Maine Real Estate

Maine Real Estate Maine Real Estate Statistics Presented by Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty Maine Real Estate ”Under Contract” for the past Year A 13% Increase in Single Family Homes Under Contract     The Maine Real Estate market has seen a significant improvement compared to th...

Maine Real Estate Maine Real Estate Statistics Presented by Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty Maine Real Estate ”Sold Unit Volume” for the past Year An 8% Increase in Single Family Homes Sold   Source: Maine Real Estate Information System and Terradatum The Maine Real Estate market...

(Reuters) – Consumer sentiment rose to its highest in six months in early December due to an improving outlook on the economy with the jobless rate falling to a 2-1/2-year low in November. Reduced consumer pessimism should reduce jitters about a pullback in consumer spending which could tip the U...

Most real estate professionals always advise sellers to list their homes during the holiday season rather than waiting, citing more serious buyers and less competition among properties, according to a recent survey from Realtor.com. The property search site’s Holiday Home Selling Survey gathered ...

Brunswick and Portland, MAINE (December 6, 2011) – Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty is pleased to announce that Peter Therriault and John McCarthy have joined Maine’s Leading Luxury Property Company as Commercial Real Estate Agents. With the addition of Peter and John, The Commerc...

According to a release today from The National Association of Realtors, the Housing Affordability Index reached a new all-time record high of 197.8 in October (see chart above).   Based on the hypothetical purchase of the median-priced home of $161,600 in October, financed at the average mortgag...

(Bloomberg) — The U.S. economy may end 2011 growing at its fastest clip in 18 months as analysts increase their forecasts for the fourth quarter just a few months after a slowdown raised concern among investors. Economists at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York now see gross domestic product rising ...

Consumer confidence improved in November, rising 15 points and reaching its highest level since July. With consumers’ view of business conditions perking up, and their opinion on job conditions brightening, positivity seeps into what has been a fairly negative past few months. The Index now stand...

JONATHAN LEVITT FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE The Bowdoin College Museum of Art. There is no harbor here, no wooden sailboats, no weathered wharves, no lobster in the rough. The vista viewers and steamer clam feasters drive right through, hurrying along to the island-studded bays and coastal mountains ju...

  Dear Friends,   Each month I review hundreds of pages of data, charts, articles, real estate listings, pendings and sales statistics in search of an emerging trend to share with our colleagues, friends and clients.  There is always an "Aha" moment or two as the data, when finely combed, reveal...