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2024 Real Estate Forecast

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Interest Rates: Expect continued moderation, facilitating more transactions compared to 2023.

Home Prices: Anticipate a 3-5% increase in home prices.

Out-of-State and Second Home Demand: Foresee this segment contributing to 30% of the market.

Growth Areas: The northern and western regions of southern coastal Maine will continue to grow, potentially leading to affordability challenges for [...]

Portside's 2023 Annual Report

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Just Released: Portside’s 2023 Annual Report 

Residential real estate was a hot topic in 2023!  Despite the surge in mortgage rates, home prices continued to rise across Maine. This caused many potential home buyers to slow their searches compared to previous years as their budgets had to be adjusted due to increased interest rates aimed at [...]

Portside Announces New Training + Events Manager

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Portside Real Estate Group is proud to announce its recent promotion. The promotion of Natasha Wagner Hamilton to Training and Events Manager.

Natasha joined the Portside staff two years ago as the Broker Services Coordinator. Since joining Portside, she has played a critical role in organizing and elevating internal and external events. [...]

2023 1% Back to Maine Grant Recipients

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We are thrilled to share an update on the allocation of our grant funds for the year! We dedicated our resources to support organizations addressing systemic challenges in Maine, including education, generational poverty, affordable housing, substance abuse, limited access to medical care, and food insecurity. In 2023, we were able to [...]

Community Spotlight: The Center for Grieving Children

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The Center for Grieving Children is a nonprofit organization that provides a safe space, loving peer support, outreach, and education to grieving children, teens, young adults, families, and the community. With services in Portland, Sanford, and virtually, the Center provides services at no cost that are led by dedicated and highly trained [...]

10 TIPS ON DECORATING YOUR HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

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Decorating your home for the holidays doesn't have to be stressful! Here’s 10 tips to help. Remember, the most important thing is to enjoy the process and have fun creating a festive and welcoming atmosphere in your [...]

2023 Holiday Pop-Up Gift Drive

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Portside Real Estate Group's Pop Up Holiday Drive is back and bigger than before, we've extended our giving through December 24th in order to help more Maine families in need!

Stop by one of our three office locations and donate goods (listed below) to help support the Maine Children's Home Christmas Program.

Drop Locations + Details:

  • Donations can be dropped Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM at the following locations from now through December
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