BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 7, 2025
When Dolly Perkins was a young real estate agent, Mainers could easily find an affordable home that came with hundreds of acres. But those kinds of properties, known as “kingdom parcels,” are becoming more and more rare to find in Maine. The ones that are on the market tend to sit for months despite high interest from farmers, developers and hunters, because of their high prices and maintenance needs. “It takes a huge commitment in order to have a kingdom parcel,” said Perkins, a realtor with Realty of Maine. “People, for the most part, tend to gravitate towards 5 or 2 acres a lot where they can just have a house, and they’re not beholden to the property to maintain it.”