Harpswell

Here are the Top 10, including the percentage increase in median sales price in 2024.

ZIP code 04110 has previously ranked as Maine's most expensive. After a 60% increase in home prices, it's now one of the most expensive in the entire region.

As Hurricane Lee makes its steady push toward Maine, power companies, boatyards, cruise ships and tour operators hunker down.

Maine’s working waterfront properties are scarce these days. The buyer of a Casco Bay lobster-buying wharf intends to maintain its traditional use.

The historic property is available at no cost to eligible entities as part of a federal disposal program authorized by the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000.

Rockweed, which is used as a thickening agent in food, cosmetics and paint, has been increasingly sought after. In 2021 in Maine, 15.1 million pounds of rockweed were landed, with a value of $965,481, up from 20 years ago, when 4.7 million pounds brought in $84,000.

Coastal gentrification has intensified with more out-of-state homebuyers. A new guide, “Scuttlebutt: How to Live and Work in a Waterfront Community,'' shares information about the working waterfront and commercial fishing.

The funds will be used for harbor management plans, increasing public access to the shore, designing and updating water access facilities, and waterfront resiliency planning.

Madeleine Hill, the designated broker for Roxanne York Real Estate on Bailey Island, was named president of the Maine Association of Realtors for 2022.

A record $5.7 million was awarded for 24 projects that will restore, enhance or protect wetlands and other natural resources in Maine.