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Coldwell Banker - "lists military-relocation brokers, resort, vacation properties, and luxury homes in all states except Nebraska and North Dakota. Has a home price-comparison index" (reviewed in Internet World)
E-Loan - online mortgage service
Homebuyers' Fair Loan Qualification Calculator - "lets prospective homeowners calculate their financial prowess as they plan to take out a mortgage or buy a home." (reviewed in Home Office Computing")
NetProp - "one of the few sites that shows investment as well as residential properties for sale. Its 5,000 listings are limited to Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia." (reviewed in Internet World)
HomeScout - "find the home you want,
no matter where it is on the web," including info on buying it, paying for it, fixing
it, living in it, enjoying it
HomeStore - real estate, apartments, builders, finance, moving, remodeling and maintenance, decoration, home tech, shopping
Homeweb - "designed specifically for consumers and coordinates all key real estate services and information needed during the home-buying and home-selling process" (reviewed in Real Estate Weekly, NY)
International Real Estate Directory (IRED) - real estate listings from all over the world; real estate services including mortgage financing and appraisers; and government and legal resources for buyers, owners, and sellers
Real Estate On-Line's New York City Real Estate Guide - residential sales and rentals in Manhattan, Westchester, Fairfield, and Putnam counties; commercial and retail listings; market analyses; descriptions of neighborhoods
RealSelect - "over 1.1 million listings nationwide, 85% of all home listings in U.S." (as reviewed in The Star Ledger, NJ)
RealtyTrac Information Systems - "specializing in acquiring, storing and marketing hard-to-find real estate information to active real estate professionals." Includes access to Real Estate Links Search Engine
Urban Land Institute - research and education
institute with information about real estate, development trends, real estate education,
and what makes a great place
Books
about SUSTAINABLE DESIGN . . . to browse and buy!
Jonathan Rose Companies - working with municipalities and community development groups to develop environmentally responsible concepts that can be financed and executed to solve local planning and development problems
Building for Health Materials Center - your central supplier for healthy, environmentally sound building materials and home appliances . . . we ship nationwide . . . meeting commercial and residential "green" building needs
Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute - natural controls for noxious weeds
Colorado Environmental Business Alliance - showcasing Colorado's expertise to the world
The Colorado Sustainable Business Network - fostering the economic, environmental, and social health of Colorado
CORE (Community Office for Resource Efficiency) - promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency in Western Colorado . . . clean energy partnerships with local utilities and governments
Earth Pledge Foundation - "builds mutually beneficial partnerships between business interests and environmental, social and cultural concerns. Earth Pledge projects span the fields of art, architecture, community development, agriculture, cuisine, tourism, education and media"
Ecological Architecture - Sustainable Design and Culture - sustainable architecture, building, and culture
Enertia Building Systems - building homes and offices in which natural and renewable materials and natural forces are used to create a comfortable environment without the use of fuel or electricity
Environmental Building News - newsletter on environmentally sustainable design and construction, with articles, reviews and news stories on energy- and resource-efficient, healthy building practices; addresses material selection, siting, indoor air quality, daylighting, etc.
Energy & Environmental Issues in the Building Sector - links to green building info worldwide, including building science software demos, searchable databases, and online libraries
Green Building - Organizations - US, Canadian, and international governmental, academic, industry, and other organizations and programs
Green Clips - a biweekly summary of articles in the media on sustainable architecture and related government and green business issues, published by Christine Hammer, Sustainable Design Services, San Francisco, CA
Healthy Mountain Communities - fostering regional connections and solutions to improve our quality of life
Natural Law Party of Colorado - bringing national life into harmony with natural law, to align human government with nature's government
Real Goods - "the world's most complete source for knowledge, products, and tools for renewable energy and sustainable living"
Rocky Mountain Institute: Green Development Services (GDS)
- fostering the efficient & sustainable use of resources as a path to global
security
Solar Energy International - renewable energy education and sustainable development new link 6/02
DesignSite Bookstore - titles specially selected to
peak your curiosity and enrich your understanding, in the areas of architecture, interior design, color, design for special needs, retail design, sustainable design, historic preservation, and urban
design -- all available for purchase online
Butterfield & Robinson - "Slow down! Luxe biking and walking trips for the culturally curious. Europe and around the world."
CD Now - music and movies, all searchable, and can be purchased online
The Comic Strip - Peanuts, Dilbert, Doctor Fun, and lots of other popular comics from United Media
Firefly - music, movie, book, Web site recommendations based on your individual tastes, and purchasable online
GORP (Great Outdoors Recreation Pages) - "a wealth of information on what to do and where to go in the great outdoors"
Kanatsiohareke: Bed & Breakfast Inn - relax in upstate New York's Mohawk Valley at an inn hosted by a community of traditional Mohawk Indians resettled on their ancestral homeland