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New data on Maine home sales shows a familiar pattern of increasing prices and fewer properties changing hands.
The number of existing single-family homes sold in July fell 20.9% from the total during July 2022, according to data released Tuesday by the Maine Association of Realtors.
Last month's median sale price — the amount at which half of the homes sold for more and half for less — was $380,000, up 7.34% over the price a year ago. But this July's median sale price was slightly lower than in June, when the MSP hit an all-time high of $385,000.
The number of homes available for sale in July was nearly 9% above the number for sale in June and 6% above the number in July 2022.
“There are still plenty of buyers seeking homes across Maine and they are facing a sustained tight supply of for-sale inventory, though we’re seeing some improvement,” said Carmen McPhail, 2023 president of the Maine Association of Realtors and associate broker at United Country Lifestyle Properties of Maine.
July home sales fell 16.3% nationwide in comparison to a year ago, the National Association of Realtors also said Tuesday. The median sale price inched up 1.6% to $412,300. In the Northeast, the number of home sales decreased 23.8% between July 2022 and July 2023, while the median sale price rose 5.5% to $467,500 over the same period.
In Maine, the number of sales during May, June and July was down from last year's total for the same period in every county except Piscataquis. The greatest decreases on a percentage basis were in Sagadahoc, Hancock and Androscoggin counties respectively, which each saw sale numbers fall by at least 25%. In Piscataquis County, the number of sales for the three-month period was 97, up 7.8% from the 90 homes sold during that time last year.
Piscataquis County also recorded the sharpest fall in median sale price, 5%, for May-July 2023 in comparison to the same period last year. Franklin and Knox were the only other Maine counties where the median price fell, by 3% and 0.6% respectively.
For the most recent three-month period, the highest median home sale price was in Cumberland County, $550,000, while the lowest was in Aroostook County, $155,000.
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