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Find It! - Housing

Looking to buy or sell a house? Getting ready for a move? Not sure if you can afford it?  These sites and books can help you get started.  A great place to get started for local information is the Housing Resource Center.

Buying & Selling | Mortgages | Moving | Profiles & Rankings | Rentals

Housing Resource Center

Links to resources and information for housing, mortgages, home repair, and assistance in Harris County.  A services of the Harris County Community & Economic Development Department.

The Unofficial Guide to Buying a Home by Alan Perlis & Beth Bradley

Home Closing Checklist by Robert Irwin

Homeowner's Rights by Mark Warda

Search the catalog for more results:

Home Ownership

House Buying

House Selling

Mortgage Loans

City of Houston Planning and Development Department

Links to code enforcement, online permits, forms and publications as well as department telephone numbers.

Harris County Appraisal District

Online appraisal & real property records.

Municipal Utility Districts

Directory of subdivision MUDs in Harris County.

Public Records Online Directory

National directory of Tax Assessors and Recorders offices with online records.

Buying & Selling

Houston Association of Realtors

Assists in locating homes and realtors including MLS Listings for the greater Houston area including houses for sale and apartments for lease.

For Sale by Owner

Listings for homes throughout the country that are for sale by owner.

International Real Estate Digest

Directory of realtors in the US and abroad.

Realtor.com

Real estate listings for the US from the National Association of Realtors.  Also includes apartment listings, financing your home, and moving.

Surplus & Forclosed Real Estate

Auction listings from the US governement at FirstGov.

Rentals

ForRent.com

Includes apartment listings as well as short term/corporate housing and senior housing listings.

RentNet

Apartment listings, a roommate center, selft storage, and corporate housing.

Subsidized Apartment Search

National listings for HUD subsidized apartments.

Mortgages

Bank Rate Monitor

Compare mortgage and other loan rates by national averages or by state.

Ginnie Mae

Supports low to moderate income home buyers. 

Homepath

Information for home buyers on loans and mortgages from Fannie Mae.

Moving

Homefair Moving

Offers a variety of tools and resources for local and long distance moves.

Monstermoving.com

Get quotes on moving everything from a whole house to a piano.

MovingHints

Tips and hints on everything from packing to shipping your car.

Profiles & Rankings

Houston Neighborhoods

Neighborhood profiles and home price trends from the Homefront section of Houston Chronicle Interactive.

Best Places to Live

Annual ranking by Money magazine on the best places in the US. Statistics are available on more than 1,000 cities.

City & County Data Book
Official population and housing data from the 2000 US Census.

Kid Friendly Cities

A report on the best cities for children to live in from the Population Connection.

Neighborhood Profiles

Statistical data on neighborhoods throughout the US from Yahoo! Real Estate.

Sperling's Best Places

Offers neighborhood profiles by zip code and data on schools, crime, cost of living, and climate.



 

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