Movoto has a useful search function. The mapping function is dynamic in that the properties that are available can change as you move around on a map.

Realtor.com

Zillow.com Based on some unknown and proprietary algorithm, Zillow attempts to tell you what your home, or any home in your neighborhood, is worth. You can also find homes for sale by zip code or by simply clicking on a map.

Trulia shows you what houses are for sale in a given zip code. It also has historical statistics so you can see how a specific area developed since just before 1900. It looks like the map shows the date when the property first sold. Also maps police calls in the area.

Home.com - property search (very few matches on test search), rental search, calculators, tips and advice.

EveryHome - property search, rental search, tips and advice.

Point2Homes - property search, rental search, tips and advice, good filtering system for the search function.

Century21

HomeSeekers - property search (only a few matches on test search), foreclosure listings, information on neighborhoods, tips and advice.

RealEstate.com - property search (you can only search by large metro areas not municipalities), moving, insurance, etc.

Realtor.com - sponsored by National Association of Realtors - property search (best number of matches), moving, insurance.

Senior Housing shows 55+ housing and various levels of care facilities.

55Places shows 55+ housing communities. Nice search function with workable filtering.

Retirement Living is home of the SourceBook as well as a pretty good database of retirement and aging housing options. Good source to find options even if the details are missing.

Homemetry shows who is living in a given block along with stats on the houses, fire and police incidents, phone numbers, etc. You enter a zip code and it lists the streets. Click on a street to see the details on the housing.

Owners Network sells houses directly through the owners.

Home Fair - info on buying a home, moving, etc. Includes calculators, city reports, search databases, etc. Includes a number of useful calculators.

4WallsinPhilly has information on renting in Philadelphia.

Apartments.com has an effective search engine with plenty of options.

Apartment Guide - apartment search, furniture, moving, etc.

ApartmentsRatings.com aggregates public reviews of apartment complexes.

ForRent - find apartment and other housing rentals

Lovely - find apartment and other housing rentals

Rent Net helps you find an apartment.

Interest.com has interest rates from across the country.

Quicken Mortgage and Home Financing has a bunch of decision helpers and calculators.

Mortgage Bankers Association has mortgage news, advice, tips, tools, etc.

Montgomery County Property Records shows assessed values, detailed description of home, last sale price, taxes, etc.

CriminalSearches shows what registered criminals are living in a specific area.

Best Web Sites for House Hunting

Interactive Housing Costs Diagram from the Economist, shows rental and purchase data by state over the last 15 years.

moving.com helps you find a moving service

A Taste of Philadelphia will send cheese steaks, pretzels, black cherry wishniak, tasty cakes, etc. overnight.

Pennsylvania General Store sells Philly foods such as Melrose Diner Cookies or Goldenberg's Peanut Chews as well as Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine such as Cope's Dried Corn. Seasonings and other treats are available, too.

SnacksOnLine sells snacks, ...online.

NetGrocer (site requires the use of cookies).

Peapod Similar to NetGrocer, you pick out what you want and they deliver the next day (although the service is not available in many areas). Site is less intrusive than NetGrocer's.

Jelly Belly Online home of the best jelly beans in the world.

Harry and David sells gift baskets.

Dean and Deluca - gourmet gifts with good ratings

Omaha Steaks

Best Meat Delivery Services

(2020) article reviews a handful of deliver sites as well as subscriptions services.

Faraway Foods handles Terrapin Ridge mustards and condiments as well as a bunch of other interesting food stuff.

iGourmet - gift baskets - rated best by Consumer Reports.

The Crab Place Maryland crab and fish

Seafood Direct - rated highly for their salmon.

Vital Choice - rated highly for their seafood.

Hancock Gourmet Lobster - rated highly for their lobster products including pies and mac.

Di Bruno Brothers has cheeses, meats, charcuterie, and other gourmet gifts including monthly gift baskets.

Mackenzie Ltd began their business with salmon which remains their best product.

Olympia Provisions sells charcuterie, salami, chorizo, and sausage.

The Fruit Company - gift baskets - their fruit is good but their cheese is not, according to Consumer Reports.

Gift Baskets

Gift Tree sells a wide variety of epicurian goodies like fruit, candy, wine, cheese, jams, etc. They also sell flowers and balloons.

Stone Wall Kitchen sells a variety of kitchen gifts as well as food accoutrements such as spices, jams, syrups, relishes, etc.

The Winexplorer has info on wines as well as an estore where you can buy wine.

Wine.com sells wine.

Prime Wine sells wine on the wire.

Wine Enthusiast sells gifts associated with wine.

Pennsylvania State Stores sells wine on the wire.

Wine Stuff sells wine accessories.

Golden State Fruit has fruit, nuts, candy, etc.

800Flowers has gift baskets as well as flowers.

See's Candies sells candy.

Woodstock Candy Co. sells candy from Woodstock, NY for million year old carbon. They sell buckets of nostalgic candy.

Fannie May Candies

Old Time Candy sells candy you ate as a kid.

Candy Critic is a guy who reviews all kinds of candy.

Candy Direct - huge selection.

Goetze's - home of the Cow Tale.

Cadbury

Hershey's

Godiva

Ghirardelli

John and Kira's - rated highly by Consumers

Recchiuti - expensive but decadent chocolate

L.A.Burdick - excellent chocolate

Fat Witch - brownies and other food gifts

Candina's Chocolates - best value rating by Consumers

Mr. Chocolate is Jacques Torres - "fine" chocolate (that means it's expensive).

Nuts Online sells nuts.

Charity Dine You purchase gift certificates to restaurants (deep discounts) and the site donates a portion to a charity of your choice.

Mouth - luxury food and monthly subscription boxes.

Crate and Barrel

Williams-Sonoma sells equipment, spices and ingredients, as well as cookbooks.

