New Property Search Websites for Buyers to Check Out

Are you an online, house-hunting fiend? Well this post is for you! We have collected a few new home search sites here that you may find VERY interesting. At the HBH Group, we pride ourselves with staying on top of all the new technology sites and functions as best we can. Here are of these for you to check out:

DotHomes.com: Billing itself as a "real estate search engine," DotHomes scans the websites of agents and brokerages and returns listings in a way reminiscent of Google. The comparison is not accidental -- there's an "I'm Feeling Wealthy" search button that pays tongue-in-cheek homage to Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" button; it returns listings by price. Much like a general search engine, it allows you to enter your parameters very efficiently in one box as if they were keywords, such as "Santa Monica, CA 3 bedrooms."

FrontDoor.com: One thing that listings sites tend to lack is content that's broader than the listings themselves. That's not the case with FrontDoor, where the popular HGTV cable channel has leveraged its archive of home-improvement and real estate programming. Be warned, however, that if you're a fan of the channel, it might be tempting to kill a lot of time watching videos of "Designed to Sell" host Lisa LaPorta ripping out bad bathroom tile. Non-video content includes numerous brief articles on the ins and outs of buying and selling. On the listings side, the site helpfully breaks them down by neighborhood.

CyberHomes.com: This site also has easy-to-access content: a big library of articles on the nuts and bolts of real estate. CyberHome's Explore Maps feature goes way beyond the usual mapping -- with this tool, you can zero in on neighborhoods where there isn't much crime or areas where there are likely to be a lot of toddlers.

Movoto.com: You may be able to make up the time you lost looking at the videos at FrontDoor.com when you get to the noticeably efficient home search at Movoto. Enter your search parameters, and it returns 20 listings at a time, shown in pairs. Click on one of them, and it delivers lots of information about that property, including detailed lists of local schools and community amenities, plus demographic information, all in one continuous scroll, without having to click on a lot of links.

OpenHouse.com: The name says it all. If you're setting out on a Sunday to stalk homes for sale, OpenHouse can be a useful tool for planning your itinerary. The details that are available for each listing vary quite a lot, depending on what the agent has included. There are also "virtual open houses," which translate into tons of photographs and videos of many properties.

Wal-Mart.com: Although it's too soon to say, "Look out, Craigslist," the retail behemoth's recent entry into free classified advertising should not be dismissed. Wal-Mart, after all, is Wal-Mart. In addition to the free consumer-submitted listings, it aggregates broker ads through a partnership with Oodle.com. The number of listings that turned up in our searches in July was not huge, but the service is only a few months old. A search here can be broken down by the usual bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage etc., as well as by homes for sale by agents, via foreclosure or FSBO (for sale by owner).

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Here are some other buyer's Resources from our website: Seven steps to buying your home
Deciding how much house you can afford Making your home wish list Opting for new home construction
How can a real estate agent help me? 10 things you should ask a real estate agent
Location, Location, Location Mortgage Calculator Contact us about buying your home

And some seller's resources as well:Eight steps to selling your home
How can a real estate agent help me sell my home Practicing good seller's etiquette
How to price to sell and still make a profit Understanding the buyer Increasing your home's appeal
Mortgage Calculator Contact us about selling a property

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