Portside Real Estate Group and Swan Agency Real Estate Join Forces

Portside Real Estate Group, the #1 independent brokerage in Northern New England, proudly announces the merger of Swan Agency Real Estate, a leading and trusted name in the Mount Desert Island/Hancock County real estate market and statewide hospitality market for 50 years. [...]

Portside’s 1% Back to Maine is proud to share it has granted Friends of Long Creek (FOLC) a $10,000 grant to support programs directed toward returning youth in the Maine criminal system to their communities as productive [...]

Portside’s 1% Back to Maine is proud to share it has granted Tedford Housing with a $7,500 grant to support the construction of an outdoor recreation area, including a playground, to serve children and parents living at Tedford’s new emergency shelter for [...]

Portside’s 1% Back to Maine is proud to share it has granted Valo a $10,000 grant to support efforts to proactively, and positively impact emotional well-being, resiliency, relationships, communication, and feelings of community belonging in Westbrook [...]

Founded in 2004, Birth Roots is Maine’s first non-clinical perinatal 501(c)(3) based in Portland directly serving more than 1,000 families annually. Birth Roots creates a culture of support for parents throughout the critical window of early child development – beginning in pregnancy – with robust programming that emphasizes new parents' [...]

Portside’s 1% Back to Maine is proud to share it has granted Tree Street Youth with a $2,500 grant for Social-Emotional Learning for Lewiston Children Pre-K to 5th Grade.

Tree Street Youth (TSY) was founded in 2011 and today provides community support to over 500 students from Pre-K - seniors in high school. Their mission is to create [...]

Portside’s 1% Back to Maine is proud to share it has granted Midcoast Youth Center with a $3,840 grant to encourage substance-impacted youth to work together to live a healthy, drug-free [...]

Portside’s 1% Back to Maine initiative is proud to share it has granted Maine Children's Home (MCH) with a $10,000 grant to support ongoing programs that help young parents navigate a safe path to positive parenting, understand their own self-worth, and make positive connections with their children and the community.

Portside’s 1% Back to Maine is proud to share it has granted The Kita Center with a $10,000 grant to support ongoing programs, including the construction of a new camp [...]

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 [...]