Maine Home Connection

Most of us picture Memorial Day as something close to home. Flags pressed into the ground at the local cemetery. A parade down Main Street. A moment of quiet at a grave we can drive to, a name we can touch.

But across Europe, on quiet hillsides and in rolling fields, there are places where American soldiers were buried and never brought back. These are not forgo...

This weekend, Laura put the screen door back on our house. Not exactly headline news. But in Maine, it kind of is.

There’s something about that first soft bang of the season that feels bigger than it should. Like the house itself is exhaling after a long winter.

Almost everyone has some version of this memory. A grandparents’ camp. A cottage near the wate...

If you’ve ever fallen in love with a listing online only to discover it went under contract three days ago, you already know the most important thing about searching for homes in today’s market: timing matters, and not all search tools are created equal.

Maine’s spring market is underway, and the numbers this month are worth a look. The statewide median sales price for single-family homes reached $415,000 in April — up 3.6% from a year ago — and closed sales rose 3.4% over the same period. Inventory also increased meaningfully from March, which is good news for buyers looking for a little more breathing room. That said...

The May Monthly Connection is ready — and this one has some range to it. Maine history, a lobster turf war, a candid look at what the White House actually thinks about housing, the spring market in Cumberland County, and a Memorial Day video that we filmed last year and can’t stop thinking about.