Portland council decides hotel developers will help fund affordable housing

The city hopes to increase its affordable-housing stock by requiring developers to build low-income housing or pay a $3,806 fee per hotel unit.

Maine home sales and prices hit record highs in ‘total frenzy’ of 2018

More homes changed hands, and at a higher median price, than in any year since Realtors began tracking the data 20 years ago.

Silicon Valley landlord rents $1,500 studio to 2 cats

The inseparable pair are living there for $1,500 a month, a good deal in the Bay Area's super-tight housing market.

Insiders say Maine’s real estate market will likely cool in 2019

Rising interest rates, high construction costs and economic uncertainty are all cited as contributing factors.

Mills releases bonds for senior housing that LePage blocked for 3 years

The $15 million package would create an estimated 200 new affordable housing units, with $500,000 earmarked for home repairs for low-income seniors.

Maine home-buying compromised as federal shutdown enters Day 21

Closures of government agencies are starting to affect the part of the housing market that depends on federally backed loans, making buyers, sellers, renters and brokers wary.

Mills to authorize sale of long-stalled senior housing bonds

Approved by 69 percent of voters three years ago, the $15 million in bonds to help finance construction of affordable senior housing units had been held up by Gov. Paul LePage.

Affordable housing project breaks ground in Auburn

Rwandan woman finds home in Maine with loan for asylum seekers

A new program offers zero-interest loans to asylum seekers who need security deposits to get homes of their own.

Nine housing projects in Maine receive federal aid

The $15.3 million in grants and loans are earmarked for affordable housing.