Chefn - salt and pepper ball-type grinders and a few other gadgets for the kitchen

Progressive International Corp. has high tech and engineered kitchen gadgets.

Chef's Catalog - gifts for the cook and kitchen

Chef's Resources

Calphalon

Better Homes and Gardens

Anima Causa sells artsie utensils and houseware

Fishpond Kitchen sells kitchenware and houseware

Christmas Gifts is a collection of pretty good links to stores. Sorted into categories.

New York Times Christmas Gifts (2019) suggestions are always excellent, often expensive, in a variety of categories.

Give Anything sells gift certificates for about 200 big name stores and restaurants. You buy 'super certificates' that the receiver can then trade in for a certificate for a specific merchant. Small charge for service.

The Guild sells artisan produce - wood, jewelry, photography, accents, sculpture, etc.

Etsy - is a marketplace for selling and buying crafts and other homemade stuff.

FirstStreet - gadgets and gifts for older folk including phones for the hard of hearing, reading assistance, kitchen tools, etc.

Little Paper Planes Gift Guide- has a collection of simple but imaginative gifts. Prints and artwork mostly.

See's Candies has very good candy.

Burdick Chocolate - home of the deadly excellent chocolate cookies, chocolate mice and penquins, etc.

Christopher Elbow Chocolates - artisnal chocolates.

Personal Creations - gifts.

Uncommon Goods - has unusual gifts and ideas for gifting.

Zazzle - gifts.

Perpetual Kid - unusual gifts

Omaha Steaks

Brookstone

Dean and Deluca - gourmet gifts

Harry and David - gourmet gifts

The Fruit Company - fruit baskets

GiftBasket.com - wine and gourmet food baskets

iGourmet - gourmet food

Fat Witch sells brownies - nothing more need be said.

Chef's Catalog - gifts for the cook and kitchen

The Discovery Store - gifts associated with shows on the Discovery Channel.

PA Guild of Craftsman Not easy to buy stuff but you might find some great, hand-made crafts.

Gifts for Men - mostly of limited usefulness - referring to the gifts.

Top Places to Buy Food Baskets Online - collection of sites from The Spruce folks

RetroPlanet sells retro gifts like Felix the Cat Clocks and balsa wood gliders. Cool.

CrateJoy reports on various "subscription box" services that send you a box of stuff each month.

Gifts

Candle Delirium sells expensive candles and scents.

Walmart Jigsaw Puzzles - who knew Walmart had such a big collection of puzzles.

The Hut has a variety of luxury items - based in Great Britain but will ship everywhere.

Best Valentine Mail Order Food Gifts is a rather large list of sites that sell chocolates, baked goods, lobster pies, etc. The list is drawn up by CNET.

Best Subscription Boxes These are subscription services that send you stuff every month (or periodically). Cookies, books, etc.

FCC Consumer Complaint Site allows you to file a formal complaint about cable billing errors, errorneous phone charges, robocallers, etc.

ConsumerWorld

The Better Business Bureau

Fraud Information Center reports on recent scams, has special alerts, contact information, etc.

Internet Fraud is sponsored by the FBI.

Privacy.com This site lets you use temporary credit card numbers. You can set limits to how much can be charged on them and how often they can be used. They are connected to your real credit card but vendors that you use online never see the real number. This protects you from fraud and evil-doers who might steal your info from vendor databases.

Consumer Research Network is a guide to purchasing decisions.

eConsumer is a government site that hears complaints of Web transactions that went sour.

FDA Product Recall Alerts

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a federal organization that has a database of consumer complaints about financial institutions. The public is encouraged to share their experiences.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Fakespot rates the user reviews of products on Amazon. You enter the URL of the product on Amazon and the site analyzes the reviews. It awards the product reviews a letter grade from A to F based on its algorithm and there is a pretty good explanation of the rating after the analysis.

ReviewIndex Enter a URL from Amazon and the site analyses reviews and reports on how many are unverified or fake.

How to Deal with Late Amazon Delivery Prime members can get an extension of their subscription.

How to See How Much You Have Spent On Amazon This article has instructions on how to get a download of your spending history from Amazon - every purchase for every year. The instructions don't work real well for non-business accounts so you need to click on the link that goes directly to the reporting function on the Amazon site.

Checkbook - rates vendors in a number of various categories. Local to Delaware Valley and a limited number of other metro areas.

Talk to a Real Person helps you get through the phone tangle at the help desk of various companies and get in touch directly with someone who can help. (2018)

Nike has an extensive selection of sports equipment.

Dick's Sporting Goods extensive inventory, good prices, buying guides.

GolfSmith

Dunham's Sports

L.L. Bean sells outdoor sportswear and equipment.

REI sells outdoor sportswear and equipment - specializing in camping gear.

Wirefly lets you shop and compare plans.

A Bell Tolls has a comparison of telephone rates.

Hello Direct has telephones and accessories.

Epinions on Wireless Telephones rates phones.

The Wireless Advisor has info on wireless devices including telephones.

Discount Cell has accessories for cell phones.

Phone Scoop has news and information about phones. Includes reviews, forums, etc.

Phone Arena has news and information about phones. Includes reviews, forums, etc.

VoIP Speed Tester - tests your Internet connection and tells you what kind of bandwidth to expect when you use VoIP.

Phone Arena Reviews

Phone Buying Plans Explained This article, written at the end of 2015, does well in explaining the buying options one has with each of the major carriers.

PhoneMetrics periodically tests the cell phone coverage of the big carriers. Check here to see who has the best coverage in your area.

How to Prevent Robocalls and Minimize Phone Spam may be of some help although it omits mention of NoMoRobo.

OpenSignal shows maps of the type of coverage you can expect from the telephone carriers.