MAINE – Higher sales in Maine offset a drop in home sales nationally and in the rest of the Northeast.Maine homebuyers remained undaunted by the snowy conditions in February and pushed home sales up 8.9 percent over the same period last year, bucking a drop in sales nationally.
MAINE – The first waterfront stage built in South Portland or Westbrook will be the only one, an official predicts.
MAINE – The statewide increase countered a drop in sales nationally. Sales of single-family homes in Maine rose 11.5 percent in December, countering weakness seen in home sales nationally last month, amid strong overall improvement in the state’s real estate industry.
PORTLAND – After 14 months of work, the civic center will reopen this weekend to host a home and garden show. New luxury boxes, bigger locker rooms, wider concourses and lots and lots more women’s restrooms are the highlights of the $34 million renovation of the Cumberland County Civic Center, which was opened Monday for media tours.
