How to Find Housing Prices

by Malik Sharrieff

Overview

Finding accurate pricing for rental housing or housing for purchase can be a tedious but necessary process. Without researching the necessary pricing information in advance, the potential renter or home buyer can waste time shopping for properties in the wrong markets, resulting in disappointment and frustration.
How to Find Housing Prices

Step 1

Access the website for your local Realtors' association. Use a search engine to search for "Realtor association, (your state)". The site will provide pricing for homes in your local area for purchase or for rent. You can also locate an area Realtor through the National Association of Realtors site (Realtor.com). You can also contact a local real estate agent to assist you personally to find the local areas and properties in the price ranges you are looking for.
Step 2

Search trusted real estate websites like Remax.com or Coldwellbanker.com, for example. While these sites won't guarantee the final negotiated price of the housing, they will provide the accurate listing prices. This information can be a useful guide to where and how to focus your shopping efforts.
Step 3

Call, visit, or long on to the websites of your local banks to access or request listings of real estate owned by the bank through foreclosure, pre-foreclosure, or being offered for a short-sale (sale at a discount to avoid foreclosure).

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Renters looking for accurate pricing on rental housing should not engage apartment hunter services. Although these businesses do provide a time-saving service, they often charge a fee to the apartment communities and residential rental communities they list. These fees can sometimes be passed onto the rental consumer using these services and avoided by those who don't.
Renters looking for accurate pricing on rental housing should not engage apartment hunter services. Although these businesses do provide a time-saving service, they often charge a fee to the apartment communities and residential rental communities they list. These fees can sometimes be passed onto the rental consumer using these services and avoided by those who don't.