 South Pier Rd Unit 3B, Narragansett RI	$549,000	Condo (Lakewood Glen)	2 / 1.5	1,468	Not stated	Narragansett beaches ~5–10 min drive	~15–20 min	Unconfirmed — check HOA docs	Active	Redfin
8 Cinnamon Ln, Saunderstown RI	$559,000	Condo / townhouse (Riverdell)	2 / 1.5	1,364	Not stated	Narragansett Town Beach ~10–15 min drive	~10 min — Saunderstown is among the closest to the station	Unconfirmed	Active	Redfin
12 Park Ave #8, Narragansett RI	$589,000	Condo (Narragansett Highlands, 16 units)	3 / 3	1,332	$390/mo	Narragansett Town Beach ~5 min drive	~15–20 min	Unconfirmed	Active	Redfin
194 South Pier Rd, Narragansett RI	$999,900	Duplex / two-family (also in Section 3)	4 / 2 total	1,728	None	Narragansett Pier / Town Beach — walk	~15–20 min	Unconfirmed	Active	Redfin
20 Narragansett Ave Unit 210, Narragansett RI	$1,150,000 (price cut)	Condo	2 / 2	989	$643/mo	Narragansett Town Beach — ~5 min walk	~15–20 min	Unconfirmed	Active	Redfin
6 Macalder St, Narragansett RI (Jerusalem village)	$1,495,000	Duplex, water views (also in Section 3)	6 / 4 total	2,358	None	Ocean — short walk	~20+ min	Unconfirmed	Active	Redfin

South Kingstown / Wakefield / Peace Dale RI

Address	Price	Type	Bd/Ba	Sqft	HOA / fee	Beach (est.)	Wickford Jct (est.)	STR notes	Status	Source
32 Paddy Hill Rd, Peace Dale RI	$359,900	Small house — smallest footprint in the sweep	2 / 1	795	None	~10 min drive	~20 min	No HOA; town STR registry applies (see rules below)	Active	Redfin
260 Sweet Allen Farm Rd Unit B3, Wakefield RI	$398,900	Condo / townhouse	2 / 2.5	1,510	Not stated	~10–15 min drive	~15 min — the listing itself states Wickford Junction is ~9 miles	Unconfirmed	Active	Redfin
167 Winter St #6, South Kingstown (Wakefield) RI	$424,900	Condo (Winter Farm Assoc.)	2 / 1.5	1,206	Not stated	~10 min drive	~20 min	Unconfirmed	Active	Redfin
30 Noel Ct, Wakefield RI	$429,000	Condo (Noel Court)	2 / 1.5	1,104	Not stated	~10 min drive	~20 min	Unconfirmed	Active	Redfin
45 Cherry Ln Unit B, Wakefield RI	$485,000	Condo	2 / 1.5	1,036	Not stated	South Kingstown Town Beach ~10 min drive	~20 min	Unconfirmed	Active	Redfin

Mobile / manufactured homes in South Kingstown RI: ZERO qualifying inventory. A Redfin amenity-filtered search returned zero active in-town mobile-home listings. The nearest match was a lot-only sale at 8 Jacob Perry Dr, Charlestown RI (Border Hill Mobile Home Park, $65,000, resident-owned park, non-livable structure that must be removed) — outside the focus towns and unusable as-is. Not counted.

Jamestown RI

Condo inventory here is concentrated in a single waterfront complex, Jamestown Overlook (formerly Newport Overlook), 150 Bay View Dr, Jamestown RI — 19 units listed, $675,000–$995,000, all 2bd/2–2.5ba, ~1,477–1,670 sqft, with pool, hot tub and landscaped grounds; HOA fee not stated in the listing excerpts. Water and bridge views, steps to the water; Mackerel Cove and East Ferry beaches an estimated 5–10 min. Station fit is the weakest of any focus town — Wickford Junction is an estimated 25–35 min via the Jamestown and Newport bridges, given the island geography.

