Mount Desert, ME 04660 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 42
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Home Value
$898,840
+0.7% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
42
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
13.9 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
80 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
13%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
98.8%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
81%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
70%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$104
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 70% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 0.7% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 72% below the 2017-19 norm: still a tight market.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is moderate (42/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 1.2% below their final list price; 13% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 81% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $212k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,244 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $104 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from hurricanes.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −4% to +12% over the next 12 months (78% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −4.4% to +11.9% (80% range; middle estimate +4.9%), chance of a rise 78%, of a 5%+ drop 8%.
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