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Maine
Maine's residential housing market has reached an orderly stabilization, with sales volume growing by 10.7% year-over-year while median sale prices held essentially flat at $387,900. Active listings rose by 28.1% to 6,707 homes, expanding buyer choices and pushing median days on market to 54 days. Southern coastal centers continue to demonstrate solid pricing power and competitive offer dynamics, while broader statewide markets enjoy healthier supply balance.
None — no population center in this class.
Median prices moved down 1.3% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 67 days on market with 2.5 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 24.08% of asking — demand is holding steady.
unemployment 3.2% · poverty 10.8% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this state — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident. Federal enforcement activity is presented only at the state tier as regional context — never imputed onto any county, city, ZIP, neighborhood or parcel beneath it.
Deterministic aggregate of 16 researched counties — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Maine — researched statewide history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 7.9%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this state — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
Spanning over 47,000 acres primarily on Mount Desert Island, Acadia features dramatic granite peaks, historic carriage roads, and rugged Atlantic shoreline that attract millions of outdoor recreation enthusiasts every year.
Portland's historic working harbor and brick-cobbled waterfront district serves as the state's cultural heart, recognized nationally for its vibrant culinary scene, boutique shopping, and maritime industry.
Maine's premier ski resorts in the western mountains feature massive terrain footprints, winter sports infrastructure, and year-round alpine mountain recreation that anchor the state's outdoor tourism economy.
A preserved 200,000-acre wilderness sanctuary containing Mount Katahdin, Maine's highest peak and the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, providing world-class backcountry hiking and wilderness solitude.
Maine consistently ranks as one of the safest states in the nation, with violent crime rates among the lowest nationwide. Property crime rates also sit well below national benchmarks, though isolated municipal pockets in larger service centers experience slightly higher incident concentrations.
Maine public education is administered through local School Administrative Districts (SADs) and Regional School Units (RSUs), with high graduation rates and strong community involvement. Southern coastal districts, such as Falmouth and Cape Elizabeth, regularly post top academic performances, though smaller rural districts face demographic and funding constraints.
Coastal Maine faces increasing sea-level rise, storm-surge exposure, and intense winter nor'easters that drive coastal erosion and periodic riverine flooding. Wildfire risk remains minimal compared to western states, but recent severe winter flooding events have placed heightened scrutiny on coastal flood insurance and homeowner coverage affordability.
Economic expansion is anchored by healthcare, defense manufacturing (notably Bath Iron Works), biotechnology in greater Portland, and year-round tourism. Severe shortages of year-round workforce housing have constrained labor force growth, prompting state and local initiatives to stimulate residential development.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. Federal (United States (federal)) — Federal General Tax Lien Encumbrance: Under IRC § 6321, a statutory lien arises automatically as of the date of assessment and attaches to all real property owned or acquired by the taxpayer. Upon the IRS filing a Notice of Federal Tax Lien (NFTL) in local county land records under IRC § 6323, it perfects priority against subsequent pur Federal (United States (federal)) — Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) Tax Withholding: Imposes an absolute statutory obligation on the transferee/buyer to withhold gross tax from the total amount realized (purchase price) upon disposition and remit it to the IRS within 20 days using Forms 8288 and 8288-A. Rate structure and formula: Base statutory withholding rate is 15% of the gross
Maine provides world-class outdoor recreation centered on Acadia National Park, Baxter State Park, and over 3,000 miles of tidal coastline. Inland regions offer extensive freshwater lakes, four-season hiking along the Appalachian Trail, and premier alpine skiing at Sunday River and Sugarloaf.
Rental availability remains tight statewide, particularly along the southern coast and in Cumberland County where vacancy rates hover near record lows. Strong competition from short-term vacation rentals along the coastal belt has heightened upward pressure on long-term rents, driving median asking rates upward.
Maine's approximately $90 billion economy is characterized by a balance of traditional resource-based sectors (commercial fishing, forest products), marine manufacturing, growing healthcare and biomedical clusters, and an extensive leisure and hospitality industry.