Address	Price	Type	Bd/Ba	Sqft	STR notes	Status	Source
150 Bay View Dr Unit 1, Jamestown RI	$675,000	Condo (Jamestown Overlook)	2 / 2	~1,477	Town registration required, $350/yr + periodic inspections; condo-level rules unconfirmed	Active	Redfin
150 Bay View Dr Unit 14, Jamestown RI	$995,000	Condo (Jamestown Overlook)	2 / 2.5	~1,670	Same as above	Active	Redfin

North Kingstown / Wickford RI

Address	Price	Type	Bd/Ba	Beach (est.)	Wickford Jct (est.)	STR notes	Status	Source
25 Thomas St, North Kingstown RI	$649,900	Duplex (also in Section 3)	2 units, 2bd/1ba each (3/2 per aggregate record)	Wickford harbor-area beaches, 5–10 min walk/drive	~5–10 min — closest-to-station property in the entire sweep	North Kingstown has no confirmed adopted STR ordinance — see rules below	Active	Redfin

The Wickford Ct condo cluster, North Kingstown RI (200 / 229 / 271 / 83 / 311 Wickford Ct) is excluded — 55+ age-restricted. See exclusions below.

Bonnet Shores RI — ZERO confirmed sale listings

No condo, cottage or small house for sale in Bonnet Shores RI could be confirmed this run with a real address, price and working source URL. Rate data for the area exists (see benchmarks below, $2,200–$3,900/wk) but there is nothing currently buyable to attach it to. Reported as a genuine null rather than padded with adjacent Narragansett RI inventory.

Warwick shore RI (Oakland Beach, Conimicut, Buttonwoods, Warwick Neck) — ZERO confirmed shore-specific listings

No currently active condo, duplex or small cottage with a confirmed address inside any of the four named shore sub-neighborhoods surfaced this run. A "Waverly Place" condo in Conimicut Village, Warwick RI was referenced as a 2bd/1.5ba a short walk from Conimicut Point Beach, but the only concrete data point — 91 Waverly St, Warwick RI, 2bd/2.5ba — is a sold comp from 2025-01-13, not a current listing. Warwick RI's active multi-family inventory sits in Pawtuxet Village, City Centre and Cottage St, all inland (listed in Section 3 for completeness, not counted as beach candidates). A live MLS pull filtered to those four neighborhood polygons is the only way to close this gap — the current toolset cannot do it.

Weekly rental rate benchmarks — the income side

Area	Source	ADR	Occupancy	Est. weekly rate (ADR × 7)	Notes
Matunuck RI (South Kingstown sub-area)	cozycozy aggregator	~$604	n/a	~$4,228	Conflict flagged: far above the South Kingstown town-wide figure. Matunuck as a specific beach village likely commands a premium the town-wide average dilutes. One named cottage was quoted at $3,500/wk.
Narragansett RI	AirDNA	$538	65%	~$3,766	$25,624/mo average revenue cited. Strongest confirmed market in the sweep.
Narragansett RI — Bonnet Shores sub-area	Munroe RE Group · VRBO	n/a	n/a	$2,200–$3,900	Size-dependent; individual listing quotes rather than a market aggregate.
Jamestown RI	AirDNA	$394	62%	~$2,758	$29,677/mo average revenue cited — the highest monthly revenue figure of any area, on the second-highest ADR.
North Kingstown RI	AirDNA	$343	56%	~$2,401	$26,021/mo average revenue cited. Lowest occupancy of the group.
Warwick RI — Oakland Beach sub-area	cozycozy	~$274	n/a	~$1,918	—
Warwick RI (town-wide incl. shore)	AirDNA	$263	61%	~$1,841	$24.1K/yr average revenue; revenue up 30.3% year over year per the same source.
South Kingstown RI (town-wide)	Awning	$233	73% — highest occupancy in the sweep	~$1,631	Lowest ADR but strongest occupancy; note the Matunuck conflict above.

Income read: Narragansett RI (including Bonnet Shores) and Matunuck RI command the strongest weekly rates at roughly $2,200–$4,200/wk. Jamestown RI and North Kingstown RI sit mid-pack at roughly $2,400–$2,800/wk. The Warwick RI shore is the softest at roughly $1,800–$1,900/wk despite the strongest revenue growth trend. South Kingstown RI's town-wide number is dragged down by inland inventory — the beach villages inside it clearly price higher.

