Some of the prettiest properties in Central Maine sit at the end of a road the town does not plow. That can be perfectly fine, as long as you know who does.
A lot of buyers come to Central Maine for the land, the quiet, and the long view down to a pond or across a field. Many of those properties sit off the main roads, on a camp road, a [...]
Touring houses in November and December comes with a few blind spots. It also gives you a view of the house that a summer buyer never gets.
Most people picture house hunting as a warm-weather activity, with green lawns and windows open. So when buyers in Central Maine find themselves touring in late fall or in the middle of a snowy [...]
The question is not whether to list in fall or wait for spring. It is which of those choices actually costs you less.
WHY THIS POST: Every September, the most common conversation CB Plourde agents have is with sellers trying to decide whether to list now or hold until spring. Most sellers default to waiting without fully understanding
[...]The buyers still looking after Labor Day are not the ones who missed out. They are often the ones worth watching out for.
WHY THIS POST: Late August and September mark a genuine shift in the buyer pool. Casual summer lookers have made their decisions, and the buyers who remain are serious, financially ready, and motivated to close before
[...]In most parts of the country, heating is a footnote. In Maine, it is one of the most important numbers in the whole transaction.
WHY THIS POST: Heating systems are one of the most Maine-specific factors in any home purchase, and fall is the exact moment when buyers are closing on homes right before the cold arrives. Oil, propane, wood
[...]Selling through a Maine fall and winter is its own craft. Done right, the season works for you instead of against you.
There is a stubborn belief that you cannot sell a home in Maine once the leaves are down, that serious buyers disappear until spring. It is not true. The buyers who are out looking in October and November are among the [...]
In a market where buyers can afford to be picky, preparation matters more than it used to. But more is not the same as better, and some of what sellers spend never comes back.
When a home is about to go on the market, the instinct is to fix everything. New kitchen, fresh landscaping, a long list of upgrades meant to justify the price. [...]
Most people who inherit a house never planned to sell one. Here is how to move through it steadily, and without pressure, when the time comes.
Selling a home you inherited is a different experience from selling your own, and it is worth naming why. You did not choose the timing, the house often comes with a lifetime of belongings still [...]
Downsizing is rarely a real estate decision first. It is a life decision, and the house is only the last part of it.
For most of the sellers we sit down with in this situation, the hardest part of downsizing has nothing to do with the market. It is standing in a kitchen here in Central Maine where thirty years of birthdays happened and [...]
The statewide affordability numbers look daunting. The picture in Central Maine, with the right programs behind you, is a good deal more hopeful.
If you have been reading about the Maine housing market lately, you could be forgiven for deciding a first home is out of reach. The figure that gets quoted is a real one: the income it takes to
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