Home Value Trail

Gouldsboro town, ME home price history and building permits

Hancock CountyMaine

  • Price trail: Hancock County
  • FHFA annual index 1989 to 2025
  • Developmental index
  • Permits through

The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city. The line on this page is the index of Hancock County, the county of Gouldsboro town. The FHFA annual house price index for Hancock County increased by 103.5% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Gouldsboro town authorized 23 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026.

2015

The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city. These figures are for the index of Hancock County, the county of Gouldsboro town.

+103.5%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Hancock County increased by 103.5%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +7.4%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Hancock County+103.5%
Maine+112.4%
United States+85.0%
Hancock County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1989
  • Hancock County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of Hancock County, not of Gouldsboro town. The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city.

Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Hancock County, 1989 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025396.38+3.7%
2024382.34+10.1%
2023347.21+12.2%
2022309.34+20.2%
2021257.30+10.9%
2020232.07+4.3%
2019222.47+6.7%
2018208.45−0.4%
2017209.29+3.3%
2016202.54+4.0%
2015194.78+0.8%
2014193.32−0.2%
2013193.64+0.3%
2012193.02−4.1%
2011201.20+1.3%
2010198.67−4.4%
2009207.80−6.8%
2008222.97+2.1%
2007218.36+1.9%
2006214.37+6.4%
2005201.51+14.2%
2004176.53+13.0%
2003156.17+7.7%
2002144.98+8.1%
2001134.14+10.6%
2000121.26+7.9%
1999112.34+7.1%
1998104.86+0.4%
1997104.48+0.8%
1996103.61+5.0%
199598.71−3.0%
1994101.740.0%
1993101.69−1.3%
1992103.00+0.6%
1991102.37−1.4%
1990103.83+3.8%
1989100.00n/a

Each figure is the change of the FHFA annual all-transactions index, from the year that you pick to 2025. It is a change for the area. It is not the change in the value of your home, and it does not use the price that you paid.

The average for each year is a compounded annual change. The guide to values explains more.

When using the FHFA House Price Calculator, please note that it does not project the actual value of any particular house.

FHFA, about its own House Price Calculator: Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index Datasets, HPI Calculator, copied on . The calculator of FHFA uses quarterly figures. For the states and the 100 largest metro areas it uses the purchase-only index. Its figures can differ from the figures here.

Since the last FHFA release

No recorded FHFA release changed a figure of Hancock County. The record of releases starts with the next FHFA release. FHFA releases recorded by this site

Same span, every level

Change in the FHFA annual index to 2025: Hancock County and the areas above it
Area1 year2024 to 20255 years2020 to 202510 years2015 to 202520 years2005 to 2025Since 20002000 to 2025Each yearaverage of 10 years
Hancock County+3.7%+70.8%+103.5%+96.7%+226.9%+7.4%
Maine+4.7%+67.8%+112.4%+100.6%+216.3%+7.8%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

The annual files of FHFA have no index for Gouldsboro town. The first row is the index of Hancock County.

Building permits in Gouldsboro town

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Gouldsboro town authorized 23 housing units. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 16 units.

Housing units authorized by month, latest 24 months
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each month
Housing units authorized by building permits in Gouldsboro town, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026110
Jul 2026000
Jun 2026220
May 2026110
Apr 2026110
Mar 2026000
Feb 2026330
Jan 2026110
Dec 2025000
Nov 2025734
Oct 2025550
Sep 2025220
Aug 2025606
Jul 2025000
Jun 2025330
May 2025110
Apr 2025110
Mar 2025220
Feb 2025000
Jan 2025000
Dec 2024110
Nov 2024000
Oct 2024000
Sep 2024220
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureGouldsboro townHancock CountyMaineUnited States
All units232926,8301,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit19 (83%)264 (90%)4,503 (66%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units01824434,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units4410417,298
In buildings with 5 or more units0 (0%)6 (2%)1,979 (29%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residentsn/a5.14.84.1
Change from the 12 months before+43.8%+14.1%+8.4%−0.1%
Housing units authorized by year, 1995 to 2025
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each year
Housing units authorized by building permits in Gouldsboro town, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
2025271710
202413130
202321210
202214140
2021880
202011110
2019770
2018550
2017000
2016000
201511110
2014990
2013660
2012660
2011770
2010110
2009880
2008220
200712120
200611110
200524240
200422220
200318180
200226260
200131310
200012120
1999990
1998990
199710100
199610100
199512120

A permit authorizes construction. It does not show that the work started or that it is complete. For a place that does not report each month, the Census Bureau imputes the monthly figures.

Agency pages

  • Building Permits SurveyUS Census BureauThe survey of housing units that building permits authorize.
  • FHFA House Price IndexFederal Housing Finance AgencyThe index page of FHFA: data, tools and the release dates.
  • FHFA HPI CalculatorFederal Housing Finance AgencyThe calculator of FHFA. It works by quarter, for a state or a metro area.

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Cite this page

Home Value Trail. Gouldsboro town, ME home price history and building permits. https://homevaluetrail.com/city/me/gouldsboro-town/. Source: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey; Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for Hancock County. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 176000. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Hancock County, 1989 to 2025. Release of March 31, 2026.
County of the place
The county code of the Building Permits Survey row, and the Census Bureau 2020 place by county file.
Residents
US Census Bureau, population estimates for 2025.

All files are works of the US government, in the public domain. To report an error, see Corrections.

Questions

What kinds of buildings have permits in Gouldsboro town?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 19 units are in buildings with one unit. 4 units are in buildings with two to four units. 0 units are in buildings with five or more units.
How does the count compare with the 12 months before?
Permits authorized 16 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 23 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count increased by 43.8% between the two periods.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Gouldsboro town authorized 362 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2001, with 31.