Home Buyer's Resource Center
World  Internet Resources
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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