1+ week, 4+ day ago   (132+ words) A new Harbor Freight location is coming to the Sanford Center for Shopping. The store aims to open in fall 2026, according to an announcement Tuesday, with a specific date yet to be announced. Harbor Freight’s website estimates an October opening....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (180+ words) I noticed that in a recent Associated Press report about Single Gen Z women homeowners (“Single Gen Z women outpace Gen Z men to homeownership despite overall decline in first-time buyers,” May 20), two out of the two examples of Gen…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (728+ words) For anyone keeping tabs on Maine’s housing market, March brought with it an acute sense of deja vu. Real estate agents last month sold the exact same number of houses for the exact same median price as they did in…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (195+ words) The median age of first-time U.S. homebuyers has increased to an all-time high of 40, according to a 2024-25 survey by the National Association of Realtors. Meanwhile, first-time buyers made up a record-low 21% of all U.S. homebuyers. The share of first-time buyers has been…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (577+ words) Fewer Maine homes sold last month than in January 2025, but they sold for higher prices, kicking off the year with a familiar, if slow, pattern after an unpredictable market in 2025. Data released Thursday by the Maine Association of Realtors suggests…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (366+ words) A Maine realty company reports that Standish led the state in increased home sales last year. Maine Life Real Estate, in its ninth annual report, said Standish had a 40.7% increase in home sales and a 13.6% increase in median home price…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (693+ words) PORTLAND — Woodfords Corner has perked up in recent years. The city made crosswalk improvements and installed a sculpture. A bookstore opened, and an old auto garage was renovated into a restaurant. Buildings have gotten fresh paint jobs. Even the weed…...

10+ mon, 5+ day ago   (196+ words) Maine’s median home sale price fell for the second month in a row — and the second time in more than five years — in September, according to new data from the Maine Association of Realtors. The decrease in year-over-year prices in…...

11+ mon, 3+ day ago   (552+ words) Home sales and the number of single-family homes on the market in Maine both rose for the sixth consecutive month in August, according to data released Thursday by the Maine Association of Realtors. Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine…...