“Down East” magazine examines “The Wild, Wild World of Maine Real Estate”
Author: Rob Caldwell
Updated: 2:54 PM EST March 2, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine — In the past year you’ve likely heard a story like Liza Watts’s.
Living in an apartment in New York City when Covid upended her life, “she wanted to be someplace she felt safe” and decided to return to her native Maine. She made offer after offer on various houses in South Portland, only to be outbid every time. Frustrated, she began looking in Harpswell and ended up buying a three-bedroom bungalow there—without ever setting foot inside.