Are You a Home Detective?

One thing the internet excels at is providing a wealth of raw data. When you are house hunting, you crave information on the property, the neighborhood, the community amenities and the statistical trends. While local opinions are very valuable, checking the numbers yourself is a great way to back up your decision making process.

ProperyShark is nice site for playing arm-chair property detective. It provides a massive amount background information from public records all in a condensed and easy to use format. What they provide in their free search is pretty amazing. For registering and subscribing they offer even greater detail and documents.

I was very impressed with their free maps of local zoning, median age, income and population density.

Keep in mind, the free search option seems to have a limit of 6 uses per day. So if you’re not planning on subscribing right away, save it for the properties you really have your eye on. Using Redfin’s easy map and statistics feature is the perfect way to start (and finish) your home search!