STR rules by town — re-verified this run

Narragansett RI permit cap — STILL ENJOINED, NO FINAL RULING. In October 2024 RI Superior Court Judge Sarah Taft-Carter granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement, in a suit brought by the landlord group "Narragansett 2100" on home-rule / licensing-authority grounds. The ordinance — a permit cap starting at 1,100 and stepping down to 900 by September 2026, plus a 7-night minimum stay — remains on the books but unenforceable. No final ruling and no case resolution surfaced this run; the litigation is still open. Sources: Boston Globe, WPRI, Independent RI.
RI statewide 5% whole-home STR tax — CONFIRMED FROM THE PRIMARY SOURCE for a second consecutive run. Effective 2026-01-01, a 5% Whole Home Short-Term Rental Tax applies to rentals of 30 days or fewer of entire residential dwellings, including houses, condos and mobile homes. Enacted via the FY2026 budget, House Resolution 5076 Sub A, Article 5 §6. The local hotel tax rises from 1% to 2% on the same date, confirmed in the same document's filing-obligation table. No stay is double-taxed with both the 5% single-room hotel tax and the 5% whole-home tax. Primary source: RI Division of Taxation FAQ (PDF, Dec 2025); corroborated by RI Association of Realtors.
South Kingstown RI registry — confirmed, with a nuance now worth separating. There are two distinct actions, not one: a Short-Term Residential Rental Registry adopted 2024-04-08, and a broader Residential Rental Registration ordinance covering all rental dwellings adopted 2025-10-14 ($100 registration fee, $300 late fee). The registration deadline was extended from 2025-12-31 to 2026-03-31. Search summaries routinely blend the two into a single ordinance — they are related but separate and should be tracked as such. Sources: South Kingstown Rental Registration page, CivicAlert.
Warwick RI R-6 / R-10 non-owner-occupied bar — SECONDARY-SOURCE-ONLY for a third consecutive run. Secondary sources consistently state STRs are prohibited in the R-6 and R-10 residential zones (mostly single-family neighborhoods) and permitted in other residential and mixed-use village zones, under a February 2023 ordinance. Municode was not re-tested this run — it has been JS-gated and unscrapable in prior runs. Treat as likely true but not primary-confirmed. Sources: Warwick Post, City of Warwick STR memo to the RI STR Commission (PDF).
Jamestown RI — confirmed. Registration with the town clerk required; $350 annual fee; building-official inspection every 3 years and fire-marshal inspection every 2 years. No unit cap found. Sources: Jamestown Press.
Barrington RI — confirmed. Ordinance No. 2022-7, effective 2022-05-02: registration with the Barrington RI Police Department and a local contact reachable 24/7. No cap and no ban found. Source: eCode360.
North Kingstown RI — UNRESOLVED. No adopted STR ordinance or registry confirmed. The most recent sourcing shows the town council only beginning to "mull" a registry, with 54 registered Airbnbs at the time of reporting. Verify directly with North Kingstown RI town hall before assuming either a rule or the absence of one. Source: Independent RI. Note the exposure: 25 Thomas St North Kingstown RI is the single closest-to-station candidate in the whole sweep, and its STR regime is the least settled.
Warren RI — partially confirmed, final adoption unclear. The Town Council gave unanimous first passage to an ordinance that would cap total STR units townwide, require annual registration, and mandate one off-street parking space per unit. Second-passage / final adoption could not be confirmed, so the cap's status is open. Source: EastBayRI. Warren RI is this run's deepest duplex market, which makes the unresolved cap materially relevant.
Narragansett RI duplex "ban" — re-verified, still UNADOPTED, and more tangled than previously recorded. Two distinct threads, both unadopted. (1) April 2024: town officials sought to ban duplexes townwide except by special permit in two zones, reported as an attempt to work around the state's pro-density zoning law (Providence Journal via PressReader, 2024-04-17). (2) 2025: the Town Council introduced 14 zoning amendments, some characterized in reporting as loosening duplex restrictions; the Planning Board recommended against the package and, amid resident opposition, the Council withdrew the amendments to rework them — no vote taken, workshops planned but not yet scheduled (Independent RI, WPRI). The two threads point in opposite directions — one restricting, one loosening — and are flagged as a conflict rather than resolved. Net: no adopted rule either way.

