Mortgage rates keep rising, hitting 6-month highs

The 30-year fixed-rate average rose to 3.14% compared to 3.09% a week ago and 2.81% a year ago.

Strategy shifts as advocates work to give shelter to Maine’s homeless

A virtual forum this week discussed how the focus now is on finding housing for people before addressing their medical, mental health and other needs.

Hundreds of asylum seekers wait in Portland-area hotels because apartments are so scarce

More than 300 immigrants who arrived in Portland recently are waiting for permanent housing in a tight rental market.

Homeownership not among pandemic’s major economic casualties in Maine

Foreclosures are creeping back up since a pandemic-related federal moratorium ended, but experts say a drastic spike is unlikely.

Existing U.S. home sales fell in August; price growth slows

It's the latest sign the housing market is cooling as intense competition leaves many would-be buyers on the sidelines.

Housing shortage, high rents vex Lewiston-Auburn market

$1,000-a-month rents are now standard, and officials worry high prices and few options are hindering efforts to fill jobs locally.

Farmington residents worry about ‘housing crisis’

Due to the pandemic and an influx of out-of-state workers, it's harder than ever to find housing in Farmington.

U.S. appeals court refuses to end CDC’s eviction moratorium

The realtors who sued are likely to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which voted 5-4 in June to allow an earlier moratorium to continue only through the end of July.

Four boards of selectman discuss collaboration

New law will give big boost to Maine’s tiny home lovers

Nationally, the tiny home industry is booming — a trend that in Maine will benefit from new legislation passed this spring.