Housing
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A small house on Main Street that sold for more than $3 million tops the list of the 10 residential properties in Bangor that changed hands during the week of Aug. 30.
The purchase prices on the properties range from $0 to $3.5 million, but most sold for far less than $500,000. The median sale price of a home in Bangor sat at $300,000 in August, according to Redfin.
The Bangor Daily News created a list of all the residential property sales that occurred in Bangor from Aug. 30 to Sept. 5 using information from state transfer tax documents, which are available to the public online.
— 29 Princeton St. sold on Aug. 31 for $219,900.
— 123 Fifteenth St. sold on Aug. 31 for $320,000.
— 585 Main St. sold on Aug. 31 for $3.5 million.
— 71 First St. sold on Sept. 2 for $275,000.
— 112 Franklin St. Unit B5 sold on Aug. 31 for $270,000.
— 247 Birch St. sold on Sept. 2 for $480,000.
— 22 Lane St. sold on Sept. 2 for $275,000.
— 53 Fifteenth St. sold on Sept. 3 for $185,000.
— 231 Third St. sold on Sept. 4 for $8,500.
— 7 Nash St. sold on Aug. 31 for $0.