Named exclusions — communities that look perfect and are NOT rentable

Community	Address	Status this run	Evidence
Mary Carpenter's / Carpenter's Beach Meadow	854 Matunuck Beach Rd, South Kingstown RI	NOW VERBATIM-CONFIRMED NO-RENTAL — UPGRADED from "verify with the association"	The association's own for-sale page states of a Site 30 cottage: "This property sits on leased land and cannot be rented, making it the perfect private escape for your personal use." Office phone 401-783-4412 confirmed as the listed contact. carpentersbeachmeadowinc.com
Roy Carpenter's Beach	240 Cards Pond Rd, South Kingstown RI	STILL CONFIRMED NO-RENTAL (verbatim)	Official site: "To maintain our family atmosphere, no renting is allowed in our community." Land ownership transferred to the resident-owned Roy Carpenter's Beach Association on 2025-10-29 — the rule is unchanged. roycarpenters.com
Knowles Camp	Narragansett RI (Scarborough Village)	STILL CONFIRMED NO-RENTAL (strong secondary sourcing)	Multiple current listings, e.g. 64 Burnside Ave units, explicitly state units "cannot be rented." The HOA's own site references a "2018 Rules" document but the PDF text was not retrievable through the page, so the primary document is corroborated rather than directly quoted this run. knowlescamp.wordpress.com
Buttonwoods Campground	Warwick RI	STILL UNRESOLVED — FIFTH CONSECUTIVE RUN	The Buttonwoods Campers Association public site's About and FAQ pages contain no rental policy at all; official documents are members-only and login-gated. No real-estate listing states a rule either way. Recommendation: this will not resolve by search. Call the BCA Executive Board directly. buttonwoodsbca.com/committees

55+ age-restricted communities — structurally unusable for the weekly-rental model

979 Toll Gate Rd, Warwick RI — "Tollgate Village for Senior Citizens," built 1978, 50 sites, 55+, ~$425/mo association fee. Confirmed again. MHVillage
10 Stellar Way, Wakefield / South Kingstown RI — "The Village at Worden's Pond," 55+ land-lease community. Confirmed again. William Pitt
NEW this run: Wickford Ct condos, North Kingstown RI (200 / 229 / 271 / 83 / 311 Wickford Ct) — a 55+ community off Ten Rod Rd near Wickford Village, North Kingstown RI. Recurs in North Kingstown condo searches and must be excluded from any weekly-rental buy list.
NEW this run: Brandywyne Court, Wakefield RI (135 Brandywyne Ct) — described in its own listing as "one of South Kingstown's most coveted 55+ communities." Exclude.

Section 3 — Dwelling-Unit Duplexes

Two separate living units with private entrances, for an owner-occupant strategy: live in one side, rent the other. No acreage cap, no price cap, no minimum room count. 21 entries this run — 10 Massachusetts, 11 Rhode Island.

Massachusetts corridor (10 entries)

