MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • October 4, 2020
Sales of camps in northern Maine jumped by nearly 30 percent over the past year through Sept. 30, according to the Maine Association of Realtors. The uptick occurred mostly in July and August, because real estate sales across the board were down from April through June, according to Suzanne Guild, chief executive officer of the Maine Association of Realtors. A camp is often considered a primitive cabin on a lake – and many are in remote locations with no electricity. Whether a lake home with electricity is listed as a camp by the realtors’ association depends on how the seller categorizes it. However, several northern Maine realtors reported selling many primitive, off-the-grid cabins this year.