Real estate
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PublishedAugust 22, 2023
Have home prices bottomed? While low housing inventory stymies sales, bidding wars prop up prices
The combination of high borrowing costs and intense competition for affordable homes is keeping many first-time buyers on the sidelines.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2023
Commentary: Coastal real estate can’t seem to price climate risk
Too few homebuyers have the right information to make decisions amid rising sea levels. Some states are moving in the right direction, but not enough.
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PublishedJune 15, 2023
Linda Bean sued for $228,000 by Boulos Co. over real estate dispute
The granddaughter of L.L. Bean allegedly failed to pay the firm a required commission related to the sale of a retail building in Freeport.
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PublishedJune 14, 2023
Bayside housing development one step closer to construction
The Portland Planning Board unanimously approves the project's master plan, but neighborhood residents have questions about the details and urged the developers to establish some sort of neighborhood advisory panel.
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PublishedJune 2, 2023
At $10 million, one of the priciest homes in Maine history goes to former SEC chair
Richard Breeden, known as 'King Richard' at the Securities and Exchange Commission, bought the Knox County estate in the most expensive home sale so far this year and the 6th-highest ever in Maine.
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PublishedMay 23, 2023
Historic Portland tower a step closer to housing, but affordability is a question
Developers who bought the People's United Bank building for $9.2 million in 2019 plan to convert the 10-story building in Monument Square into 63 one- and two-bedroom market-rate apartments.
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PublishedMay 18, 2023
With a significant price increase in April, Maine’s housing market may be heating back up
The lack of inventory again hampered sales, but bidding wars are starting to resume and prices rose by more than 6%.
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PublishedApril 26, 2023
Maine home foreclosures plummet while sales drop, prices inch up
New data on foreclosure filings and on recent home sales create a mixed outlook for the state's residential real estate market. But it appears stronger than those in many other states.
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PublishedApril 23, 2023
Waypoint Brokers Collective is the first and only brokerage in Maine to be fully Green Designated
Waypoint now has the training and tools to assess a property’s energy efficiency, advise owners, developers, and buyers on the resources to make sustainable improvements, and calculate the value of their investments.
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PublishedApril 10, 2023
$15 million overhaul may bring new life to downtown Portland plaza
Plans call for the addition of retail space and a new eatery at Canal Plaza, where there's little pedestrian traffic despite a prime location on the edge of the Old Port.
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