The homes that are selling in Maine paint a picture of what prospective buyers are looking for — and what they can afford.
Rather than showing homes that are for sale, we wanted to feature a few local properties that residents have bought in recent weeks. All are single-family houses with an average selling price of around $500,000, nearly double the price of an average Bangor home, which rested around $281,500 as of Friday.
Here are five homes in Bangor that local agents have sold so far this month. Most were sold by NextHome Experience. The homes on Grove Street and Finson Road were listed by Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate The Masiello Group and True North Realty, respectively.
68 Bean Estates
Positioned off Ohio Street next to the Kenduskeag Stream, this ranch-style home has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and roughly 1,900 square feet of living space.
The home was built this year on roughly an acre and originally listed for $485,000, but sold on Nov. 20 for $455,000.
Located in a subdivision, the home’s other notable features include an attached two-car garage, quartz counters in the kitchen, a walk-in pantry and an open layout with modern finishes.
1502 Essex Street
Built in 1900, this three-bedroom, two-bathroom farmhouse sits near the Bangor-Glenburn town line on a nearly 44-acre plot.
With more than 2,700 square feet of living space, the home closed on Nov. 7 for its original asking price of $429,000. It had previously been in the same family for 82 years.
Aside from featuring fruit trees and flower gardens, the home also boasts a three-season porch, a detached two-car garage with overhead storage and heat pumps.
207 Finson Road
This three-bedroom, one-bathroom ranch has 1,920 square feet of living space on a 19-acre property near where Finson Road meets Broadway.
Built in 1999, the home sold on Nov. 14 for its initial asking price of $490,000.
The property features a wide front porch, large basement, granite kitchen counters and landscaped gardens with a fountain in the backyard.
51 Grove Street
Nestled in Bangor’s Tree Streets neighborhood, this five-bedroom, five-bathroom home offers more than 3,700 square feet of living space and a fenced-in backyard.
Built in 1853, the home has been updated to include a modern kitchen and an electric vehicle charging outlet in the attached two-car garage. But the home maintained many elements that give it historic charm, such as a stained glass window and curved staircase.
The house was listed for $569,000, but closed on Nov. 7 for $565,000.
58 Kira Drive
This three-bedroom, three-bathroom Colonial-style house sits on a roughly half-acre lot at the end of a cul-de-sac off Mount Hope Avenue.
With more than 2,800 square feet of living space, the home was built in 2001 has an attached two-car garage, partially finished basement, back deck, gas fireplace and an oversized walk-in closet in the master bedroom.
The home sold on Nov. 7 for $560,000, slightly more than its asking price of $550,000.
Correction: An earlier version of this report misidentified the real estate agencies that listed these properties.