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June 6, 2008

Maine Lakefront Real Estate – Kids and Fishing a Great Combination

I was reading a recent dispatch from the local fisheries biologist about some of the Sebago Lake area fishing going on and was remided what a memory-making activity fishing can be. Young children are so impressionable and giving them a good fishing experience can provide them with […]

June 3, 2008

For Maine Lakefront Real Estate Buyers, Time + Gas = Real $$$

With gas now at $4 a gallon for regular the last thing you want to be doing, if you’re a buyer of Maine lakefront property, is driving all over hill and dale with a fistfull of listing addresses and your eyes glued to a GPS screen. […]

June 1, 2008

Maine Waterfront Property – Allagash Just Woods, Water, Beauty

One would be hard pressed to find a more remote wilderness area in the lower 48 than this most northwest area of Maine that we call The Allagash. It is also referred to, quite accurately, as The Great North Woods. Largely owned by paper company and […]

May 29, 2008

Maine Waterfront Property – Local Paper Says the Time to Buy is Now

At the risk of beating the drum once too often, I was reading the local daily, the Portland Press Herald, and on their editorial page they were making note of the recent downward slide in home prices. They seem to see the same silver lining I […]

May 27, 2008

Maine Lakefront Real Estate Market – Nationally, the Picture is Challenging

In my last blog I passed along some information about the current real estate market that I hoped might shed some light on things here in Maine. Historically, we don’t suffer the severe swings in the market that some other places in the country do. That’s […]

May 23, 2008

Maine Lakefront Real Estate Market – Bouncing Off the Bottom?

I get emailed a lot of information from, and about, the financial markets. Earlier this week I received an email from one service that talked about the recent stock market gyrations and offered an opinion about what was currently driving the market. Here’s what it said, […]

May 20, 2008

Maine Waterfront Property – A Hard Asset That’s Easy to Own

There’s an old adage on Wall Street that goes “Sell in May and go away”. What the swells on Wall Street mean is that there’s historically not much going on in the market over the summer; in fact, the market often drifts downward during June, July […]

May 18, 2008

Maine Lakefront Real Estate – Finding it Your Way – Phase III

For folks not familiar with Maine, searching online for lakefront property can be somewhat frustrating. After obtaining search results buyers have pondered “where the heck are these properties and what is their relative position to each other? ” Until now, displaying your search results using Lakefront […]

May 16, 2008

Maine Waterfront Real Estate – In Maine, it’s Not Always About the Money

Visitors to our fair state often never get beyond the idyll of Lobster, Lighthouses, Moose, Loons and Blueberries. A gorgeous coastline, crystal clear lakes, wondrous mountains, wild rivers, cathedral pines and hemlock all make for a pretty wonderful place. However, a part of Maine few visitors […]