Portside Real Estate

Portside Summit to workshop personal brands, sustainable businesses

Speakers include the founder of Post & Beam Creative to discuss marketing, brand strategy and business sustainability; and a Maine Cabin Master.

🔒Bar Harbor hotelier scoops up restaurants and housing

Major players in Bar Harbor’s hospitality industry completed a property transfer that included restaurant and employee housing space.

Maine merger activity in 2025 cut across sectors from maritime to potato processing

This year's notable deals include the acquisition of Belfast's Front Street Shipyard by a Blackstone-backed marina operator, and hammond Lumber's purchase of Ware-Butler.

Portside Real Estate Group expands reach with office in Portsmouth, NH

The office adds to locations in Falmouth, Portland, Kennebunk, Cape Elizabeth, Brunswick, Belgrade, Waterville and Bar Harbor.

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Maine bankers see modest boost to economy from Fed rate cut

Citing slowing growth in the first half of the year, central bankers lowered interest rates by a quarter of percentage point and signaled the possibility of two more cuts this year.

Portside’s how-to panel showcases women business owners

Messages included building a brand around sustainability, inclusivity and local sourcing; and balancing legacy with innovation.

Merger joins real estate brands in Falmouth and Bar Harbor

Falmouth-based Portside Real Estate Group and Swan Agency Real Estate in Bar Harbor are both led by Mainebiz Women to Watch honorees who have always been "in sync."

Maine among top 10 states for all-cash home purchases

Cash sales accounted for more than third of home purchases in the Pine Tree State in 2024, a new study shows.

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Buy low, sell higher: Despite Maine’s pricey housing market, ‘flippers’ are turning bargains into profits

Fixer-upper opportunities are abundant even in Maine, where the 9% year-on-year increase in the median home sale price — to $381,500 in February — outpaced the 3.7% jump nationwide.