Attorney Stephen Linder says he's seeing fewer divorce filings because of a drop in home prices.
"They can't live separate and apart because they can't get the money out of the house that they need to buy two other houses or to refinance one and buy a second one or to rent a second one," Linder said.
Karl Martone is the incoming president of the Rhode Island Association of Realtors.
"If they bought at '05 prices and they're selling in '09, there's a loss there," Martone said.
The crazy days of three or four years ago are gone, but Martone said the house price tumble is over.
"We've experienced since Jan. 1 increases every month in the median home price," Martone said.
Martone said the first-quarter median price was $180,000. For the second quarter, it was $192,500. The median home price is currently $210,000, according to Martone.
Martone said part of the rise is due to government tax credits and partly because the foreclosure wave is receding.
"Thankfully, foreclosures are down from about 45 percent of our sales in '08 down to about 30 percent in '09," Martone said.
Despite other economic forecasts, real estate agents say housing prices have begun to crawl back.
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