Sell your house fast in East Providence, RI
Selling a house in Riverside, Rumford or anywhere else in East Providence? I Buy Rhode Island Houses pays cash for houses in any condition, and we've been a local, family-owned buyer since 1975.
Get a cash offer on your house
Start with the property address. The whole thing takes about a minute.
There's no obligation, and you don't pay a commission when you sell to us.
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We buy houses in East Providence
I Buy Rhode Island Houses is a cash home buyer in East Providence: we buy houses as-is and can close in as little as 7 days, or on the date you choose. The city is nearly 100% sewered and mostly mid-century, with a median year built of 1958. Along the shoreline, tidal flooding reaches Watchemoket Cove and Sabin Point, and the bluffs in Riverside are eroding.
We're a family company, owned by JB Jackson and his wife, Robin Adams, and we've bought more than 3,000 homes since 1975. We buy with our own money and don't sell your contract to another investor. We'll make an offer on a dated house that needs everything, a two-family with tenants, an inherited house or a house close to the water, and you don't have to repair or clean anything first.
East Providence villages and neighborhoods we buy in
East Providence at a glance
- County
- Providence County
- Probate court
- East Providence Probate Court, at City Hall
- Residential tax rate (FY2026)
- $13.35 per $1,000
- Median year built
- 1958
- Public sewer
- Nearly 100% of the city
- FEMA Community Rating System
- Class 8
Sources: City of East Providence (FY2026 tax rates), U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024, East Providence Probate Court, East Providence Comprehensive Plan 2025-2035.
Houses we see in East Providence
I Buy Rhode Island Houses buys East Providence houses of every age and type, in whatever shape they're in.
- The median home here was built in 1958, against 1962 statewide, and 80.0% were built before 1980. We buy dated houses as they are, so the original kitchen or the old furnace can stay put.
- Two- to four-unit buildings hold 21.3% of the city's homes, and about 40% of homes are rented. For a building of up to four units, Rhode Island law has the buyer take over the existing leases, so your tenants can stay through the sale.
- Phillipsdale grew up around river mills built between 1883 and 1899, and its historic district includes 76 company-built worker houses. Rumford Chemical Works built double houses for its workers on North Broadway around 1882 and 1910, all privately owned now.
- Watchemoket Cove, Sabin Point Park, the west shore of Bullocks Cove and Crescent View Avenue all see tidal flooding, and anyone building in the city's Floodplain Overlay District has to meet FEMA standards. A house in a flood zone can still be sold to us as-is.
- Nearly every East Providence house is on public sewer, draining either to the Bucklin Point plant in Rumford or to the city's plant on Crest Avenue in Riverside. If your house still has a cesspool, state law requires it to be replaced or tied in within 12 months after a sale, which a buyer can handle after closing.
How selling your East Providence house to us works
Tell us about the house
Call I Buy Rhode Island Houses at 401-267-1400 or fill out the form. Tell us the street, what shape the East Providence house is in, whether anyone rents part of it and when you want to close.
Get a written cash offer
We'll see the house in person, whether it's near the water in Riverside or up in Rumford, and give you a cash offer in writing that you're free to turn down. The offer is less than a full retail sale might bring, in exchange for a quick, certain sale. If the house is in good shape and time's on your side, listing could net you more.
Close on your date
Whether you're moving out of a Riverside house next week or need a few months to clear out a Rumford two-family, we close in as little as 7 days or on the date you pick, at a Rhode Island title company or attorney's office. We cover the closing costs, and there's no commission. How selling to us works.
What East Providence sellers call us about
Selling a house in East Providence: common questions
Do you buy houses in every part of East Providence?
Yes. I Buy Rhode Island Houses buys in Riverside, Rumford, Phillipsdale, Watchemoket, Kent Heights and Riverside Square, and everywhere between them. That includes single-families, two-families and the mill-built double houses, with tenants or without.
Will you buy an East Providence house near the water?
Yes, as it is. I Buy Rhode Island Houses buys houses in flood zones and near the shore without asking you to fix anything first. The city's comprehensive plan calls flooding its most common natural hazard, and the March 2010 nor'easter accounts for 49 of the 124 federal flood insurance claims on record here. Selling a house with water or fire damage.
I inherited a house in East Providence. Can I sell it before probate is done?
Usually. If your loved one lived in East Providence, the estate goes through the East Providence Probate Court, which hears cases on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 2 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. The executor can sell under a power of sale in the will, or with the court's license, in which case the court sets a minimum price for a private sale. I Buy Rhode Island Houses can make an offer before that and close once the executor has authority. How selling a house in probate works.
My house is in the Rumford or Hunt's Mills historic district. Does that matter?
It doesn't stop a sale. In the city's two local historic districts, Rumford and Hunt's Mills, the Historic District Commission protects historic buildings from demolition, but the city's plan says it has no say over exterior changes like vinyl siding or windows. A National Register listing on its own, as in Phillipsdale or Elm Tree Plat, puts no obligations on a private owner. I Buy Rhode Island Houses buys historic houses as they are.
How does a cash home buyer in East Providence figure an offer?
I Buy Rhode Island Houses starts with what the house would sell for after repairs, then subtracts the repairs, our costs to resell it and our profit. A 1950s house that needs updating and a two-family with tenants get the same math. The offer is below a full retail sale, in exchange for speed and certainty, and a house in good shape with time to sell may net more on the market. How cash home buyers figure an offer.
Who pays closing costs when I sell my East Providence house to you?
We do. I Buy Rhode Island Houses covers the closing costs, and you don't pay an agent's commission. For how closing costs usually split in a listed sale, see who pays closing costs in Rhode Island.
We also buy houses near East Providence
Want an offer on your East Providence house?
Fill out the form at the top of the page or call I Buy Rhode Island Houses at 401-267-1400. We're lifelong Rhode Islanders rather than a franchise, and we'll put a cash offer on your East Providence house in writing.
