What does AOL Real Estate offer?

AOL Real Estate provides the latest real estate news, property listings, rental listings, calculators, guides and home financing information. There’s a wealth of information on our site that will help you with buying or selling a home, searching for apartments, calculating ownership costs or figuring out home financing. Read on for specific details about all of our features.

Home listings

The primary feature found on AOL Real Estate is the easy-to-use home listings search. You can customize this search to fit your needs. To access each individual search, click one of the links below:

• New Homes – Allows you to search for new homes in a desired location. You can also customize this search with specific options, depending on your search needs for new homes.
• Homes for Sale – Lets you search for existing homes that are listed for sale.  AOL Real Estate provides the ability to search for existing homes for sale from all over the United States.
• Foreclosures – A foreclosure is the action taken by a creditor to regain a property if the lender defaults on mortgage payments. The creditor then offers the home up for sale, usually at a discounted rate.
• Home Values – AOL Real Estate provides the ability to search for Home Values based on public record data on properties across the entire United States. In addition, AOL Real Estate gives you the unique ability to search Recently Sold properties (which have sold in the last six months).

Guides

In addition to home listings, AOL Real Estate offers great information in the form of guides. We have guides that cover many topics. Click on one of the topics below to access the corresponding guide:

• How-To
• Buying
• Moving
• Selling
• Renting
• Home Improvement
• Foreclosures
• Lifestyle
• Design

Calculators

If you’re curious about how much it would cost you to rent or buy a home, how much you could afford to buy, or how much a mortgage would cost – well, you’re in luck! AOL Real Estate has several handy calculators that can help you figure out the math. Click one of the links below to access the corresponding calculator:

• Buy vs. Rent Calculator
• Affordability Calculator
• Mortgage Calculator

Home financing information

AOL Real Estate also offers useful home financing information. Each page below features different functionality or information that can guide you through the economic side of things – financing, equity, credit scores and more:

• Financing
• Home Equity
• Refinancing
• Credit Center
• Advice
• Home Insurance
• Investing

Rentals

AOL Real Estate allows you to search for apartments and rental listings. In addition, you can perform a narrower search to meet your specific needs by clicking any one of the following links on AOL Real Estate:

• Apartment Listings – Search for available rentals in your area.
• Roommates – Search for roommates in your area. This is a great idea if you’re looking to split costs on a rental property.
• Short-term Rentals – Search for rentals that allow short-term contracts. This is useful if you’re looking to stay in an area for a brief period of time.