Sell your house fast in Providence, RI
I Buy Rhode Island Houses buys houses for cash in every Providence neighborhood, in any condition. Get a written offer from a local, family-owned buyer that's been doing this since 1975.
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There's no obligation, and you don't pay a commission when you sell to us.
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We buy houses in Providence
I Buy Rhode Island Houses buys houses in Providence for cash and as-is, and we can close in as little as 7 days or on the date you choose. Providence taxes a house by whether its owner lives there. For FY2026, an owner-occupied single family pays $8.40 per $1,000 of assessed value, and the same house pays $14.60 when the owner lives somewhere else.
Providence is one of the cities where we buy houses often: single families, two-families and triple-deckers, empty or rented. You don't fix anything, clean anything or show the house to anyone, and there's no commission. JB Jackson and his wife, Robin Adams, run I Buy Rhode Island Houses as a family business, and we've bought more than 3,000 homes since 1975.
Providence neighborhoods we buy in
Providence at a glance
- County
- Providence County
- Probate court
- Providence Probate Court, fifth floor of City Hall
- Tax rate when the owner lives there (FY2026)
- $8.40 per $1,000 for a single family, $7.55 for a 2- to 5-family
- Tax rate when the owner lives elsewhere (FY2026)
- $14.60 per $1,000 for a single family, $14.00 for a 2- to 5-family
- Homes built before 1940
- 54.5%
- Homes in 2- to 4-unit buildings
- 44.8%
Sources: RI Division of Municipal Finance, U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024 (year built, units in structure), City of Providence.
Houses we see in Providence
Providence's housing is older and more multi-family than Rhode Island's as a whole, and I Buy Rhode Island Houses buys it in whatever condition it's in.
- Buildings with two to four units hold 44.8% of the city's homes, about double the statewide share of 22.1%. Only 41.4% of occupied homes here are lived in by their owners, so most are rented, and we buy them with the tenants in place. How selling a house with tenants works.
- More than half of the city's homes (54.5%) were built before 1940, against 30.1% statewide, and there are nine local historic districts, including College Hill, the Armory, Broadway and Wanskuck, an old mill village that joined the list in 2026. The Providence Historic District Commission reviews all exterior work in them, and the city's own comprehensive plan says the standards can be a financial burden for homeowners. We buy houses in the districts as they are, so the exterior work and the approvals become ours.
- Minimum housing cases here are heard by the Providence Housing Court. You can still sell a house with open code violations, as long as you give the buyer a copy of the violation notice and tell the code enforcement office in writing before the sale. Selling a house as-is.
- FEMA has 358 flood insurance claims on record in Providence since 1978, and 54 of them came from the March 2010 nor'easter. The city's 2019 hazard plan notes that the Woonasquatucket River floodplain south of Glenbridge Avenue is heavily built up, and the Army Corps has studied flood control in Olneyville and the Valley neighborhood. We buy houses that have taken on water as they are. Selling a fire- or water-damaged house.
How selling your Providence house to us works
Tell us about the house
Fill out the form or call I Buy Rhode Island Houses at 401-267-1400. Tell us where the house is, what shape it's in, who's on the title and, if it's a two- or three-family, whether the units are rented.
Get a written cash offer
We'll look at the house with you, then put a cash offer in writing, with no obligation to take it. It'll be less than a full retail sale might bring, in exchange for speed and certainty. If the house is in good shape and you're not in a hurry, listing it may net you more.
Close on your date
We close at a Rhode Island title company or attorney's office in as little as 7 days, or on the date you pick, and I Buy Rhode Island Houses covers the closing costs. For an estate, we close once the executor has authority to sell, from the will or from the Providence Probate Court. How selling to us works.
What Providence sellers call us about
Selling a house in Providence: common questions
Do you buy triple-deckers and multi-family houses in Providence?
Yes. I Buy Rhode Island Houses buys two-, three- and four-family houses in the city, empty or with tenants, in any condition. They're a big part of Providence's housing: 25.4% of homes are in three- or four-unit buildings, and another 19.4% are in two-unit buildings.
Can you buy a Providence rental with the tenants still living there?
Yes. Selling a Rhode Island rental doesn't end the leases. In a building with up to four units, the buyer takes on the same rights and responsibilities toward the tenants that the seller had, and security deposits are usually credited to the buyer at closing. I Buy Rhode Island Houses buys rentals with the tenants in place.
The house is in probate at the Providence Probate Court. Can we still sell?
Usually, yes. Providence has its own probate court on the fifth floor of City Hall, at 25 Dorrance Street, and its office is open all day Wednesday and Friday and from 12:30 to 4:30 on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. If the will gives the executor a power of sale, the house can usually be sold without separate court permission. If it doesn't, the executor asks the court for a license to sell, and the court sets a minimum price for a private sale. I Buy Rhode Island Houses can make an offer before that's in place and close once it is. Selling a house in probate in Rhode Island.
What about lead paint in a pre-1978 Providence rental?
Rhode Island generally requires a lead certificate of conformance for each unit in a rental built before 1978, and since January 1, 2024 that includes two- and three-families where the owner lives in one unit. State law gives a new owner time to bring a rental into compliance, so a rental can be sold before it's certified, and I Buy Rhode Island Houses buys them either way. The federal lead disclosure and the EPA pamphlet still apply to the sale.
Which parts of Providence do you buy in?
All of them. I Buy Rhode Island Houses buys in each of the 25 neighborhoods on the Providence City Council's list, Olneyville, Wanskuck, Elmwood, Mount Pleasant and College Hill among them.
How fast can you close on a Providence house?
In as little as 7 days once the paperwork is ready, or on the date you pick. An estate can take longer, since the executor needs authority to sell first, and the Providence Probate Court pauses its sessions for set weeks each summer.
Who pays closing costs when I sell my Providence house to you?
We do. I Buy Rhode Island Houses covers the closing costs on the houses we buy, and you won't owe an agent's commission. For how closing costs usually split in a typical Rhode Island sale, see who pays closing costs in Rhode Island.
Who will I be dealing with?
JB Jackson, who's been buying Rhode Island houses since 1975, and his wife, Robin Adams, who's also his longtime investment partner. They run I Buy Rhode Island Houses as a family business. We're lifelong Rhode Islanders rather than a franchise, and we buy with our own money, so the people who make the offer on your Providence house are the people who buy it.
We also buy houses near Providence
Want an offer on your Providence house?
Fill out the form at the top of the page or call I Buy Rhode Island Houses at 401-267-1400. Triple-decker, two-family or single, we'll put a cash offer in writing.
