The coastal and southern Maine regions including the counties of York, Cumberland, Sagadahoc and Lincoln saw more of the same for the month period ending in September 2009.  Housing inventories continue to decrease as do the days on market for residential real estate!  Median prices were down a bit more significantly year over year this September but on a 3 month rolling average, prices are off about 10%.  The markets have for the most part been pretty stable since the start of the summer and since January 1, little pricing decrease has been seen and volume has been steadily increasing, both great signs for a continued improvement.  The full Maine housing report can be seen here.
Thanks for reading,

John Herrigel
A southern and mid coastal Maine buyers agent.

For the 3 months ending September 2009, the greater Portland real estate markets saw market improvement over the first half of the year.  The towns of Portland, South Portland, Westbrook, Cape Elizabeth and Falmouth saw a combined total of 431 transactions compared with 372 in the 2nd quarter and 399 for the same period 2008, representing a 7% year over year increase.
The average median price for all 5 communites was 238K, down 12% from266K in 2008 for the same 3 month period.  Median prices in the 1st and 2nd qtr 2009 was 263 and 250K respectively.

You can view the entire report with individual Maine community housing statistics here.

Thanks for reading!

John

Maine Buyers Broker

Doing a bit of research this AM for a client looking to purchase a home perhaps in a rural location within 30 minutes of Portland Maine, here is a real estate snapshot of the current inventory of Maine homes for sale and the median sold prices for these neighborhoods.

As one goes a bit west and north of Portland Maine, property values tend to hold their own but you do get a lot more for your money, both in sq footage and land with your purchase.