Most people are familiar with Maine, which has a reputation for being a small but wealthy state. In fact, this reputation is one reason that the Maine housing market always tends to be booming. It’s a popular place to live. Maine is found in New England and is the 9th least populous state in the entire… Continue reading 2018 Maine Real Estate Market Predictions – What To Expect
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2015 Maine Housing Market
In 2014, the Maine housing market improved on a year-to-year basis. Click here to read a past forecast for the Maine housing market for comparison. Home sales in the Portland area rose by 4.2 percent compared to 2013. The 551 single family housing units purchased in 2014 comes close to the 2005 record of 570… Continue reading 2015 Maine Housing Market
2013 Maine Housing Market
During its recent annual convention in Portland, Maine, the Maine Real Estate and Development Association announced that sales and prices of the state´s single family homes rose almost 12 percent in December of 2012 with more than 800 homes sold in total. The median price rose 6.25 percent to $170,000, and brokers said the numbers… Continue reading 2013 Maine Housing Market
Recovery in Best 25 Housing Markets
As the U.S. undergoes the most severe down turn in its housing markets since at least the Great Depression, at least 25 local markets are progressing through the transition forecast to experience housing price inflation during the remainder of 2011. Driven by a U.S. military realignment program and a robust local economy El Paso, Texas… Continue reading Recovery in Best 25 Housing Markets
States Rip Off Foreclosure Victims
By Mike Colpitts Almost $1-billion targeted to victims of banking foreclosure fraud is being ripped off from foreclosure victims to be used to pay for other programs for states facing serious financial deficits. The nation’s largest five banks agreed to pay a $25 billion settlement as part of their agreement to settle allegations of illegal… Continue reading States Rip Off Foreclosure Victims
5 States Sustain Half of Foreclosures
By Ryan Jackson Nearly half of all foreclosures in the U.S. were in the five hardest hit states in the nation during June, with California, Florida and Michigan sustaining the highest number of failed mortgages, according to real estate research firm CoreLogic. Texas and Georgia also suffered major losses in terms of foreclosed properties. Combined,… Continue reading 5 States Sustain Half of Foreclosures
2012 Maine Housing Market
Extraordinarily sluggish home sales and slowly declining home prices are preventing Maine housing markets from making a full-fledged recovery, but cities and towns throughout the state are hardly experiencing a major drop in home values either. Maine is turning out to be one of the safest bets so far in the fallout of the U.S.… Continue reading 2012 Maine Housing Market
2011 Maine Housing Market
As one of the colder climates in the country, residents of Maine know all too much about being frozen out. For the longest time they were nearly frozen when it came to the real estate crash, and then things slowly changed sending home prices lower. Maine isn’t likely to sustain the loss in home values… Continue reading 2011 Maine Housing Market
First Home Price Decline in Year
Core Logic, a heavily viewed monitor of U.S. home prices said its home price index dropped for the first time in 2010 in August, sending prices just 1.5% lower for the year. However, the index also showed positive appreciation in more than a handful of states. The Core Logic index has had an unusually low… Continue reading First Home Price Decline in Year
2010 Maine Housing Market
The Maine housing market, aided by federal tax credits for first time buyers has seen home sales rise. But those who work the market wonder if it was just a temporary shot in the arm to push markets forward. Maine home sales rose as a result of government efforts, but have already begun to show… Continue reading 2010 Maine Housing Market