Relocation & Mortgages

Sites suggested by the Reference Staff:

Virtual Relocation  includes information on rentals, homebuilders, sales, insurance, movers, local taxes etc. Search by location. Post your own classified ad free.
Realty Locator  includes links to homes for sale, apartments for rent, assisted living and lots of other handy sites. Searchable by state. Real time saver!
HUD homepage offers information on HUD homes, including listings of homes for sale.
Rent Net  gives you an idea about what's available in the rental market as well as self-storage, temporary furnished suites, and area maps.
Hugh's Mortgage and Financial Calculators and Links  offers MAC and PC mortgage freeware/ shareware; amortization schedules (including prepayment); calculation of effect of various prepayment options (also prepayment vs. investment calculations); updated calculation of Canadian mortgage payments; determines Annual Percentage Rate (APR) of loans to facilitate comparisons...and a lot more - one of the best sites.
Mortgage-Net  offers a comparison of locked vs. floating interest rates; current and historical interest rates, a downloadable file library containing articles, government publications, special financing programs, reference materials etc. in text file format; a mortgage company locator by state; and (maybe best of all) interactive mortgage forums that allow you to post questions.
Homefair offers a cost of living comparison for hundreds of US and International cities; insurance premium comparisons between cities; crime indexes for 500 US cities; maximum loan qualification; rent vs. buy analysis, also creates timelines for civilian and military moves...and more.
American School Directory  includes vital information concerning all (106,000) US school districts: number students; phone and fax numbers; URLs; school activities and calendars; administrators...and a local street map.
College Net offers a searchable data base by state including scholarship listings and applications.
VHA, Per Diem, and COLA rates  Updated rates for military.
SITES (Standard Installation Topic Exchange Service) offers a lot of information including employment, services, medical and dental, and housing (has floor plans and how to apply for on-post housing in advance of arrival. Includes Asia/Pacific and Europe/Atlantic).