Rob Edgerley: In the News

Inside Maine's hottest towns of 2020: 'It never lets up'

by MaineBiz  | February 18th 2021

“It may be the dead cold of winter, but real estate sales are scorching a red-hot miles-wide swath along Maine's southern coast, with burning embers leaving their mark north and west of Portland.

Hyperbolic? Maybe. But the agents don't disagree.

Properties "are getting five, 10, 20, 30 offers," said Rob Edgerley, of Maine Life Real Estate Co. "The changes are pretty high, we haven't seen jumps like that (in amounts of transactions and prices) before." Read the full article by clicking the image below

Kennebunkport Ranked Maine’s Hottest Town in 2020

by WGME  | Friday, February 5th 2021

“2020 was a big year for Maine real estate as prices and demand rose during the pandemic.

Maine Life Real Estate came out with the hottest towns to move to in 2020...”

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Maine’s 2020 Top 10 ‘Hottest Towns’ for Home Sales Reflect the Year’s Shake-Up

by MaineBiz  | Friday, February 5th 2021

“Rob Edgerley, hottest towns guru and founder and CEO of Maine Life Real Estate, two years ago said that he's seen at his brokerage that when people get to a point where they can choose where they want to live, those with a seasonal connection to Maine choose Maine.”

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On the Record: Nadra and Rob Edgerley say Dale Carnegie skills important 'more than ever'

by MaineBiz  | September 7th 2021

“MB: You’d owned the business less than a year when the pandemic hit.

Rob Edgerley: We saw continued growth with local companies up until March, and we were projecting 10% to 15% growth, then, like many companies, saw sales and classes drop off overnight in March. Fortunately, Dale Carnegie Training has an 11-year history of live online courses, and we were able to pivot from in-person training to live online training within days.” Read the full article by clicking the image below

Maine brokers make the best of the virtual real estate world

by MaineBiz  | March 25th 2020

“In that way, the March 20 tour was similar to tours that have been going on since brokers began showing property.

But Edgerley was showing the house on Facebook Live. Questions and comments started coming in after he and his wife, Nadra, arrived with hand sanitizer and gloves, as well as a roll of toilet paper to leave as a housewarming gift.” Read the full article by clicking the image below

Inside Maine's 'hottest' real estate towns of 2019

by MaineBiz  | February 26th 2020

“The list, compiled by Rob Edgerley of Maine Life Real Estate in Scarborough, and released two weeks ago, tracks the towns and cities that showed the biggest spike in home sales for the year that just ended, with Hampden topping the charts at a 17.6% increase in sales over 2018.” Read the full article by clicking the image below

Maine lawmaker pushes for home inspector licensing requirement

by WGME  | February 18th 2019

"You want to make sure they have experience, that they've done this for a number of years" says Rob Edgerley at Maine Life Real Estate Co. "Or if they're newer to inspections, that they're working with somebody that's overseeing their reports.” Read the full article by clicking the image below

Inside the Maine's 'hottest towns' real estate sales list

by MaineBiz  | February 13th 2019

“When Rob Edgerley, founder and CEO of Maine Life Real Estate saw a “hottest towns” real estate sales list for another state a few years ago, he thought it might be fun to do one for Maine.

The fourth one came out this year, revealing Standish, a Cumberland County town 20 miles west of Portland, as the hottest town in Maine residential real estate sales in 2018.” Read the full article by clicking the image below

Real estate company lists the hottest towns in Maine

by WGME  | February 4th 2019

“Maine Life Real Estate Company gathered data from the multiple listing service to calculate which municipalities had the largest increases in home and condo sales in 2018.” Read the full article by clicking the image below

Mistakes home sellers make that could scare off buyers

by WGME  | December 17th 2018

“There's a lot that goes into selling a home. One important factor is making it appealing to potential buyers.

You never know what is going to be the one thing that turns them off," says Rob Edgerley at Maine Life Real Estate Co.” Read the full article by clicking the image below

Buyers look outside the city as home prices climb

by WGME  | September 13th 2018

“As people have been looking for inventory in Portland, houses to buy, there's fewer options," says Rob Edgerley at Maine Life Real Estate.

Expanding that home search can offer more options. Edgerley says areas like North Saco can offer more space at a lower cost.” Read the full article by clicking the image below

Low housing inventory sparks home-building boom

by WGME  | July 30th 2018

"There's not the housing stock that people need and that we need for the demand right now," says Rob Edgerley at Maine Life Real Estate Co. Edgerley says in the last five years he's seen a boom in home-building. "It's really all a factor of the market right now," says Edgerley, "People are pushing out from the city because there's more availability and more land in these more rural areas." Read the full article by clicking the image below

Real Estate Report: Plan could bring high-end homes to former Westbrook golf course

by WGME  | March 5th 2018

"It's pretty special to have this much land undeveloped, right in the heart of the Greater Portland area," says Rob Edgerley at Maine Life Real Estate Co. The former Twin Falls Golf Club could become Twin Falls Landing housing development.” Read the full article by clicking the image below