Sales of single family homes across the U.S. rose 9.9 percent year-over-year from the April 2011 to April 2012 according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. more

While home sales in Rhode Island and the rest of Massachusetts surged in April, single-family sales in Bristol County, Mass. dropped 7 percent compared with the same period in 2011, The Warren Group said Tuesday. more

Rhode Island home sales jumped 24 percent in April compared with the same period last year, the 10th consecutive month of increased year-over-year sales, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors said Tuesday. more