Good site to look for homes?

[aphex]

Any recs?

 

[bootymac]

Funny you should mention this, some guy just called asking me if my house was on sale. I was like WTF?

 

[vi edit]

http://www.realtor.com

?

 

[datalink7]

Good site to look for homes

Am I the only one who thought this said "Good site to look for homos?

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

I was looking at this earlier

 

[rh71]

A lot of people don't know about domania.com which tells you what prices homes were sold for if they have been sold/bought from 1987 onward. It's pretty cool.

I found out the people who sold us this house made a profit of ~$163k after owning it for 8 years.

This site can help you get a pretty good estimate of how much houses are going for on the same street if they're recently moved... all things being "equal". They're a couple months behind though.

 

[LAUST]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
I was looking at this earlier

Wow, I thought NY would be more $$$$

a place like that would sell for more then $3 mil here

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: LAUST

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
I was looking at this earlier

Wow, I thought NY would be more $$$$

a place like that would sell for more then $3 mil here

Upstate NY is significantly less. My friend in Buffalo/Rochester says he can buy a mansion up there for the prices here and that's the reason he stayed up there after school. Downstate NY prices are close to CA prices... $300k+ for a typical 3 bedroom.

 

[Kelemvor]

Go to the local Realtor Assocition in the area you live (or are moving to) and see what their website is for home searching.

Realtor.com is good but people pay to get on there and they put Special homes up front and stuff. Also the search options you choose don't mean crap and they show you lots of houses you don't want anyway.

Most realtors have direct access to the MLS system and can put in tons and tons of criteria and find them all.

If you're in the Milwaukee area I can do it for you but anywhere else, check with the local Association. Or if you know anyone that is a Realtor, ask them to do the search in their MLS system for you. It's way more accurate and powerful.

 

[CPA]

Erealty.com is a good one. And if you use them, you get some money back at closing.

 

[MTB]

South Jersey... screw those dirty ny bumbs Washington Twp (Turnersville and Sewell) ,Deptford, Hammonton, etc

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: MTB
South Jersey... screw those dirty ny bumbs Washington Twp (Turnersville and Sewell) ,Deptford, Hammonton, etc

You mean there's more to Jersey than the nasty/infested-looking industrial areas we see along the NJTurnpike ?! What a turn-off.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
Go to the local Realtor Assocition in the area you live (or are moving to) and see what their website is for home searching.

Realtor.com is good but people pay to get on there and they put Special homes up front and stuff. Also the search options you choose don't mean crap and they show you lots of houses you don't want anyway.

Most realtors have direct access to the MLS system and can put in tons and tons of criteria and find them all.

If you're in the Milwaukee area I can do it for you but anywhere else, check with the local Association. Or if you know anyone that is a Realtor, ask them to do the search in their MLS system for you. It's way more accurate and powerful.

My mom is a realtor

 

[Ornery]

Are you moving out of the area? If not, pinpoint the area(s) you want to live, and ONLY look at houses in those areas. All the best locations were taken decades ago, so if you want the best location (not that location really matters

) count on buying a preexisting home.

Any real estate agent can print out a list of homes in specific areas and price ranges. I dealt only with the agents who listed the homes, so I wouldn't be dragging another along to dip into the pot. There's more room to bargain on commissions that way.

 

[CraigRT]

www.mls.ca

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
www.mls.ca

thats the one i always use