Lifehacker’s list of the top ten real estate search tools is mostly (com­pletely?) US-centric, but use­ful nonethe­less given that I am deter­mined to move across the pond in the near future.

  1. Find what a house is really worth at Zil­low.
  2. Google Maps + Google Base = Google’rific house searching
  3. Track hous­ing trends with Tru­lia.
  4. Instantly map Craigslist list­ings onto a Google Map with Map­skrieg.
  5. Get con­stantly updated using Craigslist RSS feeds.
  6. Com­pare buy­ing vs. rent­ing by region at Hot­Pads.
  7. Yahoo Neigh­bor­hoods lays out demo­graphic aver­ages while City-Data details “crime, hous­ing, school per­for­mance, and pretty much any­thing that’s been col­lected and stored”.
  8. Find equiv­a­lent neigh­bour­hoods at Home­think­ing Neigh­bor­hoods.
  9. Sim­ple and effi­cient real estate search­ing with Roost.
  10. Check out U-Haul’s Box Exchange instead of stalk­ing the super­mar­ket for weeks before your move.