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Altos Research - Real Estate Market Intelligence |
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http://altosresearch.com/altos/website/Home.page |
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Great site that offers real time real estate market research. Some research is free. Click on Chicago under the CHOOSE YOUR LOCAL MARKET section and select a town. Provides median home price trends, market activity index, average cost per square foot and average days on market for residential properties. |
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Appraisal Subcommittee Website - National Registry |
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http://www.asc.gov/ |
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The FIRREA people. Check to see if your appraisers name appears in the National Registry and is in good standing. |
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Appraiser Licensing Disciplines in Illinois |
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http://www.obre.state.il.us/REALEST/APPDISP/reappdis.htm |
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Are you using an appraiser that has been disciplined by the State for unethical practice? This site shows all disciplines against licensed appraisers in Illinois. |
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Building-Cost.net |
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http://www.building-cost.net/ |
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This site allows you to develop a home construction or replacement cost that considers all the important variables: materials used, design features, quality, size, shape, heating, cooling and geographic area. Your printed estimate shows detailed labor and material costs for each of 34 construction cost categories. Plus, it's FREE! |
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Chicago Sun Times Home Page |
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http://www.suntimes.com/classifieds/homes/recenthomesales/index.html |
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Search sales transfers online for several counties in the Chicagoland area |
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Chicago Tribune HomePage |
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/transactions/ |
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Site reports sales transactions from recorder office data. Several counties are online. You can search by street address. |
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ChicagoMagazine.com |
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http://www.chicagomag.com/ |
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Click on Deal Estate tab for current stories on Chicago Real Estate Market. The October issue always features an annual review of housing prices for most Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs |
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City News Chicago |
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http://www.newschicago.org/about |
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CityNews combines a database driven interface with an online interactive mapping component. There are two main sections: the Parcel Search & Tabular Data Section, and the Interactive Mapping Component. |
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City of Chicago - Building Permit Status |
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http://www.cityofchicago.org/DCAP/Permits/PermitStatus.html |
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This site provides historical building permit information for the last 18 months. Site is updated daily.
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City of Chicago Community Maps |
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http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalDeptCategoryAction.do?de
ptCategoryOID=-536886509&contentType=COC_EDITORIAL&topChannelName=SubAgency
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Great neighborhood maps page.
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Condocerts.com |
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https://www.condocerts.com/ |
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CondoCerts is an Internet utility developed to simplify the process of delivering and obtaining Homeowners Association data and documentation for a variety of users in any association real estate transaction. Appraisers and lenders can register for free. |
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Cook County Assessor |
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http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/search/search.asp |
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This site has a picture of every residential property in Cook County. It also gives you an info list on the property including; property style, age, square footage, lot size, basement, garage, fireplace, C/A, # of baths, etc. Search by PIN # or by address.
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Cook County Recorder of Deeds |
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http://www.ccrd.info |
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This is another awesome site for doing a mini-title search on a property. You can search by Grantor, Grantee, PIN number, etc. I prefer PIN number if you have it. If you don't, you can get it from the Cook County Assessor's site. It will give you a history of every recording made against a property since 1985. To check for prior sales, select any document type that has the word DEED in it; EX: Warranty Deed, Trust Deed, etc. The site will tell you the document number, date of sale, date of recording, grantor, grantee and sales price. The site allows you to select any document referenced and dump it into a document container (fancy name for shopping cart). You can then pay a fee to have the actual document mailed to you.
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Cook County Treasurer |
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http://www.cookcountytreasurer.com |
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Want to know how much a properties taxes are? Is your owner current with their taxes? This site will tell you.
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Digital Media Services - Flood Maps Online |
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http://www.floodmaps.com |
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Pay per site for flood map searches. Passwords required. |
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DQnews.com |
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http://www.dqnews.com/ZIPIL.shtm |
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This site reports quarterly sales information for the most recently completed quarter and compares the number of sales and median sales price for single family residences and condos to the same period last year.
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FFIEC's Census Tract search page |
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http://www.ffiec.gov/geocode/default.htm |
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Best site on the web for getting Census Tract numbers and MSA numbers. |
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Foreclosure.com - National Stats |
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http://www.foreclosures.com/stats/ |
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Tracks foreclosure stats for states and counties |
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Gas Price Watch |
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http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx?zip=&src=Netx |
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Just type in your zip code to find out which gas stations in your area have the lowest prices. |
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Google Maps - Street View |
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http://www.google.com/maps |
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This site offers 360 degree views of many streets in the Chicagoland market |
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Home Price Check |
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http://www.domania.com/homepricecheck/index.jsp?null |
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Free website for recorder office info. Also you can search for recent sales in your subject properties market area. Good way to verify FSBO's. |
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HUD Condo Project Approval List |
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https://entp.hud.gov/idapp/html/condlook.cfm |
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Make sure your condo is in a HUD approved complex before your borrower goes FHA. This site provides approved Condo numbers from HUD.
