Sanford Real Estate Market Update

The housing market is Sanford is still moving fast, according to Rebecca Lapierre of Town Square Realty. Inventory is still low compared to where a normal market would be, and there are still plenty of buyers out there, even with the recent increase in interest rates. The current real estate boom began before the pandemic, as inventories were already low at that time. After Covid hit and interest rates dropped to record lows, prices skyrocketed. Although Realtors are not seeing…
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News Notes: September 29, 2022

Members of the Southern Maine Sno-Goers snowmobile club worked hard last Sunday on the Springvale Farm Trail. Jim Roux, Stephen Givens, Daniel Thayer, and Chris Letourneau cleared a wet section of the trail that had become very over grown and where groomers have gotten stuck in the past. The group has more work planned for the trail, including installing landscape fabric and topping off stump grindings, before their winter season begins. Do you have a question you would like to…
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Clinical Social Worker Joins the Mental Health Unit

The Sanford Police Department recently welcomed a new member to its Mental Health Unit, which primarily works to help homeless people and those with substance abuse problems in our community. Shannon Bentley is a clinical social worker who will focus in particular on getting unhoused residents and those in crisis the services they need. She works alongside Officers Colleen Adams and Mike Gordon, and OPTIONS clinician Lacey Bailey, whose focus is on substance use issues. Ms. Bentley is a Maine…
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Sanford’s Land Bank Authority Creating Safer, Fairer Housing

Sanford’s Land Bank Authority (LBA) has had a positive impact on the quality of Sanford’s housing stock in the five years since its establishment, as shown by increased property values and reduced numbers of vacant and abandoned buildings.  Ian Houseal, Director of the LBA, presented these findings and more in his annual report to City Council members at their meeting on September 20, 2022. The LBA has three main objectives: Addressing dangerous buildings that detract from the value of real…
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Sanford Housing Authority Repositioning For the Future

The Sanford Housing Authority (SHA) has big plans for the future to better serve the community, including transitioning from public housing to a voucher system, and building a new senior housing complex. SHA Director Diane Gerry, members of her staff, and Board of Directors President Kim LaChance made their annual report to the Sanford City Council on September 20, 2022 to talk about the agency and explain its work. Ms. LaChance provided an overview and introduced the other Board members,…
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