Finding and buying a home
Microsoft's Home Advisor has MLS listings, links to lenders, and extensive information on buying, financing, remodeling, repairing, as well as neighborhood and school data.
Homes.com lists about 700,000 properties for sale and has links to about 60,000 agents as well as calculators, financing and neighborhood information.
At HomeSeekers.com you can search over 800,000 properties by map, by city or by MLS number in English, French, or Spanish.
Foreclosures from HUDHomes, the U.S. Department of Housing and Development are now available online.
Formerly Home Shark, iOwn.com has some non-MLS local listings, including FSBOs, and good resources.
The Lycos Real Estate Center has advice, rates, calculators, and news.
Owners.com has some 20,000 "For Sale by Owner" listings plus buying and selling tips.
Local MLS listings are on Realtor.com along with targeted demographics, school information, rates, and advice.
What's It Worth?
HomeGAIN.com Offers tools and information, including a free report of recent comparable sales.
HomePriceCheck is another online appraisal site.
The World Street Journal sponsors homes.wsj.com which provides home search, comparables, city profiles, relocation and home improvement tools.
Financing
Countrywide's mortgage site is designed with first-time buyer in mind. No down payment loans. Online status checks.
Looking for a zero-down-payment loan? Try ditech.com.
HSH Associates, Financial Publishers provides mortgage interest rates, other financial information, and links to lenders nationwide.
The LendingTree.com's lenders bid for your mortgage.
Visit mortgagebot.com for instant online approvals, rate quotes, and estimates on closing costs by county.
Based in NYC, MortgageIt.com has links to over 100 lenders, including some that specialize in co-ops.
Relocating
eba.com: Real Estate & Relocation is primarily a referral service putting homebuyers and relocating employees in touch with local, exclusive buyer's agents.
The Employee Relocation Council -- a professional organization for relocation consultants -- has an extensive online library useful for relocating individuals and businesses.
SchoolMatch provides modestly priced information on school districts nationwide.
Real Estate News/Information
The eclectic International Real Estate Digest has news and resources for consumers and real estate professionals.
Inman News Features specializes in residential, commercial, and consumer real estate news.
Got a question? Try our own Real Estate Forum of New York.
Author and syndicated real estate columnist, Ilyce R. Glink, offers tips and information about buying, selling and borrowing at ThinkGlink.com.
Don't overlook Yahoo! for daily real estate news.
About buyer's brokers
See what the Better Business Bureau says about buyer's brokers.
The National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents sets the standards for exclusive buyer's agents and discusses how to use one.
About NYS property taxes
In New York State the NYS Office of Real Property Services has property tax and assessment answers.
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