PRESS RELEASE MAR PORTLAND (December 31, 2007) – Median sales prices for single-family existing homes in Maine edged upward last month while sales of those homes were down over 10 percent. According to the Maine Real Estate Information System, Inc., 891 homes sold during the month of November 2007, a decrease of 10.63 percent from November 2006. Median prices, however, rose 1.62 percent. Maine’s median existing single-family home price reached $188,000 last month, up from $185,000 last year. The median sales price indicates that half of the homes were sold for more and half sold for less.The National Association of Realtors (NAR) today reports that across the country, singlefamily home sales decreased 19.9 percent in the past 12 months. The national median existing sales price dipped 3.7 percent to $208,700.
Regionally, sales in the Northeastern United States mirrored national statistics with a 19.4 percent drop in sales. NAR said prices are also down regionally: The median sales price in the Northeast decreased 3.2 percent to $258,300.
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