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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]