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August 28, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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Scarborough, ME Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Scarborough: a median closing price of $715,000 across 215 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Scarborough, ME Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Scarborough, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Scarborough sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of September 2026.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 215
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $715,000
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $397
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $520,000 and $945,000
One thing to know about Maine data: Maine is a non-disclosure state, which means sale prices are not public record. The sold figures above come from closings Resideline tracked directly.

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 215 closed sales in Scarborough over the last six months, with a median closing price of $715,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $520,000 and $945,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 214 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $329 and $469 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Scarborough, ME (September 2026)

The median home price in Scarborough is $715,000, measured across the 215 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $520,000 and $945,000.

Where Scarborough sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Scarborough
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $520k to $945k
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$340k to $589k: 54 sales$340k$589k to $837k: 73 sales73sales$837k to $1.09M: 35 sales$837k$1.09M to $1.33M: 17 sales$1.33M to $1.58M: 4 sales$1.33MMedian $715k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Scarborough over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $520,000 and $945,000. Among the 8 Maine markets with a published band, Scarborough's middle-half spread ($520,000 to $945,000) ranks 6th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 65th percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
Scarborough monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, Apr 2026 to Aug 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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Apr 2026: $401 per square foot across 46 sales$401AprMay 2026: $393 per square foot across 32 sales$393MayJun 2026: $395 per square foot across 42 sales$395JunJul 2026: $419 per square foot across 38 sales$419JulAug 2026: $418 per square foot across 37 sales$418Aug

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 12 days, across 144 Scarborough closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 32 days, across 141 Scarborough closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 215 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Scarborough angle

Scarborough closed 215 tracked sales over the last six months at a median of $715,000, with the middle half between $520,000 and $945,000. In ratio terms the spread is close to typical for the markets we track, which at this price level means the dollar distance between an ordinary closing and a strong one is large even though the proportional shape is unexceptional. That is the argument for matching on living area before anything softer, since at these price levels a modest percentage difference in size is a large number of dollars.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale, so it cannot be revised once the sale price is known. Grading it is a different matter in Maine: because sale prices are not public record here, a confirmed closing price reaches us for only a small share of Maine homes, and most Maine estimates stay frozen and ungraded. The accuracy scoreboard is therefore a national record rather than a Maine one. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Scarborough address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Scarborough, ME
Geography: town (minor civil division), Census county subdivision 2300566145
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 215
Median sold price: $715,000
Median sold $/sqft: $397 (214 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Scarborough over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Scarborough?

The median sold price in Scarborough over the last 6 months is $715,000, measured across 215 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Scarborough last month?

Resideline tracked 38 closed sales in Scarborough in August 2026, out of 215 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Scarborough?

The middle half of Scarborough sales over the last six months closed between $520,000 and $945,000, with a median of $715,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Scarborough?

Among qualifying Scarborough closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $397, measured across 214 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Why do small percentage errors matter more in Scarborough?

Because the price level converts them into large dollar amounts. A middle half that is close to typical for the markets we track in proportional terms still covers a great deal of money when the median is high, so an adjustment that feels minor is not. That is why matching on property type and living area comes before any judgement about finish or style here. With a sample thinner than most markets we track, each comparable carries more weight in the answer, so the case for including it should be written down.

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