Sorry, I Can’t Tell You That.

As a real estate agent there are certain topics we are not allowed to discuss with our clients.  Fair-housing laws forbid us from discussing neighborhood demographics.  There are other areas of concern for home buyers such as schools and crime that we as real estate agents are not a very good source of information.  However, there are many online sources that can compliment the knowledge (or lack thereof) of a real estate agent.

A very informative article regarding these resources was written by Amy Hoak at MarketWatch.  It has links to websites that have statistics and information on the following topics:

• Schools
• Crime
• Sex Offenders
• Neighborhood Statistics

These links are a good starting point for anyone trying to gather more information about the neighborhood they plan on moving to.