Maine statewide guides
Maine-specific guides on the 18-month tax lien clock, judicial foreclosure, probate, the seller disclosure statement, old-house repairs, out-of-state sales, and camps. For guides that apply in any market, browse the full guide library.
Maine Property Tax Lien Foreclosure: The 18-Month Clock
How a tax lien becomes automatic foreclosure after 18 months, the notices the town must send, the new excess-proceeds rules, and selling first.
How to Stop Foreclosure in Maine
The 35-day cure notice, court mediation, the 90-day redemption window before the sale, and how a cash sale can close inside it.
Selling an Inherited House in Maine
Informal probate, why the $40,000 affidavit cannot move a house, the disclosure exemption for estates, and how out-of-state heirs close.
Maine Seller Disclosure Requirements
Water, heat, septic, radon, arsenic, oil tanks, flood zones, the 2025 shoreland zoning rule, and which sales are exempt.
Selling an Old Maine House As-Is
Knob-and-tube wiring, oil tanks, lead paint, ice dams, and why insurers and financed buyers walk away from pre-1940 houses.
Selling a Maine House From Out of State
The 2.5% nonresident withholding, the transfer tax split, remote closings, and how second-home owners and heirs sell without a trip.
Selling a Maine Camp or Lakefront Cottage
Shoreland zoning, septic and well rules, seasonal road access, winterization, and how a cash sale handles a camp as it sits.
Portland
Cumberland County market data, rent control, short-term rental caps, and your cash offer options
Lewiston
Androscoggin County market data, mill-era multifamily, and what they mean for sellers
Bangor
Penobscot County market data, old housing stock, and cash offer options
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