Sources
for relocation information
| VirtualRelocation.com.
Probably the first
place to check for relocation information. Major features are: Relocation
Tools which include city comparisons (compare your home town to the city
you're moving on such items as housing costs, weather, utility costs,
etc.), classifieds, community profiles, cost of living analysis,
tax information and even a relocation therapist; National Relocation Directory,
sources for real estate, new construction, jobs, schools, parenting and
professional services. |
| Bizsites-Online
Advisor. Features
state economic and business profiles and selected statistical data. |
| The
Right SiteFree access to 1,000, 000 pages
of demographic data. Drawn from the 1990 census. Searchable by geographic
area (including zip code, only you'll need to use the zip codes in use
in 1990). |
| International
Real Estate Digest. Online
real estate directory has a directory of real estate links for all 50 states
and for 115 different countries |
| Pacific
Information Resources Guide to State Databases. A
directory of more than 6935 public record databases, including
those maintained by the Federal government, private agencies and state
governments. |
| Public
Records Data Online. A directory of state and local (mainly county)
public record databases searchable via the Web. |
| The
Right to Know Network. The
RTK network gives free access to several databases dealing with the environment,
housing and sustainable development. Two of its uses are locating
sources of toxic pollution in a given area and profiles of bank lending
practices. |
| Occupational
Employment and Wage Estimates. Estimates
hourly and annual pay for most occupations by geographical area (national,
state and standard metropolitan area) The site to visit if you want to
find out how much you could expect to make in a different part of the country. |
| Unclaimed
Property Page. This
very useful site explains how property or assests becomes lost, what it
is, what happens to unclaimed property and how to go about finding and
reclaiming it. Its most useful feature is a directory of state and national
unclaimed property offices including web links when available. |
| Real
Estate Journal: The Wall Street Journal's Guide to Property. Relocation
Tools. Free
detailed reports covering school, mortgage qualifiers, crime, etc. |
| Population
Connection Kid Friendly Cities. This
profiles cities with populations over 100,000 broken down by major
cities, suburban cities or independent cities. Information is given about
the social, educational, economic and physical environments of the selected
cities. |
| BestPlaces.net.
Offers head to comparisons of cities covering such areas as housing
costs, school expenditures, crime rates, job growth and climate.. Also
gives six month climate profiles for 2000 cities world wide, and also features
articles covering relocation information. |
| Domania.Com
Home Price Check. Database
of over 21,000,000 U.S. home purchase price records. Does not include all
states. Frequently updated. |
| EPA
"Where You Live" Local enviromental and pollution information from
a variety of interactive EPA databases. |