Address	Price	Condition	Layout per side	Utilities	Est. rent, rented side	Zoning	Status	Source
24 Short St, Norwood MA	$849,900 (Homes.com, 8/12 price change — most recent) vs $879,900 (Zillow, appears cached)	Good — move-in ready, updated kitchens and baths, duplex up/down	2bd/2ba total, 2,442 sqft, similar layout each unit	Public water, public sewer (MWRA); electric metering unconfirmed	~$2,000/mo total actual rent noted in MLS financials (both units)	G (general)	Active, open house scheduled · MLS 73524534	Homes.com
61-63 Elliot St, Norwood MA	$825,000	Unconfirmed	4bd/2ba total, 1,965 sqft	Unconfirmed	Unconfirmed	Unconfirmed	Active (single-source — not cross-verified)	Zillow
244 Washington St, Norwood MA	$1,140,000 (−$10K)	Good — recently renovated 3-family, listing claims "7+ CAP RATE"	7bd/3ba total across 3 units, 2,488 sqft	Separate utilities per unit	Unconfirmed	Unconfirmed	Active	Homes.com
3 Revere Ct, Canton MA	$899,900	Good — 3-family triple-decker	7bd/3ba total across 3 units, 2,748 sqft	Unconfirmed	Unconfirmed	Unconfirmed	Active	Homes.com
651 Washington St, Canton MA	$1,395,000 (−$104K)	Atypical — 7-bedroom rooming house (shared kitchen/laundry, one bath per floor) plus a leased commercial storefront. Not a standard duplex layout.	Not unit-split; rooming-house configuration	Unconfirmed	Commercial tenant is long-standing; residential rent unconfirmed	Mixed-use	Active	Zillow
1508 Central St, Stoughton MA	$1,649,900 (reduced from $1,799,900 original, multiple cuts through Aug 2026; Zillow still shows a stale $1,699,900)	Good — built 1900, updated electrical and heating, newer hot-water systems	6 units, 12bd/6 full ba total, 6,567 sqft on 0.35 ac	Individually metered electric; city water and sewer (private well/septic noted as a secondary option in MLS)	Unconfirmed	Unconfirmed	Active (54 days on market) · MLS 73547237 · Boston Pads updated 8/29	Boston Pads
415-417 S Main St, Sharon MA	$849,000	Good — updated two-family across two combined parcels	2bd/1ba each unit + screened porch each side, 1,956 sqft total	Separate utilities; new Navien tankless boilers (2024)	Unconfirmed	Unconfirmed	STATUS CONFLICT — UNRESOLVED. Indexed active on Redfin, Corcoran and mybostonliving, but Homes.com's live Sharon multi-family search returns zero results and the listing broker's own site returns "listing removed." Possibly stale / off-market.	Redfin
23 Colonial Way, Rehoboth MA	PRICE CONFLICT: $699,900 vs $799,900, unresolved	Good — owner's unit renovated, new kitchen and baths	Owner unit 4bd/2.5ba, 2,146 sqft; second unit is a studio	Unconfirmed	Studio unit — no rent comp found	Unconfirmed	Active, but TWO different MLS numbers found (73437245 and 73440213), suggesting a relist. Both broker pages gated.	Hogan Associates (gated) · LRG Boston (gated)
38 Dean St, Rehoboth MA	$574,900	Teardown-grade — multi-family record, 5bd/2ba, built 1905, needs full vision/rehab	Not unit-split in listing data (structure record only)	Private sewer; individual-meter (well) water	Unconfirmed — no rent comp surfaced	R1	Pending — Under Agreement · MLS 73537719	Sampson Realty
474-476 Franklin St, Mansfield MA	$730,000	Good — built 1975, two fireplaces, wooded 0.54 ac lot	5bd/3ba combined across 2 units; per-unit split not itemized	Public water; private sewer	NOI listed at $33,600/yr (combined, both units — per-side split not broken out)	Residential	Pending (listed 8/14, pending 8/20) · MLS 73563957	Homes.com

Attleboro MA is a duplex ZERO on active inventory this run. Both Attleboro finds are off-market: 1251 South Main St, Attleboro MA (built 2020, Unit A 3bd+bonus/2.5ba ~2,076 sqft, Unit B 3bd/1.5ba ~1,712 sqft, public water + private sewer, zoning R) SOLD 2026-05-01 for $914,400 (Lamacchia), and 231 Park St, Attleboro MA is OFF MARKET, last sold August 2006 for $320,000 (Redfin). This reverses last run's finding of Attleboro MA as the deepest duplex market at 6 — that inventory has cleared.

MA zoning caveat: all four northern corridor towns zone most residential land single-family (SRA/SRB/RB-type codes appear throughout the MLS data). Two- and three-family use is typically confined to specific general-residence, business, or grandfathered districts — Norwood MA's "G" zoning appears on both 24 Short St and 26 Tremont St, for instance. Parcel zoning and any owner-occupancy requirement must be verified with each town's Building/Zoning Department; this was not independently checked against town bylaws this run.

