Maine’s tiny share of homes for sale is challenging buyers
Janet, a Bangor Daily News reader, asked me recently about the rate of homes for sale in Maine. There aren’t many.
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Social Security cost-of-living adjustment coming – but it won’t be as big as this year’s
Social Security’s cost-of-living increase for 2024 will be announced Thursday.Read More
Read moreMEMIC returns $18 million to policyholders
The workers comp company is returning dividends to 14,000 policyholders, reflecting savings from lower-than-expected losses from workplace injuries.Read More
Read moreMaine is set to see some of the nation’s biggest home price hikes
Sue, a Bangor Daily News reader, asked recently about long-range predictions for Maine home values. They are expected to rise everywhere
Read moreInvestors are snapping up 1 in 5 single-family homes in Maine
Investors are regularly buying more than a fifth of Maine’s single-family homes going on the market, according to CoreLogic, a
Read moreWith rents hard to find on Main Street, some Ellsworth biz owners decide to sell
Commercial office and retail space in downtown Ellsworth is not easy to come by these days, but a few existing
Read moreHere’s how much new housing Maine has allowed since 1980
Aggressive housing benchmarks laid out for Maine in a landmark report released Wednesday will be hard to meet, but they
Read moreWaterville council urged to take action as need for food grows
An administrator for the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen told the council Tuesday that the kitchen is serving 250 to 300
Read moreMaine safety net spending has tripled since start of pandemic
With costs ballooning, state lawmakers are looking at ways to restructure the state’s General Assistance program to improve efficiency and
Read moreMaine is receiving financial benefits from hydropower corridor deal once again
When Maine voters stopped a controversial hydropower project almost two years ago, developers also paused payments on a related deal
Read moreMore heating assistance on the way: Maine awarded more than $220K in funding
“Last winter, Maine families faced high residential heating oil prices, forcing many into making agonizing decisions, like choosing between paying
Read moreMore than $3 million in updates made to RSU 18 schools
Much of the money spent by Regional School Unit 18 went to improvements at Messalonskee High School in Oakland.Read More
Read moreState distributes more than $166 million in pandemic food aid benefits
The Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (p-EBT) cards will benefit more than 150,000 Maine students.Read More
Read more$3M paint job underway on I-295 bridges in Portland
8 Investigates has been hearing noise complaints related to that work Read More
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