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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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Chicago Sun Times Home Page |
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http://www.suntimes.com/classified/homes/transfers/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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.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. |
