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/ West Virginia transplant Dan Valente (left) and Bisson Movers agent Preston Hughes at a Brunswick storage facility. The number of people relocating to Maine ramped up sharply in 2020. Many were fleeing denser urban settings and lured by the prospects of working remotely from their new homes. In doing so, the COVID-19 refugees of 2020 have upended the state s housing market and possibly its long-running population trends as well. There s not a lot of information about who, exactly, moved to Maine in 2020, or how long they plan to stay. But data compiled by the Maine Realtors Association might be a good place to start. It shows that overall home, sales here grew by almost 10% last year, hitting a record high of nearly 20,000 properties. ....
The number of people relocating to Maine ramped up sharply in 2020. Many were fleeing denser urban settings and lured by the prospects of working remotely ....