Last year was Rhode Island Housing’s biggest year in the more than 40 years it has been involved in mortgage lending, and 2017 is shaping up to be just as strong, the agency said Tuesday at its annual breakfast.
The agency helped more than 1,600 Rhode Island families buy homes in 2016. R.I. Housing’s first mortgages climbed 29 percent last year compared with 2015. First mortgages are already 39 percent ahead of 2016’s numbers, the agency added.