The real estate market in southern Maine has been interesting and challenging during the first six months of 2011. On our website you can view home sales comparing 2011 to the same period of 2010.
We have focused on the Portland Maine real estate market primarily, but have also included statistics for all of Cumberland County and York County. Below is a brief summary. Additional details can be found online, at our website, at MaineHomeConnection.
Across the entire state of Maine there have been 4,218 single family home sales in 2011 compared to 5,171 during a similar period in 2010. This represents a decrease of 18%. This trend is the same when looking at southern Maine, where home sales in Cumberland County are down 16%. Sales in York County are similarly down 17%.
According to statistics provided by MRIES, inventory is also high at this time. There are a staggering 16,066 single family homes for sale in Maine. In Cumberland County there are 2,388 on the market and another 2,572 in York County.
Although this information might seem a bit grim, the percentage of property under contract has improved slightly. At the end of June 13% of all single family homes were “pending”. This ratio is even better for both York and Cumberland Counties at 15% and 19 % respectively.
Link to Maine Real Estate Sales Results
You can access all local southern Maine home sales by city and town. A good place to start is at our Local Communities page. From there you can link to any neighborhood that is of interest to you. Details are included by single family, condo, multi-family and land.
If you are selling in this market, it is important to keep in mind that there is an enormous level of competition and within every price range there are a limited number of buyers. This is especially true today, and it has been this way for the last several years – and will be for the foreseeable future.
Posted by: Michael Sosnowski
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Maine Real Estate
Portland Maine Real Estate