^{Featured image: East Bay, Islesboro, 4.2 acres with 390 feet of shorefront. Available. Joseph Sortwell. Listed for $4,850,000.}

Spring arrives in Maine slowly in fits and starts. Looking over Camden Harbor today, the floats at the public landing are being installed, about half of the schooners have removed their winter covers, and Lyman [...]

Market Highlights

HIGH-END $2,000,000+ MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• Inventory down 32% (164 vs 240 last year).
• Sales up 58% (Record 100 vs record 80 last year).
• Top Sale: $10,500,000, 64 Highland Street, Cambridge.
• Middlesex Countys high-end market continues to perform strongly but rising inflation, interest rates, and global uncertainty are a
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MARKET UPDATE

A year ago at this time, we were optimistic about the direction of the land markets. We predicted the continuance of a strong but slightly softening market for retail tracts and an increase in demand for institutional-grade forestland. 2021 did not [...]

Weve enjoyed a truly gorgeous stretch of fall weather - Indian summer at its best - but now, crews are covering the schooners, yachts are being hauled, and the harbors are emptying [...]

Is This a New Normal?

For most of last year, many wondered when the COVID-driven demand would come to a halt. Many projected a sharp decline once the pandemic ended, as people would recede back to metropolitan centers. Such a shift has yet to occur. While COVID-driven demand remains strong, the emergence of climate refugees has [...]

Market Highlights

HIGH-END $2,000,000+ MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• Inventory down 20% (180 vs 226 last year).
• Sales volume up 18% (record 154 vs 131 last year).
• Top sale: $11,000,000 - 47 Sea View Avenue, Osterville.
• Cape Cods high-end market continues to perform strongly despite record low inventories.
• COVID-driven demand for refuge and
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Market Highlights

HIGH-END $2,000,000+ MARKETS HIGHLIGHTS

• Inventory down 29% (175 vs 247 last year).
• Sales volume up 257% (record 116 vs 45 last year).
• Top sale: $10,300,000 - 169 & 181 Sout St, Pocasset.
• Cape Cods high-end market continues to perform strongly despite decreasing inventories since Q2 2020.
• COVID-driven demand for refuge
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Market Highlights

HIGH-END $2,000,000+ MARKETS HIGHLIGHTS

• Inventory down 41% (138 vs 232 last year).
• Sales volume up 247% (record 59 vs 17 last year).
• Top sale: $9,850,000 - 230 Cedar Street, Chatham.
• Cape Cods high-end market continues to perform strongly despite decreasing inventories since Q2 2020.
• COVID-driven demand for refuge and
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When Saturday Night Live riffs on homes in Vermont, you know things are hot.

(They are absolutely right that Boomers own a large share of Vermont vacation homes, and are, on margin, sellers. Whats new is that Gen X and Millennials are buying.)

The aggregate numbers are impressive enough, but its the difference in tone that is [...]