Newly built houses in Maine’s largest metropolitan area are getting more than double the online attention than the national average.

That’s what Realtor.com, which displays real estate listings and tracks market data, determined when it ranked the Portland region fifth in a list of top 10 U.S. cities with the hottest markets for new construction in the nation.

The company organized the rankings by evaluating the availability, cost and climate considerations of new construction in various cities across the nation, and how interested prospective buyers are in the properties.

The website used the Census definition of Portland metro area, which encompasses all of Cumberland, York and Sagadahoc counties. This includes suburbs like Standish and Biddeford that have welcomed swaths of new h

See Full Page