Interstate 95 forms the state's primary north-south spine, connecting to I-295 through the Portland-Augusta corridor. Passenger rail is anchored by Amtrak Downeaster service between Brunswick, Portland, and Boston, alongside seasonal commercial aviation hubs at Portland International Jetport and Bangor International Airport.
Planning focus is heavily aligned with the implementation of LD 2003, which allows for accessory dwelling units and increased density on residential lots statewide to address chronic housing shortfalls.
Maine does not utilize independent special appraisal districts like Sunbelt states; property assessments and collections are administered at the individual municipality or unorganized territory level, with shared school funding structured through regional school units (RSUs).
Maine has historically maintained stable residential property insurance rates compared to southeastern and gulf states. However, an uptick in severe coastal storm damage and inland river flooding has prompted modest rate hardening and tighter underwriting standards for vulnerable coastal properties.
Maine experienced accelerated positive net domestic migration following 2020 as remote professionals, young families, and retirees relocated to coastal and southern regions. Recent migration momentum has stabilized as inventory availability remains constrained and prices hold near historic peaks.
Maine is strictly a judicial foreclosure state requiring lenders to obtain a court judgment before selling a foreclosed property. Borrowers receive extensive statutory protections, including a mandatory mediation program, followed by a formal 90-day post-judgment redemption period.
Maine law (Title 33, Section 173) mandates that residential sellers provide a formal property condition disclosure statement prior to or at the time of an offer. Required disclosures cover heating systems, electrical, plumbing, water supply, waste disposal, known structural defects, and hazardous materials such as radon, lead paint, and asbestos.
Retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau statewide summary tables for Maine (B01003, B01002, B25077, B25064, B19013, B25002, B25003, B08024, B15003, B23025).
Maine's residential housing market has reached an orderly stabilization, with sales volume growing by 10.7% year-over-year while median sale prices held essentially flat at $387,900. Active listings rose by 28.1% to 6,707 homes, expanding buyer choices and pushing median days on market to 54 days. Southern coastal centers continue to demonstrate solid pricing power and competitive offer dynamics, while broader statewide markets enjoy healthier supply balance.
Forecasts are for speculation only and should not be used as a deciding factor in any transaction. Projections trend strictly from calculable historical values — the platform cannot predict market movements, market sentiment, or the market itself.
Awaiting measured history — this chart renders once enough refresh-cycle reads accumulate (a one-point series is not a trend).
Awaiting measured history — this chart renders once enough refresh-cycle reads accumulate (a one-point series is not a trend).
Awaiting measured history — this chart renders once enough refresh-cycle reads accumulate (a one-point series is not a trend).
Awaiting measured history — this chart renders once enough refresh-cycle reads accumulate (a one-point series is not a trend).
Awaiting measured history — this chart renders once enough refresh-cycle reads accumulate (a one-point series is not a trend).
Awaiting measured history — this chart renders once enough refresh-cycle reads accumulate (a one-point series is not a trend).
Awaiting measured history — this chart renders once enough refresh-cycle reads accumulate (a one-point series is not a trend).
Awaiting measured history — this chart renders once enough refresh-cycle reads accumulate (a one-point series is not a trend).
Standard trend model — solid = measured history · dashed = projection anchored at each line's last measured point, following that series' trailing pace (CAGR capped ±12%/yr) or trailing mean · projections are estimates, not measured reads · every charted series runs the standard 5-year historical window with a 1-year forecast, trimmed from the full retained ledger — the forecast always extends into the future year (a lagging ledger bridges to it) and stops there on purpose: authoritative, not wizardry · every price line is county-assessed value from the district CAD — the tier's same-parcel assessment roll-up on the momentum tile, the assessed trajectory in raw dollar levels and as a YoY-chained index (base 100), and the month-over-month pace from nearby comparable sales pooled from the research track; a tier without comps yet keeps its pace story with the assessed trend. Inventory, liquidity, price-cut and foreclosure lines run on the platform's own measured series.
No recorded foreclosure notices for Maine yet. Counties ingest on the scheduled rotation — absence here reads as no recorded notices, not as verified zero distress.