Here is a partial list of local and national real estate Web sites by organization, Web address and comment.
Real estate brokers
Century 21, www.century21.com: Property searches, community descriptions, mortgage and credit information.
Coldwell Banker Grempler Realty Inc., www.grempler.com: Mortgage rates, agent home pages, and home searches.
Homebuyer, www.homebuyer.com: Offers information on residential and commercial properties as well as loan, title, mortgage, home inspection and insurance information.
Long and Foster Realtors, www.longandfoster.com: Links to Long and Foster agents and homes for sale.
O'Conor, Piper & Flynn-ERA, www.opf.com: Links to OPF agents and homes for sale.
Re/Max, www.remax.com: Provides information about agents' offices, mortgage financing and enables home searches.
The Prudential, www.prudential.com: Provides information for buyers/sellers about Realtors, and banking.
New homes
New Home Network, www.newhomenetwork.com; New Home Search, newhomesearch.com: Builders, floor plans, building product and appliance information.
Mortgage, financial sites
Mortgage Bankers Association of America, www.mbaa.org: Provides news on recent mortgage information, commercial finance, and updates changes in Washington affecting the housing industry.
HSH Associates, financial publishers, www.hsh.com: HSH Associates publishes mortgages and consumer loan information and reports on terms offered by lenders across the country.
Quicken, www.quicken.com: Mortgage calculations and financial information.
Industry associations
National Association of Home Builders, www.nab.com: State and local builders associations, catalog of building products and services, and daily news reports on the housing industry.
National Association of Realtors, www.realtor.com: Helps consumers locate Realtors and properties in their area, provides real estate news, and names of real estate associations.
Home Builders Association of Maryland, www.homebuilders.org: Provides homeowner referral services, performance guidelines and publications.
The Landscape Contractors Association of Maryland, D.C. and Virginia, www.lcamddcva.org: Provides a data base of landscape professionals and is searchable by both types of work and specific geographical areas.
Government organizations
Fannie Mae, www.fanniemae.com and www.homepath.com: Provides information for homebuyers about Fannie Mae-owned XTC properties, multifamily financing, and single-family mortgage financing.
Freddie Mac, www.freddiemac.com: Information about lenders, communities, new programs available to homebuyers.
Consumer associations
American Homeowners Association, www.ahahome.com: Various homeowner benefits, advice and services.
Consumer Reports, www.consumerreports.org: Evaluates home products and provides feature reports on homeowner concerns.
Real Trends, www.realtrends.com: Evaluates real estate companies, provides industry news, and supplies research and information-based services to the residential real estate industry.
The International Real Estate Digest, www.ired.com: Provides property listings, Realtor information and has more than 17,000 links to real estate-related sites.
United Homeowners Association, www.uha.org: Allows users to ask questions, gives information on what to look for when hiring contractors and building a home.
Pub Date: 7/12/98