Housing

This section of the BDN aims to help readers understand Maine’s housing crisis, the volatile real estate market and the public policy behind them. Read more Housing coverage here .

Home ownership has become increasingly expensive since the pandemic, and housing prices are still rising in Maine, but people are still buying and selling properties.

From May 1 to July 31, nearly 4,300 housing units in Maine changed hands, the Maine Association of Realtors reported earlier this month. That marks a more than six percent increase from the same time period last year, when slightly fewer than 4,000 homes sold across Maine.

We asked a few Maine real estate agents for a list of five things every prospective buyer should have before they start looking for their future home, whether they’

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