According to HousingPredictor.com, Maine is “turning out to be one of the safest bets” in the real estate market looking ahead. Consistent with historically reported figures, HousingPredictor.com is forecasting that sales volume will continue to increase, which we have seen in the year over year figures reported by the Maine Association of Realtors, yet home prices will dip slightly in 2012, as they project the following decreases in the major cities/regions – Portland -2.6%, Lewiston -2.8%, and Bangor -3.4%.

Per statistics released by the Maine Association of Realtors and Maine Real Estate Information System, Inc., the State of Maine saw a 9.6% increase in home sales volume in November 2011 compared to November 2010 with little change (+0.59%) in the median sales price of homes sold. The statistics marked a five month positive streak of sales volume increases in Maine home sales. In comparison, the National Association of Realtors reported national figures of 12.9% increase in home sales nationwide coupled with a median sales price decline of 4.0% for the same year over year comparison for November.

Cumberland County (Portland, South Portland, Falmouth, Scarborough) saw a 5.76% increase in home sales for the rolling quarter year over year (September – November 2011 versus September – November 2010) coupled with a 1.77% decline in the median sales price down slightly to $222,000. Similarly, York County (Saco, Kennebunk, York, Kittery) experienced a 10.67% increase in home sales volume for the same period with a slight increase of 0.92% in the median sales price to $220,000.

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