Rhode Island (11 entries)

Warren RI — deepest duplex market in the sweep (7 entries)

Address	Price	Condition	Layout	Utilities	Status	Source
319 Main St, Warren RI	$499,900 (price-reduced)	Good	Two-family, 5bd/2ba combined	Not stated	Active	Redfin
31 Child St, Warren RI	$539,000	Good — both units updated within 10 years, new roof and furnace	Two-family, ~1,700 sqft per unit, 7bd/2ba combined	Not stated	Active	Redfin
55 Warren Ave, Warren RI	$659,900	Turnkey — new roof and windows	3-family, 9bd/3ba, 3bd per unit	Not stated	Coming Soon	Redfin
348 Market St, Warren RI	$775,000	Built 1900, updated	Side-by-side duplex, 4bd/3ba combined	Separate utilities (explicit)	Active	Redfin
27 Barney St, Warren RI	$800,000	Not detailed	6bd/2ba	Not stated	Active	Redfin
77 Water St, Warren RI	$895,000	c.1780, restored, in the Historic District	4-unit, 6bd/4ba	Each unit pays its own utilities	Active	Redfin
126 Main St, Warren RI	$895,000	Not detailed	11bd/5ba — larger multi-unit	Not stated	Active	Redfin

Barrington RI, coastal RI and the Warwick shore RI (4 entries)

Address	Price	Condition	Layout	Utilities	Status	Source
25 Thomas St, North Kingstown RI (Wickford)	$649,900	Good — lead-safe certified, RISE energy-inspected	2 units, 2bd/1ba each; dead-end street just outside Wickford Village, North Kingstown RI, adjacent to Dave's Market	Not stated	Active	Redfin
379-381 Maple Ave, Barrington RI	$729,900	Built 1916, condition not detailed	4bd/2.5ba combined; must buy the 4bd house AND a 2-unit business-zoned building together	Not stated	Active	Redfin
192 Washington Rd, Barrington RI	$919,000	Good — updated kitchens and baths	3-unit, 5bd/3ba combined	Not stated	Active	Redfin
194 South Pier Rd, Narragansett RI	$999,900	Good — both units fully renovated with private laundry	Side-by-side duplex, 4bd/2ba combined; walk to Town Beach, the seawall and The Towers	Not stated	Active	Redfin

RI duplex zeros this run, stated explicitly: Saunderstown RI, Bonnet Shores RI, and the four named Warwick shore sub-neighborhoods (Oakland Beach, Conimicut, Buttonwoods, Warwick Neck) all show zero confirmed duplex listings. Jamestown RI is effectively a zero as well — aggregators report three multi-family units town-wide and one is described as a 2-residence-plus-office building near the harborfront, but no address, price or confirmable URL surfaced, so it is not counted rather than fabricated.

Listed for completeness, not counted as shore inventory: Warwick RI's seven active multi-family listings sit inland — 162-164 Cottage St Warwick RI ($479,000, two-family, 6bd/2ba, 3,780 sqft, City Centre), 14 South Atlantic Ave Warwick RI ($469,900, side-by-side two-family, 1bd/1ba each unit, Pawtuxet Village Historic District, separate driveways), and 69 Hull St Warwick RI ($589,900, two-family, 3bd/1ba each unit, renovated). Also noted and excluded: 28 Park Ave Wakefield RI ($1,749,900, 15+/- unit Victorian, 16bd/12ba, 10,168 sqft — far above duplex scope), 2185 A/B Post Rd Wakefield RI ($949,900, main house plus separate ADU, all-separate utilities including septic, solar), and 18 Railroad Ave West Kingston RI ($619,000 duplex) — that last one sits at the Amtrak Kingston station, NOT an MBTA station, so it does not satisfy the rail requirement.

