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October 25, 2008

Maine Lakefront Real Estate- “Are you mapping your search results?”

The primary reason lakefront buyers come to the Mr Lakefront website, www.mrlakefront.net , is to look at lakefront real estate. That’s as it should be. The Lakefront Locator is designed to allow waterfront home buyers to narrow down your search to those properties that fit your criteria or meet your […]

October 22, 2008

Maine Waterfront Property – Have You Got Radon?

One of the components of most general home inspections in Maine is to test for the presence of radon, a colorless, odorless gas that is a known carcinogen. Radon gas seeps out of fissures in granite bedrock and can find its way into the basements and […]

October 16, 2008

Maine Waterfront Property Owners – Planting For Protection

This time of year is a good time for planting vegetation in open areas that run to the water. If you live on the water and have open areas, planting shrubs, trees and groundcover is an effective way to control phosphorus runoff and thereby contribute to […]

October 14, 2008

Maine Lakefront Real Estate – Will It “Appraise Out”?

Just when you think it can’t get much tougher for lakefront property sellers, or better for lakefront property buyers, it does just that. For the last few years lakefront sellers have had to put up with weak demand and too much competition because of the large […]

October 7, 2008

Maine Waterfront Property – Bargain Hunters’ Bonanza

The first snow fell atop Mount Washington on October 3rd (see above). The leaves are reaching peak color. The Fryeburg Fair is over. The frost is on the pumpkin. The election is four weeks from today. Do you get my drift here? Summer is long gone […]

October 2, 2008

Maine Lakefront Real Estate – The Milfoil Battle Continues

We have just received notice of the release of the latest newsletter from the Lakes Environmental Association. This four-pager is dedicated to giving us all an end-of-the-season milfoil update. Here is what you’ll find: Counterattack at Salmon Lake: The news that Eurasian milfoil had gained a foothold […]

September 29, 2008

Maine Lakefront Real Estate – Can You Handle The Truth?

One of my favorite actors is Jack Nicholson. In ” A Few Good Men” he played a world weary Marine colonel who was being interogated by pretty boy Tom Cruise in a military court martial. When Cruise told the colonel that he wanted the truth, Jack […]

September 27, 2008

Maine Waterfront Property – It’s Fryeburg Fair Time!

Late summer and early fall brings with it the many agricultural fairs all over Maine. Here in the southern part of the state it starts in mid-summer with the North Waterford World’s Fair, which is followed in September with the Cumberland Fair, the Common Ground Fair, […]

September 23, 2008

Maine Lakefront Real Estate – Lakefront Lots at Bargain Prices!

Mr. Lakefront does not usually make it a practice to promote the sale of other agents listings. I have an obligation to my sellers to promote their properties. However, we do care about getting our lakefront buyer clients great deals, whoever has the listing. Occasionally, some […]