Cheapest Cities to Buy a House in Maine (2026)
The 3 cheapest Maine cities by median closed price, from $298,250 in Bangor to $413,750 in Brunswick, with what houses cost per square foot, what resales did, and how fast listings go.
Ranked cheapest first by median closed price, this list covers Maine cities with at least 100 tracked closings inside the city line. A low entry price only means something next to the per-square-foot figure, the realized appreciation and the time to contract, so those sit in the same table.
The ranking
1. Bangor, $298,250
Bangor's median closed price over the last six months was $298,250, around 70 percent of what the typical Maine sale closed at. 244 closings sit behind that figure, about 41 a month, enough to price against. On a per-square-foot basis, houses there closed at a median of $187, measured on 175 sales. The median listed home took 25 days to go under contract, across 135 listed closings. Full detail is on the Bangor market page.
2. Lewiston, $320,000
Homes in Lewiston closed at a median of $320,000 over the last six months, about 75 percent of the Maine statewide median. 222 closings sit behind that figure, about 37 a month, enough to price against. Single-family houses closed at a median of $215 per square foot across 155 sales with usable living area. Homes that sold twice appreciated at a median of 11.27 percent a year between those sales, on 404 repeat-sale pairs across the postal area that shares the city's name; that is what happened, not what will. Listed homes went under contract in a median of 21 days, which is fast for the state and leaves little time to deliberate. Full detail is on the Lewiston market page.
3. Brunswick, $413,750
Homes in Brunswick closed at a median of $413,750 over the last 12 months, close to the statewide median. 288 closings sit behind that figure, about 24 a month, enough to price against. On a per-square-foot basis, houses there closed at a median of $298, measured on 137 sales. Listed homes went under contract in a median of 16 days, which is fast for the state and leaves little time to deliberate. Full detail is on the Brunswick market page.
Note: realized appreciation is the one column measured on the postal city, from repeat sales of the same home across the ZIP codes that share the city's name; every other figure is confined to the municipal boundary.
Only 3 cities with 100 or more tracked closings sit at or below the Maine median of $425,000, so this list is short by design rather than padded with cities above it.
How to read this list
A low median is where the analysis starts, not where it ends. Property type, size, condition and block move a number far more than the city line does, so check any address on this list against its own comparable closings.
Figures last updated September 5, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked. Appreciation is the median annual change between consecutive sales of the same home; it is historical, nominal and not a projection.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the cheapest city to buy a house in Maine?
Bangor, with a median closed price of $298,250 over its reporting window, among Maine cities where Resideline tracked at least 100 closings inside the city limits.
Are these asking prices or sale prices?
Closed sale prices. Every price median is the price homes actually closed at inside the municipal boundary, not a listing price. The one column measured differently is realized appreciation, which uses the postal city, as the note under the table says.
Why does a cheap city show a high price per square foot?
Because the ranking median covers every property type that closed, condos and multi-family included, while the $/sqft column is single-family houses only. In cities where most sales are condos, the median price is low and the house $/sqft can still be high.
Is the appreciation figure a forecast?
No. It is the median annual change between consecutive sales of the same home, on repeat-sale pairs. It is historical and nominal, and it says what happened, not what will.
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