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SAPL:
Electronic Services -
Websites by Topic
Consumer Information
General Consumer Sites |
Home Purchase, Sale &
Refinance | Insurance | Automobile
Personal Finances | Consumer Fraud |
Consumer Organizations
General Consumer Sites
- Consumer World
- Consumer World has a collection of more than 1,500 consumer resource sites
focusing on links to shopping, bargains, product reviews and financial
information.
- Product ReviewNet
- This site is a collection of product reviews.
- Catalog Site
- You can search for catalogs either by category, or by entering a catalog
name, and if you cannot wait for the paper copy, select Catalogs Online.
Home Purchase, Sale & Refinance
- Homepath
- Sponsored by Fannie Mae, this comprehensive site consists of different paths
to successful home buying or refinancing.
- Mortgage-Net - This site could ease the burden of shopping for a new home mortgage by
featuring a large lender database, calculators, interest rate trends, and more.
- Cyberhomes - With this site you can search for a home online.
- Harmon Homes Online
- With this site you can conduct an online search across the United States by
area and price range.
- Manufactured Housing Institute
- This is the official site for the MHI, the leading national trade association
for manufactured housing in the United States.
Insurance
- Insurance News Network
- This site is impressive and is considered the leading provider of consumer
insurance information on the internet.
- Insurance 101:Los Angeles Times
- This site is an excellent ten-part guide to life insurance.
- Insurance Information Institute
- This is the official site for the I.I.I. for the purpose of educating
consumers about what insurance is and how it works.
Automobile
For more information visit the Automotive
page.
- Edmund’s Automobile Buyer’s Guide
- For consumer information on purchasing an automobile, truck, or used vehicle,
this site is hard to beat.
- Kelly Blue Book- If you are in the market for a used vehicle, or planning to purchase a new
one, check out this site for values.
- N.A.D.A - Check here for used car values as well as value guides for used boats, truck
campers, and recreational vehicles too.
- Cartalk - This is the site for National Public Radio’s popular automotive show
Cartalk.
- A Woman Motorist
- This site is an automotive online magazine for women (and men).
- LeaseSource - If you are considering leasing a vehicle rather than buying, check this site
for information.
- NHTSA - You can search for important information on auto safety, such as recalls,
defect investigations, or how to buy a safer car.
- Fatality Analysis Reporting System
- Created by the N.H.T.S.A., the FARS site contains data and reports on all
automobile crashes involving a fatality that occurred on a U.S. public roadway.
- Crashtest.com
- Provides crash-test data and safety ratings for every new and used car and
truck produced by over 40 different manufacturers.
Personal
Finances
Bank Rate Monitor
- Primarily, this site monitors interest rates on home mortgages, credit cards,
auto loans, and savings and home equity loans.
Consumer
Fraud
- National Fraud Information Center
- This site includes a nationwide toll-free hotline where consumers can get
advice about fraud.
- United States Postal Inspection Service
- This site offers tips on avoiding various types of fraudulent schemes.
Consumer
Organizations
- National Consumers League
- This organizations represents consumers on issues such as fair labor
standards, fraud, health care, financial services, environment, and
telecommunications.
- CPSC - The official site for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC is a
federal regulatory agency organized to help keep Americans safe from the risk of
injury or death from consumer products.
- Consumer Information Center
- This site lists hundreds of federal consumer publications.
- The Better Business Bureau
- The stated aim of the BBB is to promote ethical relationships between
businesses and the general public.
Posted/Updated:
06/11/2008
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