Sep 7th 2011 1:00PM
Our favorite yo-yo dieter and "Dancing With the Stars" competitor, actress Kirstie Alley, has listed her Maine vacation home at $2.35 million. And if we had to play "match the celebrity with the house," we would have lost this one big-time. Seriously, would you have figured Alley for a Laura-Ashley-gone-nuts kind of... Continue Reading »
Aug 16th 2011 6:00AM
The Kennedys might have rethought building their family compound on Cape Cod if they'd spotted this property first. The $12 million Deer Isle property, dubbed Avalon, sprawls over more than half a mile of Maine coastline, overlooking the clear, ice-cold waters of Eggemoggin Reach. And it seems perfectly designed to serve... Continue Reading »
Aug 1st 2011 6:00AM
Sailors of Seal Harbor, Maine, used to use the cliffs beneath this waterfront mansion as a landmark to guide them safely to shore. The target for the seafarers was a cleft in the shores' sun-bleached granite, an abode where ravens nested. Hence, "Ravenscleft." Presiding over the rocky waterfront is its residential... Continue Reading »
Apr 4th 2011 12:01PM
The Maine real estate market tried to jump-start sales last week, by staging a week-long "Clearance Event." Inspiration or desperation? "We got over a foot of snow today, it doesn't feel like spring around here," according to Mike LePage, President of the Maine Association of Realtors. "We hoped this would jump start the... Continue Reading »
Jul 21st 2010 12:49PM
About 650 homes for sale in Maine are priced at $1 million or more, and with the recession making it twice as hard to sell such homes, real estate agents in Maine are resorting to a lot more inventive marketing techniques. High-end homes have to be promoted onto the market like a new products, Tom Landry, a Realtor in... Continue Reading »
