Providence, RI Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Providence: a median closing price of $560,000 across 797 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Providence, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Providence sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of October 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 797
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $560,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $272
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $415,000 and $740,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 797 closed sales in Providence over the last six months, with a median closing price of $560,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $415,000 and $740,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 794 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $214 and $369 per square foot.
Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Providence, RI (October 2026)
The median home price in Providence is $560,000, measured across the 797 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $415,000 and $740,000.
Where Providence sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Providence over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $415,000 and $740,000. Among the 10 Rhode Island markets with a published band, Providence's middle-half spread ($415,000 to $740,000) ranks 9th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 19 days, across 514 Providence closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 35 days, across 512 Providence closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Providence prices by property type
Among the Providence closings with usable living area over the last six months, single-family houses closed at a median of $263 per square foot (317 sales), multi-family homes at $242 (314 sales), condos at $432 (131 sales) and townhouses at $332 (32 sales).
The Providence angle
Across 797 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $560,000, and the middle half of sales closed between $415,000 and $740,000. Use the depth you have been given: require your comps to match on property type and size, and let the median do nothing more than tell you whether the answer you built is plausible.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Providence address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Providence, RI
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 4459000
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 797
Median sold price: $560,000
Median sold $/sqft: $272 (794 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Providence over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Providence?
The median sold price in Providence over the last 6 months is $560,000, measured across 797 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Providence last month?
Resideline has tracked 88 closed sales in Providence in September 2026 so far, out of 797 closings tracked over the last six months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Providence?
The middle half of Providence sales over the last six months closed between $415,000 and $740,000, with a median of $560,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Providence?
Among qualifying Providence closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $272, measured across 794 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
Where do most Providence, RI closed sales land?
Between $415,000 and $740,000 for the middle half of the 797 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, with a median of $560,000. The band is close to typical width for our coverage and roughly balanced around the median. Treat it as the range an ordinary Providence sale occupies; a quarter of closings finished above the upper quartile and a quarter below the lower one, and pricing a specific address means deciding which part of that distribution it belongs in.
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