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Five affordable housing projects for homeless veterans, seniors, and families will share nearly $2.9 million in federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) allocated by MaineHousing through a competitive selection process

Today the U.S. Department of Treasury allocated $55 million in New Markets Tax Credit capacity to CEI Capital Management. The firm will deploy the award to economic development projects that create opportunity in rural, low-income communities across the nation

U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), along with Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), has introduced bipartisan legislation that would reauthorize a critical tax provision for improving access to affordable housing and spurring private investment in developments that support small businesses and construction jobs nationwide

Governor Paul R. LePage today once again addressed the issue of affordable senior housing, emphasizing it is best addressed by refocusing existing resources within the State rather than taking out more loans at the expense of all Maine taxpayers

Fearing a setback for financially strapped homeowners and for the slowly improving housing market, Attorney General Janet T. Mills is urging Congress to extend tax relief for distressed homeowners into next year.

October 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Maine Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, invites briefs of amici curiae in Hebron Academy v. Town of Hebron, Law Court docket number Oxf-12-95, scheduled to be argued during the December 2012 session of the Court. The appeal involves the classification of a private secondary and postsecondary school as a "literary" or "scientific" institution for purposes of the property-tax statute, 36 M.R.S. � 652(1)(B) (2011).

AUGUSTA, ME - August 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Titling companies and law offices preparing a property transfer tax declaration form in Maine can now do so more efficiently online, using the free Real Estate Transfer Tax Declarations online service. The new service, offered by Maine Revenue Services, is available through the state’s official Web site, www.Maine.gov or at http://www.maine.gov/online/mrs/rettd.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Dianne Feinstein (D-California) and Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico) applauded President Obama’s support for provisions in S. 1637, the Expanding Building Efficiency Incentives Act, legislation they sponsored last Congress to encourage energy efficient technology and construction in the existing home, new home, and commercial building markets.

AUGUSTA, ME - May 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor John E. Baldacci held a State House ceremony today to celebrate passage of LD 1121, “An Act to Protect Elderly Residents from Losing Their Homes Due to Taxes or Foreclosure." The law, sponsored by Rep. Kathleen Chase (R-Wells), allows municipalities to pass local ordinances enabling eligible seniors to defer property taxes for a period of time. “Many elderly residents on fixed incomes, especially those in lake and coastal communities, just want the ability to stay in the homes they have worked so hard to maintain,” said Governor Baldacci.

Sale will allow people to invest locally and help Maine’s real estate market AUGUSTA, ME - October 17, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Starting this week...

CAMDEN — The largest amount of unpaid taxes in Camden is owed on Bay View Landing and other properties belonging to businessman Stuart Smith....

O’Malley Continues to Outline Plan to Close the Structural Deficit in Howard County; Announces Penny Increase in Sales Tax – 83.5% of Marylanders Still...

The program to apply for refunds of property tax assessed and/or rent paid during 2006 begins August 1, 2007. Maine's FastFile methods are the quickest...

Regarding Albert DiMillo Jr.'s column "Tax reform can't be distinct from spending cuts" (Sept. 11), I agree that the threshold of the top income...

SKOWHEGAN -- Houses are selling better than paper mills and that's bad news for homeowners with tax bills coming soon.Taxes for residential properties in...