MAINE REAL ESTATE MEDIAN PRICES UP 1.62 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER; SALES DOWN OVER 10 PERCENT
Median sales prices for single-family existing homes in Maine edged upward last month while sales of those homes were down over 10 percent. According to the Maine Real Estate Information System, Inc., 891 homes sold during the month of November 2007, a decrease of 10.63 percent from November 2006. Median prices, however, rose 1.62 percent (go figure??). Maine's median existing single-family home price reached $188,000 last month, up from $185,000 last year. The median sales price indicates that half of the homes were sold for more and half sold for less.
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�Roulette Economy� of 2007 Nearly Over, Realtors Told
2007 HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHALLENGE; 2008 WILL BE A YEAR OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SERIOUS BUYERS
With a favorable economy, pent-up home demand, and Wall Street �fessing up to its losses and cleaning up its underwriting,� 2008 will be a healthy market for serious buyers.
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Maine Crime Continues to be Low
STATE CITES DOWN EAST MAGAZINE ABOUT CRIME RATES
The Maine Department of Public safety is quoting an article in the current edition of Down East
Magazine, which claims that Maine had the lowest crime rate in the country in 2006.
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Video Page Comes to CoastWise Realty
COASTWISE REALTY BUILDS PAGE OF LINKS TO MAINE VIDEOS
Here's a simple way to get to know Maine and its unique lifestyle. Visit places, meet the locals, see the scenery -- all from the comfort of your home or office. You've come a long way baby! Coastwise Realty's web page now has links to videos about Maine and Maine life. "When we first sarted, it would take a couple of minutes to load a small photo. We had a 13-baud modem on a dial-up that worked intermittently. Watching or downloading a video was out of the question", said Marjorie Crowley of CoastWise Realty. CoastWise Realty's Maine Video LinksSome of our favorite videos...
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Video: Winter in Bayside
BAYSIDE MAINE JOINS THE YOUTUBE GENERATION
It was bound to happen. BaysideMaine.com joins the YouTube generation with a video submitted by local resident Bill Cressey. As many probably know, Maine has been getting socked with a lot of snow, including a big New Year's Day storm, and Bill and Gina present video evidence.
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Sugarloaf Tops 100 Inches of Snow this Season
WE'RE BACK TO "NORMAL" THIS WINTER WITH LOTS OF SNOW AND COLD WEATHER
Located in Carrabassett Valley, Maine, Sugarloaf is recognized as one of the top winter and golf resorts in the world and is home to the only lift-serviced above treeline skiing and riding in the East and one of Golf Digest's America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses. Sugarloaf is a member of the Boyne USA Resorts family of resorts and attractions.
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