The Trudy Sayler Group

Here you will find links that Trudy's team has collected to help you stay on top of living in the great Northwest.

FEDERAL SITES

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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http://www.hud.gov

HUD's Reading Room
The place to find books and information about real estate. The is a very extensive publication list.
http://www.hud.gov/bshelf3a.html

FHA
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http://www.hud.gov/fha/

FHA Exam Book
FHA Appraiser Exam References
http://fha-appraiser-exam.virtualave.net/

Freddie Mac
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http://www.freddiemac.com

Fannie Mae
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http://www.fanniemae.com

The Appraisal Foundation
This is the national entity responsible for establishing the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), which are administered by the states for federally insured transactions.
http://www.appraisalfoundation.org/

ACS
The Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.
http://www.asc.gov/

Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the statistics and information produced by these agencies.
http://www.fedstats.gov

Bureau of Economic Analysis
Statistic on the US economy.
http://www.bea.doc.gov/

US Geological Survey
A primer on GIS (geographical information systems) by the USGS.
http://info.er.usgs.gov/research/gis/title.html

FDIC
Lending information including info on banks and legislation effecting appraisers.
http://www.fdic.gov/index.html

FDIC - Regional Outlook
The Regional Outlook provides a quarterly analysis of current national and regional trends that may affect the risk exposure of insured depository institutions.
http://www.fdic.gov/bank/analytical/regional/index.html

STATE SITES

Washington State Government Access
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http://access.wa.gov/

Washington State Government / Legislation
The Washington State Legislature is a bicameral body with 49 members in the Senate and 98 members in the House of Representatives. There is one Senator and two House members in each of Washington's 49 legislative districts.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/descript.htm

Appraiser Section, Department of Licensing
Current regulations, education requirements, and forms.
http://www.wa.gov/dol/bpd/appfront.htm

Washington's Department of Financial Institutions
Licensing bureau for the State. Information on mortgage brokers, banks, escrow offices and consumer help.
http://www.dfi.wa.gov/cs/

COUNTY SITES

NACo
NACo collects, researches, publishes and disseminates a variety of different information for, on and about counties.
Www.Naco.org/counties

Seattle PI Neighborhood Information
Since its launch in November 1996, Neighbors has profiled more than 150 communities in and around Seattle. The profiles are categorized into 12 geographic zones. To visit a Neighbors profile, click a zone in the map below or select a specific neighborhood profile from the menus at right.
http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/neighbors/

King County - zoning - zoning maps
Kitsap County
Pierce County
Snohomish County
Thurston County
Whatcom County

CITIES SITES

King County Cities
Bellevue
Redmond
Bothell
Renton
Des Moines
SeaTac
Federal Way
Sammamish
Seattle
Issaquah
Tukwila
Kirkland
Newcastle

Pierce County Cities
Puyallup
Sumner
Tacoma

Snohomish County Cities
Edmonds
Everett
Mukilteo

Skagit County Cities
Mount Vernon

Whatcom County Cities
Bellingham
Blaine

City of Seattle's Public Access Network
A great source of information set up by the City. Information on demographics, housing programs, and city resources.
http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us

Department of Revenue
http://www.wa.gov/dor

Washington State Economic Development Network
A great site for local community information. Click on the EDC button to get a list of all the economic development councils throughout the state.
http://www.econd.org

Labor Market and Economic Reports by County
Washington State Employment Security Department has great county economic summaries and employment data.
http://www.wa.gov/esd/lmea/labrmrkt/byarea.htm