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July 22, 2024 Edition
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Focus on Real Estate/Construction/Design

‘Zoomer’ housing boom: Pent-up demand sparks Gen Z buying spree in Maine

Renee Cordes

For a generation whose oldest members are only a few years out of college, owning a home is becoming an important goal — and, increasingly, an achievable one.

Today's Poll

How reliant is your business on immigrants?
Poll Description

With a big push from the federal government to drive down both legal and illegal immigration, economic officials worry how a reduction in new arrivals to the U.S. will affect the availability of workers amid a national workforce shortage. Population growth in Maine has been stagnant, so new immigrants could provide more depth to the workforce. Any reduction could be felt by businesses that have a significant immigrant workforce, as well as by organizations relying on foreign-born customers, such tourist destinations or universities with a high number of full-tuition-paying international students.

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