Maine

The number of October home sales in Maine remained nearly flat compared with last year, but prices continued to climb.

Consumer confidence provided a solid boost to Maine's housing market in September with record sales for the month, according to the Maine Association of Realtors.

Maine homes have sold at a near-record pace this year through the month of August.

Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine remained relatively flat in July compared with a year earlier, while the median sale price increased by about 2%.

After trusting a local developer, some living at The Legends subdivision in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, watched in horror as the homes they occupied for years — but hadn't yet closed on — were sold at auction. And that was just the latest shocking twist.

A Florida-based loan servicing company has agreed to pay $84,000 to cover attorneys fees, penalties and costs associated with improper foreclosures it initiated in Maine, the state said.

A developer behind projects in the Maine cities of Portland and Saco was sued by a business partner as properties there are scheduled to be sold at foreclosure auctions.

Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine eased slightly, although prices remained strong, rising 2.85% comparing February 2019 to February 2018.

Single-family home sales in Maine dropped almost 13% in January, compared with a year ago, although prices held steady, according to Maine Listings.

Even with a vibrant residential real estate market in Maine's major cities, homeowners in the state tend to stay put longer than those in the 50 largest American cities.

Future reductions in loan application defect risk are likely because of mortgage lenders' fintech investments, even as the purchase origination share grows, said First American Financial.

Sales of single-family homes in Maine showed strong gains in both their prices and the number sold in July, according to data by Maine Listings.

The median sale price for existing, single-family homes in Maine increased by 11% in June compared with a year earlier, while the volume of home sales increased by nearly 3%.

Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine decreased slightly in May from a year earlier as a result of limited housing inventory, but prices continued to rise.

A decrease in the availability of existing single-family homes in Maine caused an uptick in both home sales and sale prices in April.

Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine increased by about 6% in February compared with a year earlier, and the median sale price was up 8%, the Maine Association of Realtors said.

Home prices in Maine jumped by more than 5% in January compared with a year earlier, while the volume of sales was relatively flat.

The Massachusetts bank — and former credit union — bought Cumberland County Mortgage in Maine.

Maine's stellar home sales activity continued to set records in 2017, but just barely, and in spite of flat or declining sales in the hottest markets of York and Cumberland counties.

Maine's housing economy got a late-summer boost in August, with year-over-year increases in both home sales volume and median sale price.