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Domania.com
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http://domania.com/
Comprehensive source for home buyers
and sellers. The Home Price Check
allows you to find the selling price
of any address in the United States
(for selling dates between 1987 and
2000). Also find out the mortgage
rates in your area and use a variety
of mortgage calculators. Read expert
advice on the home buying and
selling process and much more. Some
parts of the sites require
registration (free).
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Fannie Mae
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http://www.fanniemae.com/
The Federal National Mortgage
Association site has a section for
professional mortgage
lenders and several sections for
home buyers, including the
home buyer section, with lists
of properties for sale and other
information and the
Home Path section, with articles
about home buying and financing,
including interactive mortgage
calculators. A link is provided to
the
Fannie Mae Foundation, which
offers home buyer information in
seven languages, provides special
information for immigrants and has
an English as a second language
curriculum available.
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Home Buyer's
Information Center
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http://www.ourfamilyplace.com/homebuyer/
"Buying a house is an important
decision. That's probably why you
are spending the time you are
preparing to buy your home... Here
you will find helpful hints,
checklists and "To-Do" lists for
buying a home, as well as links to
other sources of information. If you
are considering buying your first
house, begin by making sure buying a
house is to your advantage--check
out our buy or rent a house
comparison. Don't go into your
housing purchase unprepared--spend
some time here and get the tools
that you need."
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Home Energy Saver
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http://homeenergysaver.lbl.gov/
"The Home Energy Saver was the first
Internet-based tool for calculating
energy use in residential
buildings...By changing one or more
features of the modeled home, users
can estimate how much energy and
money can be saved and how much
pollution prevented by implementing
energy-efficiency improvements."
Includes a glossary and links to
other sources of information about
products, construction standards,
and home building.
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Homefair.Com
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http://www.homefair.com/
Real estate site with articles on
buying and financing a home, along
with interactive calculators - a
salary calculator for comparing the
cost of living in different locales,
calculators for moving costs and
qualifying for a mortgage and a
quizzer to help you understand some
of the issues in buying your home
and auto insurance.
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Homes and Communities
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http://www.hud.gov/
"For Citizens, we offer tips on home
buying, mortgage shopping, and
finding affordable rental housing.
We list HUD homes for sale and
opportunities for you to volunteer
to help your community. And you can
chat "Over the Back Fence" with your
neighbors all over the Nation. For
Community and Business Partners, we
have information about funding,
technical assistance, best
practices, contracting
opportunities, major HUD
initiatives, and more." Searchable.
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Inman News
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http://www.inman.com/
An online magazine with articles and
news about the real estate business,
including consumer, business and
commercial real estate. Available
for broadcast to your computer
desktop via Pointcast.
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Microsoft HomeAdvisor
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http://houseandhome.msn.com/default.aspx
Offers advice on buying a home, such
as determining your price range and
making an offer. Find information on
national loan rates and specific
neighborhoods. You can even look at
and compare houses for sale.
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Monstermoving.com
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http://www.monstermoving.com/
"Virtual Relocation is the
'Internet's First Moving &
Relocation Mega-Site' containing
over 400,000 links to relocation
services and related informational
pages. Whether someone is moving
around the world or just across
town, award winning Virtual
Relocation is the moving and
relocation guide of choice." Site
has many useful resources, including
information about cities and
relocation
cost of living comparisons.
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Mortgage 101
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http://www.mortgage101.com/
"Mortgage 101 is an informative
mortgage resource for potential home
buyers." Here you'll find
information on current interest
rates, a web board where you can ask
for advice from mortgage
professionals, and mortgage
calculators that "can figure
payments, amortize loans, calculate
ratios, and compare living costs."
There are also informative sections
on applications, bankruptcy,
refinancing, and related issues.
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The Mortgage
Calculator
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http://www.interest.com/hugh/calc/
Interactive calculation and display
of a payment schedule for a
mortgage. Links to a number of
other financial calculations
produced by the same author,
including savings accounts,
retirement planning, FHA vs.
conventional mortgages, and others.
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Realtor.com
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http://www.realtor.com/
"This unique full service real
estate site is designed to make it
easier for home shoppers to look for
and buy a home. REALTOR.COM allows
busy house-hunters to quickly and
conveniently view a wide variety of
homes that meet their personal
requirements." The
Find a Home service lists real
estate for sale in the U.S. with
listings provided by over 550 real
estate multiple listing services. It
is searchable or accessible by state
via a clickable image map.
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