Maine's real estate sales outpace nation's

WCSH  Maine's real estate market is outpacing the rest of the nation. New numbers show home sales in Maine were up nearly 12 percent in 2016. Nationally, the number was less than 1 percent. According to the Maine Association of Realtors, more than 17,000 single-family homes were sold in the state last year. That's a nearly 12 percent increase over 2015. The median price of a home was just under $190,000, a jump of almost 5 percent