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NETROnline: Real Estate Information & Public Records Research
NETR
Tempe, AZ
Last visited January 2004
URL: www.netronline.com
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Keywords Real estate, Public interest, United States of America
Review DOI 10.1108/09504120410535326
Have you ever wondered whether someone would pay $400,000 for a condo on the ocean in Provincetown, Massachusetts, with no view? The answer is yes, someone would. Would you like to know what your neighbour's property taxes are? NETR Real Estate Research and Information launched its Web site in May 2000. This site is a portal to American state and county Web sites serving real estate and public information. Its intent is to lead users to real estate information, deeds and mortgage copies, tax records, parcel maps, assessment records, and public records nation-wide - in a phrase, to "bring the courthouse to the people". Its goal is to "enhance its title services, by taking orders online and communicating with our abstractors". Since states and counties sponsor the destination sites, the information is authoritative.
The home page is attractively designed, with three main segments: the Property Data Store, Public Records Online, and Environmental Real Estate Issues. As the word "store" implies, the first segment is a fee-based area where users...