Real Estate in RI: Highest Providence home sale of the year – with Residential Properties

RPL Closes Highest Providence Home Sale of the Year

Residential Properties Ltd. is excited to announce the sale of 200 Hope Street on Providence’s East Side for $2,070,000. RPL Sales Associate Jim DeRentis represented the seller and RPL Sales Associate Ellen Kasle represented the buyer in this transaction. 

According to State-Wide MLS data, this is the highest home sale in Providence County year to date and the highest multi-family sale in Providence County since 2022.

This historic, brick Italianate home designed by Architect Robert Warren for the famed Lippitt Family sits prominently on the corner of Hope and Angell Streets. It offers 3 legal units of varying sizes. The first-floor, townhouse-style unit is 3,600 sq. ft. with 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, an open kitchen, living, and dining areas. The second-floor flat is 1,800 sq. ft. with 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a kitchen/dining area, and a living room with a balcony. The top-floor flat has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a study, a large living room, and an eat-in kitchen. On the first floor off Hope Street is a separate, private office that can serve a variety of uses. An ample parking court with space for 6 vehicles and updated heating and cooling in each unit help create a perfect blend of modern comfort, architectural detail, and a fabulous city location. Close to universities, shopping, restaurants, and downtown, this is a superb slice of Providence living.

The listing agent, Jim DeRentis, is Residential Properties’ Top Producing Sales Agent and the top selling agent for sales over $1 million on the East Side. He has been a recipient of the Circle of Sales Excellence Platinum Plus Award each year since 2011 when he was named Rookie of the Year. For the past 10 years, Jim has been included on the “REALTrends Verified” list of the country’s top real estate professionals and in 2020 was named to “The 1000.” For the past four years consecutively, he has been named the #1 individual agent in the state for transaction sides, and according to State-Wide MLS data was the only agent to achieve $100 million in Rhode Island sales in 2024. Each year since 2022, he has earned the ranking of #1 agent in Rhode Island for transaction sides. To learn more about Jim and to view his listings, please visit ThePVDRealEstateGuy.com.

The selling agent, Ellen Kasle, has been a consistent multimillion-dollar producer over her three decades in real estate and has earned numerous awards, regularly receiving the Circle of Sales Excellence Platinum Award. Ellen has served as the chairperson of the Greater Providence Board of REALTORS® Grievance Committee and is currently a member of the Professional Standards Committee. To find out more about Ellen and view her listings, please visit EllenSellsRI.com.

About Residential Properties Ltd.
Residential Properties Ltd. is 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 nine local offices in Barrington, Cumberland, East Greenwich, Jamestown, South County, Newport, Providence, the West Side (PVD), and Westport, Massachusetts, is proud to service all of Rhode Island, the Connecticut shoreline, and southeastern and central Massachusetts. In addition, as founding members of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and Luxury Portfolio International, RPL and its award-winning Relocation Department assist buyers and sellers on transactions throughout the country and around the globe. More information is available at ResidentialProperties.com.