Susan Morris and Chip Newell prepare to entertain on the deck of their Munjoy Hill condominium, with the Portland Observatory in the background at center. Newell, 68, and Morris, 55, are the developers behind 118 on Munjoy Hill, the luxury condominiums built on Congress Street at the crest of the Hill.​ Shawn Patrick Ouellette/ Staff […]

A deep look into the extreme conditions and soaring prices reveals the human and financial trauma and the confluence of social trends that caused it.

‘The Hill’ was once a low-income domain viewed as a place to avoid, but a change in perception has turned it into an in-demand – and costly – place to live.

Story by Leslie Bridgers/ Staff Writer Date 2015, photo by Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer; 1924 photo from the Collections of the City of Portland – Planning and Development, Courtesy of www.MaineMemory.net item #37770 F ifty-seven feet northeast of a stone monument on the corner of Congress and North streets is a certain lot of land on […]

Developers get incentives in exchange for building a percentage of middle-income units, a strategy that has had mixed results in other cities.

Well-off newcomers transform some city neighborhoods with their desires for improved housing and ‘hip’ businesses, but that also can make it too costly from some long-timers to live there.

Story by Leslie Bridgers/ Staff Writer Photos by Gabe Souza/ Staff Photographer Samuel Joyall and Lexi Snetsinger met online and were originally looking to buy a house together in Portland but instead are focusing their search in the Augusta area.​ A ll Lexi Snetsinger wants is to live with her fiance and her rat terrier, […]