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Zara Norman

Maine

Housing and Real Estate Reporter at Bangor Daily News

Housing reporter @BangorDailyNews 🌲 @BrownUniversity alum 🧸 All opinions are my own. Got a tip? 📧 [email protected]

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Articles

  • They helped create a Maine island’s housing shortage. Now they’re easing it.

    5 days ago | bangordailynews.com | Zara Norman

    Hannah White loves working at her family’s boatyard on the wealthy enclave of North Haven. But if she ever wants to own her own home, she’ll have to head to the mainland. “I never thought I would consider leaving the island, but I also really want my own place,” White, 19, said.

  • Can this land help solve Maine's housing crisis?

    6 days ago | bangordailynews.com | Zara Norman

    What do an old courthouse, a vacant school, a foreclosed home and acres of empty land have in common? They are all examples of the kind of state-owned property that could eventually become housing under a subtle policy change that is making its way through the Maine Legislature. Few such cases have emerged in recent years despite the state owning 600,000 acres of land with extensive campuses in major cities including Augusta and Bangor. That is for many reasons.

  • A Singapore couple is selling the Maine lake mansion they rebuilt

    1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Zara Norman

    HousingThis section of the BDN aims to help readers understand Maine’s housing crisis, the volatile real estate market and the public policy behind them. Read more Housing coverage here. A couple of ritzy hoteliers is selling one of the lakeside estates they recently acquired and renovated in Ellsworth for $3.75 million.

  • These housing reforms are moving forward in the Maine Legislature

    1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Zara Norman

    HousingThis section of the BDN aims to help readers understand Maine’s housing crisis, the volatile real estate market and the public policy behind them. Read more Housing coverage here. The Maine Legislature is advancing changes that will allow for denser housing development, but it once again scrapped the idea of a state board that could overturn local planning decisions.

  • A seaside mansion shattered the sales record on this Maine island

    1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Zara Norman

    HousingThis section of the BDN aims to help readers understand Maine’s housing crisis, the volatile real estate market and the public policy behind them. Read more Housing coverage here. The $7.5 million sale of a seaside mansion last week was the highest priced in Islesboro history. The sweeping estate boasts more than 13,000 square feet of living space, 15 bedrooms and 17 bathrooms and was available for the first time in decades, according to an online listing.

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2 May 25

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30 Apr 25

Arrested contractor will pay a fraction of the $2.5M a judge found he owes victims in deal with Maine AG: https://t.co/lBAX45I9oc via @bangordailynews

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27 Mar 25

Maine mill town takes a step toward curbing short-term rentals 🏘️ https://t.co/hXpMDFDYjx via @bangordailynews