LD 1184 would help housing advocates track progress in building 84,000 new homes by 2030.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine lawmakers consider raising taxes on home sales over $1M
A bill would increase the real estate transfer tax on some of the state’s most expensive properties to fund affordable housing initiatives. But it would also give some tax relief to first-time home buyers.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Mobile homeowners back bill to help them fight sales to investors
Maine lawmakers are weighing several bills designed to protect mobile homeowners, including one that would give residents the right of first refusal if their park comes up for sale.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Politics
Gov. Janet Mills assails Trump’s tariffs, Social Security layoffs
The governor made the comments while hailing the renovation of an old mill for new housing in Lewiston.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine mobile home owners are pushing back against private investors
Residents are buying their parks and proposing rent control ordinances to fend off cost increases that have been introduced after parks have sold to capital equity firms.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
What 4 Maine mobile home residents say about park ownership
Residents of four mobile home parks share how they fought private investors — with varying degrees of success.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine home sales, prices, inventory all up in February
Real estate experts say increased inventory points toward a positive spring market.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston approves final financing piece for 104-unit DeWitt development
Construction, including the demolition of the former Sun Journal building on the corner of Park and Pine streets, is slated to begin in April.
Posted inBusiness, Local News, Maine, Oxford Hills, Rumford Falls Times
40 condo units to be built near Black Mountain in Rumford
Plans for Black Mountain Condo Village call for 20 buildings, each housing two units, with a selection of one-, two- and four-bedroom units.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Auburn approves 160-unit Stetson Road housing development
The site will feature 50 residential buildings, a mix of quadplexes and duplexes.