http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/ David Whitten on Buying, Selling and the Real Estate Market in Maine en-US Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:30:55 -0400 http://www.typepad.com/ 372510http://www.feedburner.com http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/06/greening-the-ho.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/06/greening-the-ho.html I've been daydreaming about writing the 20 things or 50 things version of the following article: http://www.intlistings.com/articles/2007/greenify-your-home-100-tips-and-resources-to-make-your-house-environmentally-friendly/ Sarah Scrafford has done the 100 things version so well that sharing it with you is like shrinking my carbon footprint for the... Green Building in Maine Maine Home Trends Real Estate Blogging WhittenProperties Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:30:55 -0400 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/06/energy-effcient.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/06/energy-effcient.html Summer is almost here and winter seems far away but now is the time to get your home tightened up, insulated and to get your solar hot water system installed. The challenges can be made easier by working with a... Green Building in Maine Maine Home Trends WhittenProperties Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:59:07 -0400 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/01/the-standard-ba.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/01/the-standard-ba.html With a fresh loaf of Standard Bakery Organic Maine Grain sitting on my kitchen counter I was curious to get the ingredients list (I'm a curious home baker). Alas, a quick Google search revealed what I suspected, no website for... Portland Maine Restaurants & Bakeries WhittenProperties Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:04:42 -0500 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/01/time-to-install.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/01/time-to-install.html I n the late 1970's when the Solar Hot Water Panels went on the White House we were getting back to a technology abandoned only a few decades earlier. Only a few short years later we would abandon this renewable... Green Building in Maine Maine Home Trends WhittenProperties Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:11:34 -0500 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2007/10/top-ten-reasons.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2007/10/top-ten-reasons.html Here is a pretty good rendition of the ubiquitous "Top Ten Reasons" to buy real estate right now. This one is from Paul Pastore out in Arizona. Most of what he talks about applies in Maine (except some of the... Buying Maine Real Estate WhittenProperties Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:52:51 -0400 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2007/10/featured-south-.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2007/10/featured-south-.html We are pleased to offer not one, but two fabulous condominiums in South Portland's Anchorage Place neighborhood. These homes do not become available very often and, honestly, there are not as many waterfront condos on Portland Harbor as you might... Featured Maine Real Estate Listings WhittenProperties Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:27:00 -0400 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2007/10/cost-of-living-.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2007/10/cost-of-living-.html I found this very interesting calculator at the CNNMoney.com web site. Simply enter the location of your current residence along with your income. Then enter your destination location and click "compare." For fun, I looked at what would happen if... Moving to Maine WhittenProperties Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:13:00 -0400 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2007/09/cumberland-coun.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2007/09/cumberland-coun.html In reviewing the latest stats from MREIS (Maine Real Estate Information System), it's encouraging to note what has happened in Cumberland County over the past "rolling quarter" (June through August). Comparing those three months for 2007 vs. the same time... Maine Real Estate Market WhittenProperties Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:06:00 -0400 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2007/09/im-back.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2007/09/im-back.html I’m back!! Actually I’ve been here right along…however my beautiful baby boy Rowan arrived on the scene in late April and he’s been getting a big chunk of my attention. So, with summer mostly over and the boy sleeping a... Real Estate Blogging WhittenProperties Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:58:00 -0400 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2007/08/outside-magazin.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2007/08/outside-magazin.html Portland continues to rack up accolades; this latest one comes from Outside Magazine who named us among the "Best Towns" for 2007. Did you know that our average "commute minutes" is 19 and our average age is 36? Check out... Portland Maine Fun WhittenProperties Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:48:00 -0400