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Residential Properties Ltd. named #1 company for residences sold and overall sales volume

Providence, RI Providence Business News recently released its “2017 list of Residential Real Estate Companies in Rhode Island,” and once again ranked Residential Properties Ltd. (RPL) as the state’s number one company for both residences sold and overall sales volume during 2016.

After leading in the state with 1,748 residences sold in 2015, RPL set a new company record in 2016 with a total of 1,886 residences sold, over 120 more sales than the next closest competitor. During a year in which the company celebrated its 35th anniversary, RPL also set a new personal record with $789 million in overall sales volume, compiling over $300 million more than any other brokerage in the state.

“I’m bursting with pride,” exclaimed RPL president and CEO Sally Lapides. “Thank you to our amazing staff and managers, all of our outstanding real estate professionals who work as hard as anyone can imagine, and of course all of our loyal clients.”

This marks the second consecutive year that RPL has led the state in residences sold, while the company has also been ranked #1 in sales volume for no less than the past five years in a row.

As Rhode Island’s largest independently owned real estate company, Residential Properties Ltd. currently has over 180 agents located in five offices throughout the state, including Barrington, Cumberland, East Greenwich, Providence, and Narragansett. In addition to its local achievements, the company is also consistently ranked among the top 500 most successful real estate companies in the state by both Real Trends and RIS Media.

To view current listings, find a qualified agent, or learn more about the current real estate market, please visit ResidentialProperties.com - recently ranked as one of the top 25 real estate sites in the entire country.

Residential Properties Ltd. is one of the largest privately held real estate company in Rhode Island and has been serving sellers and buyers of distinctive properties since 1981 through service, innovation and sheer hard work.  The company, with five offices located in Barrington, Cumberland, East Greenwich, Narragansett and Providence, services all of Rhode Island, the Connecticut shoreline and southeastern and central Massachusetts.  In addition, the relocation department assists buyers and sellers on transactions throughout the country.

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