News From Maine Association Of REALTORS (MAR)

Maine real estate market - What's the pulse - How's state doing?

Well according to the Maine Association of REALTORS (MAR) the numbers are rosy.
MEDIAN MAINE PROPERTY SALES PRICE AND HOME SALES UP IN JANUARY: In a press release to the media today, MREIS reports the median sales price for a single-family existing home increased 5.09% since January 2009, reaching $160,000.
The median sales price indicates half of the homes were sold for more and half sold for less. A total of 484 homes sold in January 2010 - up 18.63% from 12 months ago. During the rolling quarter of November, December and January, home sales increased 36.87%. January marks the eighth month of positive gains in existing home sales in Maine. The complete report: http://mainerealtors.com/Statistics/2010PressReleases/MaineHousingReport-January2010.pdf

Also, Male or Female REALTOR's ...What's the split, score? NOTABLE STATISTIC: MAR's membership records indicate that 55% of the MAR membership are women, and 45% are men.

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The Maine Real Estate Market...No Giant Nose Bleed Spikes Or Nose Dive Drops.

Maine, life is different here.

Simpler. Small mortgages that we like to get paid off. Mainers do not like owing money. We save money. What a novel concept. Spending money in Maine means better impulse control. Taking our time and shopping around. If it is not a good deal, we don't buy it. Maine real estate is attractively priced all the time..not just a day after Thanksgiving or just before Christmas.

Lower cost real estate is the rule not the exception. Like these paid of properties in Houlton ME 04730.



Maine is a state with less people, the 4th lowest crime and low low cost real estate. So when prices are so low, they look even more attractive when you see a place advertised on like..like this home for in the $30's. Watch the real estate video below.



Or this home in the mid $40's below. Watch the real estate video!



Our real estate marketing time can extend but you do not see giant hundreds of thousand dollar swings up or down. We always live pretty conservatively. Braced for a recession or any way the economic winds blow. Maine, it's here when you are ready. You move here for quality of life, not to spend lots of money to impress anyone. How much you have is way way less important than who you are. Maine, breath a couple lung fulls of that clean air.


Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers