Explore the feature by Anna Mangum in Decor Maine, showcasing the highlights of the 2023 Bar Harbor Designer Showhouse. Every contribution to this year's Showhouse went towards supporting MDI Hospital.

At Swan Agency, we want to let you know that Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island offer some of the most scenic views when hiking, driving or simply looking out your window. Whether you want to live here -- or already live here and want to show your guests the beauty of Downeast Maine -- we promise you’ll always have a long list of things to [...]

Sellers often believe that it’s impossible to sell a home in Maine during the winter months. But that isn’t true at all. There’s never a bad time to list your home for sale when you have Swan Agency on your team. Don’t wait months to list your Maine home for sale. Selling your home in winter isn’t just possible; in many cases, it’s [...]

By Laurie Schreiber

A long-time restaurant on the waterfront in Stonington has sold to Bar Harbor restaurateurs who have been in the business for nearly 50 years.

Laura and Erik Johnson bought 27 Main St. from Rudi Neumayr of Nereus Investments LLC for an undisclosed price.

The list price was $1.195 million.

Erica Brooks of Swan Agency Real [...]

Selling your home isn't just a financial transaction; it's an emotional journey that involves saying farewell to a place filled with memories, while you contemplate moving on. The stages of selling a house can feel like an emotional roller coaster, detracting from the excitement of finally finding a [...]

Consumers are embracing new technologies in every sector, including the real estate market. Homeowners seeking to learn how to increase home value are well-advised to cater to this hunger for technology, because it can make a home stand out from the crowd of real estate inventory. Not only will buyers be more attracted to your home, but [...]

The long-shuttered Hamilton Hill mansion is now open for tours during the 2023 Bar Harbor Designer Showhouse
ISLANDER PHOTO BY PIPER CURTIN

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BAR HARBOR — Driving up winding Hamilton Hill Way, on the crest of a grassy hill, a mansion and the expanse of the Atlantic come into view. Inside the mansion, carved statues of an [...]

Home staging is an art as much as a skill. The right home staging inspires higher selling prices, according to the National Association of Realtors; as much as $40,000 over list, in recent survey results.

Not only that, but well-staged homes in 2021 sold an average of nine days faster than homes that weren’t staged.

At Swan Agency, we love helping our clients make more money, faster. That’s why we’ve put together this home staging checklist to use when [...]

 

"A New Jersey woman now lives alone part of the year on a remote island in Maine that Stephen King called ‘a novel here, just waiting to be written.

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July 28, 2023

“Duck Ledges Island,” the listing read, “offered in its entirety.”

The accompanying photos showed a scene of stark

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