PORTLAND — A new measure of Maine’s real estate industry shows the market still has a long way to go before it recovers from the impact of economic recession, but is beginning to make headway. In a May 22 conference at Holiday Inn by the Bay, the Maine Real Estate & Development Association and the […]
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Home sales rise in Maine over year
SOUTH PORTLAND — Realtors say sales of single-family homes in Maine have increased by 21 percent between January 2012 and the same month this year. Statistics released by a statewide multiple listing service show 664 homes changed hands last month, compared to 547 in January 2012. The median sales price for those homes reached $162,000, […]
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Maine home sales increase in August
SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine increased 15 percent in August over a year ago, with the median sales price rising 3 percent. The Maine Association of Realtors says real estate agents last month sold 1,255 homes in Maine, up from 1,090 in August 2011. The median sales price was […]
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Martha’s Vineyard property on market for $92M
WEST TISBURY, Mass. (AP) — A 266-acre virtually pristine tract of land on Martha’s Vineyard has hit the market for $92 million. If sold for the asking price, it would be the largest real estate transaction on the island by about $28 million, according to the Vineyard Gazette, which first reported the sale. The property […]
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Maine home sales, prices go up in April
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A realty group says home sales in Maine have gone up for the ninth straight month. The Maine Association of Realtors says home sales rose by nearly 9 percent in April while the median sales price increased more than 4 percent, to $167,950. The group says home sales nationally rose about […]
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Dufour joins ERA Worden
AUBURN — ERA Worden Realty, 473 Center St., welcomes Denis Dufour to its award winning team. Dufour is an experienced real estate agent, having been licensed since 2001. He has been recognized for his outstanding customer service and production for the past 10 years. He specializes in all phases of real estate: residential, land, new […]
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Bonawitz joins KW Commercial
AUBURN — Cheri Bonawitz of Lewiston recently joined KW Commercial of Greater Portland and works in the Auburn office, 195 Center St. She will be focusing on the Central Maine commercial real estate market. She specializes in all areas of commercial real estate, including retail, office, industrial and investment properties. Bonawitz is a member of […]
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Maine’s real estate market making slow recovery
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Speakers at a conference for more than 600 Maine real estate professionals say the state’s real estate industry is slowly recovering from the recession and showing some bright spots, but will continue to face challenges this year. Karen Rich, a commercial broker at Cardente Real Estate in Portland, said at Thursday’s […]
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Home sales continue to climb
Who would have guessed it? Where home sales are concerned, things are looking up in Androscoggin County, in Maine and in the country as a whole. Around the country, housing sales rose 5 percent in December. It was nearly as good in Maine, as sales of single-family homes increased by 4.34 percent over the same […]
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Maine foreclosure picture mixed
GARDINER, Maine (AP) — Maine banking regulators are reporting a mixed pattern of residential mortgage foreclosures as the economy continues to struggle. Bureau of Financial Institutions’ Superintendent Lloyd LaFountain III says a third quarter survey of mortgages held by Maine’s 32 state-chartered banks and credit unions continued to show mixed performance. So there’s no clear […]