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Illinois Coalition of Appraisal Professionals |
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http://www.icapweb.org |
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This site has current industry news and the only statewide online appraisers directory in Illinois |
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Kankakee County GIS - Plat Maps |
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http://www.k3gis.com/gis.html |
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When site opens, click on External Web mapping application. Search by PIN. Site provides lot size, prior sales price and date, partial legal description, township, zip code, owner of public record. Click on Cadastral Map box to get lot size on a plat map. |
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Lake County (Indiana) Assessor |
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http://in-lake-assessor.governmaxa.com/propertymax/rover30.asp |
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Search assessor property records by address. Site provides lot size, GLA, PIN #, owners name, age and assessor's market value.
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MSN Maps and Aerial Views |
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http://maps.live.com/ |
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Use the Birdseye feature to view a clear aerial photo of any property from all four sides |
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NAR: Metropolitan Area Existing-Home Prices and State Existing-Home Sales |
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http://www.realtor.org/Research.nsf/Pages/MetroPrice |
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NAR releases statistics on state-by-state existing-home sales and metropolitan area median home prices each quarter. The state existing-home sales report includes single-family houses, condos and co-ops. The price report reflects sales prices of existing single-family homes by metropolitan statistical area (MSA). Beginning on February 15, 2005, this quarterly report includes a breakdown of condo and co-op prices by metro market. |
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NBC Property Transfers for Illinois Counties |
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http://nbc5.public-record.com/realestate/ |
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Site offers property transfer searches for 15 Illinois Counties including Cook, DuPage, Will, Peoria, and Lake. |
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Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO Index |
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http://www.ofheo.gov/hpi_download.aspx |
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Use the Purchase-Only Indexes for each State for indications of a markets decline or the Index for Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)for loca; market conditions |
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OFHEO House Price Calculator |
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http://www.ofheo.gov:80/calculator/ |
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The calculator projects what a given house purchased at a point in time would be worth today if it appreciated at the average appreciation rate of all homes in the area. |
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Pretrieve Public Record Search Engine |
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http://www.pretrieve.com/ |
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This site allows you to search tons of linked sites for a personal search or more importantly to use for a property search. It even gives you recent comps. Go to advance search to perform a property search. |
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RealEstateABC.com |
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http://www.realestateabc.com/ |
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AVM site. Also provides comp map, GLA, year built and lot size for subject and comps. Provides prior sale on subject property.
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Realty Trac.com |
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http://www.realtytrac.com/ |
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Great site for searching and tracking Bank REO's, foreclosures and preforeclosures. |
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Sidwell Maps Online |
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http://www.sidwellmaps.com |
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Pay per site. You will need passwords to access the info, which includes plat maps of all Chicago counties. Good site for getting PIN numbers, legal descriptions and of course lot sizes. |
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Trulia.com |
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http://www.trulia.com/ |
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Trulia is a residential real estate search engine that helps consumers search for homes for sale, trends, neighborhood insights and other real estate information directly from hundreds of thousands of real estate broker Web sites. |
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White Pages |
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http://www.whitepages.com/10583/?source=GO000005&KW=white_pages |
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Great site for tracking down phone numbers! |
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Will County Plat Maps |
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http://www.willcountysoa.com/willco.htm |
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Great website for free Plat maps for all of Will County
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Zillow Quarterly Home Value Reports |
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http://www.zillow.com/quarterlies/QuarterlyReports.htm |
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Click on the Q4 icon next to Chicago in the left hand column to open an Excel sheet that allows you to search Chicago neighborhoods or surrounding Cities - Suburbs |
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Zillow.com |
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http://www.zillow.com/?kwg=zillow |
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Free instant valuations. Use it as a secondary source for comp data. |
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Zilpy - Neighborhood Rental Facts |
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http://www.zilpy.com/ |
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Great site for rental data. Type in an address, town, state and zip and it will provide you with rental comps, which include their address, rents, GLA and a lot more. |
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Zip Code Lookup - US Post Office Site |
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http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp |
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