However, the coronavirus outbreak is now causing concerns for buyers, sellers and agents.
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Maine home sales and prices shoot up in January
Maine’s hot market builds on a strong end to 2019 sales.
Civil cases against former Portland developer on hold as criminal case ramps up
An effort to recoup $5.4 million in fines from Michael Liberty will be delayed while a criminal case against him moves forward.
Booming real estate market challenges businesses, home buyers
Southern Maine’s real estate market keeps up a multi-year rise, sidelining buyers seeking modestly priced homes and businesses desperate for industrial space.
Portland warehouse grab pushes industrial businesses to Saco
The former mill town emerges an attractive – and far less expensive – alternative.
The decade in Maine business and economy
From the depths of the Great Recession, Maine’s economy began a steady rebound that has allowed some industries to flourish despite a growing worker shortage.
Time & Temperature Building’s new owners vow to bring back Portland icon’s ‘glory days’
Chris Rhoades and Andrew Preston say they’ll decide how to use the downtown building’s mostly vacant office tower and submit their restoration plans to the city by February.
November decline hurts Maine’s overall home sales in 2019
The state had been on track for a record year before single-family home sales dropped by nearly 8% last month from the same period in 2018.
Ex-developer Michael Liberty wants other cases delayed while he fights Maine criminal charges
The former Portland developer is asking a court to put a Pennsylvania case on hold so he can focus on the fraud charges.
Clark’s Pond Parkway retail center in South Portland is up for sale
The 62,000-square-foot center has been listed with an asking price of $7.2 million.