About Corey White
Local knowledge.
Personal guidance.
Corey White works across Bethel, Rumford and the wider Western Maine region, and north into New Hampshire’s mountain and lakes towns. These markets don’t behave alike — a shoreline parcel, a village lot and a mountain-road acreage each come with their own questions about access, water, land and season. Knowing those differences is the job.
His clients range widely: first-time buyers learning the process, investors weighing a property, buyers focused on waterfront, families relocating from out of state, clients planning new construction, and second-home owners looking for a place to come back to. The approach stays the same in every case — personalized service, direct answers and steady guidance through the whole buying or selling process.
- BrokerageEpique
- Office400 Congress St, Unit 300
Portland, ME 04101 - Direct(603) 231-2888
- Emailcoreywhite@epique.me
Featured Properties
On the market now
Live MLS listings — waterfront, mountain property, acreage and residential homes, refreshed as they come on.
Explore the Region
Six markets, one region, no two alike
Western Maine and Northern New Hampshire sit side by side, but they price, build and sell differently. Move through them below.
Bethel & Newry
A village centre with real year-round life, wrapped in mountain terrain. Inventory ranges from in-town homes walkable to the common, to slope-side and trail-access property, to wooded acreage on the back roads toward Greenwood and Bryant Pond.
Homes in Bethel & Newry →
Rumford & the River Valley
The most attainable entry point in Western Maine, and the one first-time buyers and investors look at most. Older housing stock with good bones, river frontage, and quick access west toward the mountains.
Homes in Rumford →
Conway, Bartlett & Jackson
The Mount Washington Valley carries the heaviest second-home and short-term-rental demand in the region, and prices reflect it. Jackson and Bartlett lean scenic and seasonal; Conway carries the services and the year-round market.
Homes in the valley →
The Lakes Region
Laconia and the towns around it are where New Hampshire’s waterfront market concentrates. Frontage type, water access and shoreline rules matter more to value here than square footage does.
Homes near Laconia →
The Great North Woods
Gorham, Berlin, Lancaster and north to Errol — the most land per dollar anywhere in the region, built around rivers, trail systems and working forest. Best suited to buyers who want space and don’t need a commute.
Homes up north →Also serving Greenwood, Bryant Pond, Lovell, Berlin, Lancaster, Bartlett, Jackson and Errol. Don’t see your town? Search the full MLS or ask Corey directly.
Waterfront Real Estate
Life on the water
Maine and New Hampshire waterfront is not one market. A deep-water lake home, a pond camp with a right-of-way, and a river-frontage house three miles apart can be priced on entirely different logic — and the difference almost never shows up in the listing photos.
Corey works with buyers across all of it: year-round lake homes, seasonal retreats, second homes and primary residences on the water. The first conversation is usually about how you actually intend to use the place, because that determines which shorelines are worth your time.
- Frontage & accessOwned, shared or deeded — and what each one really gives you.
- The water itselfDepth, exposure, motor rules and how the body behaves in season.
- Shoreland rulesWhat can be rebuilt, expanded or cleared, and what cannot.
- Season & systemsThree-season camp or true year-round: heat, water, septic, road.
Relocation
Moving to Maine or New Hampshire?
People move here for the quiet and stay for reasons they didn’t expect. Here is what is worth understanding before you start touring.
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The towns differ more than the states do
Bethel, Rumford, Conway and Laconia each run on something different — a mountain economy, a river valley, a tourism corridor, a lake. Services, school options, broadband, commute and winter upkeep all change town to town. Pick the town before you pick the house.
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Lifestyle is seasonal, and that is the point
Skiing, hiking, paddling, snowmobile and ATV trail networks, hunting and fishing seasons shape how people here use their property and when traffic and rental demand peak. If your plan depends on a season, build the search around it.
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Housing stock skews older — and that is not a problem, it is a question list
A lot of inventory predates modern codes. Heating systems, insulation, wiring, roof age, water source and septic are the real line items. Knowing what an inspection is likely to surface in a given vintage of house is most of the work.
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Seasonal timing changes what you see
Inventory and buyer competition move with the calendar in both states. Spring and early summer bring the most listings; a winter search means fewer options but far less competition — and a much more honest look at how a property handles the cold.
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Maine and New Hampshire tax differently
New Hampshire has no general sales tax and does not tax earned income; Maine taxes both. Property tax rates, though, are set town by town and vary widely within each state — so the number that matters is the specific town’s rate, not the state’s reputation.
First-Time Buyers
Your first home,
with clear guidance
A first purchase in this region usually means an older house, a well, a septic system and a winter to plan for — on top of everything a first-time buyer is already learning. None of that is a reason to hesitate. It is a reason to have someone walk it with you.
Corey takes first-time buyers through the whole sequence in plain language, at whatever pace you need, and says clearly when a property isn’t worth the offer.
Get your financing ready
Pre-approval first, not last. It sets your real range and tells a seller you are serious before you ever write an offer.
Narrow the search
Town, commute, land, water, heat source and age of house — we cut the list down to what actually fits before touring.
Write a sound offer
Price is one term among several. Timing, contingencies and deposit often decide which offer a seller takes.
Inspect thoroughly
General inspection plus, where warranted, water testing, septic, radon, pests and roof. In this housing stock, you want to know.
Negotiate what comes back
Findings get sorted into must-fix, worth-asking and live-with — then negotiated as repairs, credits or price.
Get to the closing table
Appraisal, title, insurance, final walkthrough and lender conditions, tracked to the date so nothing stalls at the end.
New Construction & Investment
Build it, or make it earn
Two different problems that get grouped together: one is about what a lot can carry, the other about what a property can return. Both start with reading the ground honestly.
New construction & land
Whether you are buying a finished new build, something still under construction, or raw land to build on later, the questions arrive in a fixed order — and most of them are about the site, not the house.
- Soil, slope, wetlands and what the lot will actually support.
- Septic design, well depth and water quality in that area.
- Power, road access, frontage and year-round maintenance.
- Town zoning, setbacks, permits and shoreland overlays.
Investment property
Rentals, multi-unit buildings, seasonal property and improvable houses all exist in this region — but the numbers are local, and they are seasonal. Corey works through what a specific property and a specific town actually support.
- Long-term rental demand versus seasonal and short-term demand.
- Town-level short-term rental rules, which vary and do change.
- Condition, deferred maintenance and the real cost to make a unit rentable.
- Carrying costs across an off season, including heat and insurance.
Corey does not represent or partner with any builder, and does not project investment returns. Zoning, permitting, rental rules and site conditions should be confirmed with the town and with your own licensed professionals before you rely on them.
Get Started
Ready to find what’s next?
Whether you are three years out or under contract next month, the first conversation costs nothing and usually saves time.
Corey White
Broker Associate · Epique
- Direct
- (603) 231-2888
- coreywhite@epique.me
- Office
- 400 Congress St, Unit 300
Portland, ME 04101 - Serving
- Bethel, Rumford, Newry, Greenwood, Bryant Pond, Lovell, Conway, Bartlett, Jackson, Gorham, Berlin, Lancaster, Laconia and Errol.
Contact Corey
Tell him what you are looking for — he will reply personally.