The Maine housing market, by the numbers.
Median sale price, days on market, and what a traditional sale really costs a Maine seller — every figure on this page comes from the source cited next to it.
- Median sale price: $439,000
- Median days on market: 45
- Typical selling costs: ~6.79% of the price
- Foreclosure timeline: 12 to 18 months
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The headline numbers.
Each figure comes from the source cited under it. Medians describe the middle of the Maine market, not any specific house.
| Maine metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $439,000 | Redfin state market tracker, May 2026 |
| Median days on market | 45 days | Redfin state market tracker, May 2026 |
| Average agent commission | 5.57% (≈ $24,452) | Clever Feb 2026 survey (state avg) |
| Seller closing costs | 1% (≈ $4,390) | Redfin national 1-3% excl. commission, low end (transfer tax shown separately), May 2026 |
| Seller transfer tax | 0.22% (≈ $966) | HomeLight, Jan 2025 ($2.20/$500 total, split buyer/seller; seller half) |
Data updated: September 2026
Selling the traditional way in Maine: the math.
The same arithmetic an agent would run at your kitchen table, worked on the Maine median sale price.
How to read this: on the $439,000 median sale, the traditional route leaves roughly $409,192 before loan payoff, repairs, and the holding costs (effective property tax ~1.36%/yr per the Tax Foundation, plus insurance and utilities) that stack up while you wait about 45 days on market. These are estimates worked on the Maine median; your actual costs vary by county, property, and buyer.
The cost of waiting: Maine's effective property-tax rate runs about 1.36% a year (Tax Foundation). Worked on the $439,000 median home, that's roughly $5,970 a year in property tax — call it $736 accrued across the 45-day (about 6-week) median wait for a traditional sale, before insurance and utilities, and on top of the selling costs above. The longer a Maine listing sits past the median, the bigger that carrying cost grows.
The Maine foreclosure clock.
Maine uses a judicial foreclosure process, and a typical case runs 12 to 18 months — that window is how much real time an owner has to catch up, refinance, or sell.
How long it really takes: Roughly 1–2 years from first missed payment to sale in contested/mediated cases: 35-day cure notice, then court case (Maine's foreclosure mediation program commonly adds several months), judgment, 90-day redemption, then sale within about 90–135 days after redemption expires (practitioner estimate).
Primary statute: 14 M.R.S. §6111. This is general information, not legal advice — confirm the specifics with a local attorney.
If you need to sell fast.
The numbers above describe the traditional route in Maine: roughly 6.79% of the price in selling costs and about 45 days of waiting before a financed buyer even closes. When time is the real problem — a foreclosure date, back taxes, a move that can't wait — some owners trade part of the headline price for speed and certainty by selling as-is to a cash buyer.
Your cash option: You can request offers on Maine houses sold as-is — no repairs, no commissions, no fees to you. Requesting offers is free, and you decide what happens next.
See what the Maine numbers mean for your house.
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