Coverage & Caveats

Source gating flipped this run. Last run Zillow and Redfin were JS-gated on all three sweeps simultaneously. This run both were largely fetchable on all three sweeps — which is why Sections 2 and 3 carry real per-listing URLs pulled from live pages rather than search snippets. Gated this run: LandVest, StreamlineREgroup, Westcottproperties, LoopNet detail pages (the facts table was visible, full detail login-walled), Raveis (redirected to homepage), LRGboston and HoganAssociatesRE (returned generic pages, not listing detail), Municode, and the Knowles Camp "2018 Rules" PDF. Estimated impact: roughly 2–3 of ~25 corridor listings carry a material data gap traceable to gating — principally 0 Oak Street Attleboro MA's package price and acreage, 145 Winthrop St Rehoboth MA's canonical listing page, and 23 Colonial Way Rehoboth MA's price and MLS number.
All drive times on this page are estimates derived from road geography, not from a routing API. Verify anything decision-critical in Google or Apple Maps.
Norwood Hospital — re-confirmed closed, with significant new detail. Closed since June 2020 flooding; reconstruction stalled through Steward Health Care's 2024 bankruptcy. On 2026-08-07 Governor Healey signed an eminent-domain bill (H.5553 as amended by S.3231) letting the state, via DCAMM, seize the 11-acre property from Medical Properties Trust if MPT does not reach a deal with a qualified nonprofit hospital operator by 2026-11-01. Two operators were reported in active talks as of early August; Mass General Brigham explored acquiring the site but MPT raised its ask from $250M to $375M and MGB says there are no conversations at this time. The hospital is non-operational today and no reopening is expected before the November deadline resolves. Net effect: the 15-minute hospital rule still fails corridor-wide for Canton MA, Stoughton MA, Sharon MA and Norwood MA, with only Attleboro MA and Rehoboth MA covered via Sturdy Memorial. Sources: WBUR, WBUR, Boston.com.
Unresolved source conflicts, reported rather than silently resolved:
- 145 Winthrop St Rehoboth MA — prior baseline MLS 73567377 at $219,900 vs the currently-findable active listing at MLS 73463306 / $225,000. MLS 73567377 could not be independently confirmed to exist as a separate current record.
- 0 Read St Attleboro MA — $115,000 vs $119,000.
- 0 Oak Street Attleboro MA — combined two-lot package price and acreage vs a possibly-standalone 0.19 ac / $160,000 sub-parcel.
- 376 Mountain Street Sharon MA — $729,000 (LandWatch, MLS-sourced, treated as authoritative) vs $625,000 in an aggregated search snippet.
- 415-417 S Main St Sharon MA — indexed active at $849,000 on three aggregators, but zero results on Homes.com's live Sharon search and "listing removed" on the broker's own site.
- 23 Colonial Way Rehoboth MA — two MLS numbers (73437245, 73440213) and two prices ($699,900, $799,900) for the same address.
- 24 Short St Norwood MA — $849,900 (Homes.com, updated 8/12) vs $879,900 (Zillow, cached).
- 1508 Central St Stoughton MA — $1,649,900 (Boston Pads, updated 8/29) vs $1,699,900 (Zillow, cached).
- 138 Washington St Attleboro MA — LoopNet shows R1 zoning plus an explicit delisting notice, while a search summary described a $550,000 commercially-zoned 36-car-lot listing at the same address, likely conflated with a different MLS record.
- Matunuck RI weekly rate — ~$4,228/wk implied by the sub-area aggregator vs ~$1,631/wk for South Kingstown town-wide. Both are reported; the gap is a village-premium effect, not an error to resolve.
- Narragansett RI duplex zoning — a 2024 thread reported as restricting duplexes and a 2025 thread reported as loosening them. Both unadopted; the characterizations point in opposite directions.
Search-engine summary errors caught and excluded this run. Two properties were surfaced as "active" by AI search summaries and proved false against primary listing pages: 26 Tremont St, Norwood MA (indexed active at $850,000 on Zillow and Homes.com's search results, but Homes.com's own detail page states "NOT LISTED FOR SALE" with a sale history ending July 2018 at $425,000 — a stale ghost listing recirculating across aggregator indexes), and 231 Park St, Attleboro MA (summary claimed for sale at $695,000; Redfin's own page shows OFF MARKET, last sold 2006). Both excluded from the counts above.
Section-1 rule scorecard. Only Attleboro MA passes both the 10-minute rail rule and the 15-minute hospital rule. Rehoboth MA passes the hospital rule via Sturdy Memorial but fails rail by 5–12 minutes. Canton MA, Stoughton MA and Sharon MA pass rail but fail or sit borderline on hospital. Norwood MA fails both — wrong commuter line and no open hospital.
What did not get covered. Condo-level and HOA-level STR restrictions in Section 2 are unverified across the board; each requires pulling that association's declaration and bylaws. The Warwick RI shore sub-neighborhoods need a live MLS pull filtered to those polygons, which this toolset cannot perform. Buttonwoods Campground Warwick RI has now resisted resolution by search for five consecutive runs and needs a phone call.

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