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Protecting the Customer: A Guide to Consumer Data Security
Ensuring the security of customer’s payment information is a challenging issue. It’s also one that’s gotten infinitely more complex thanks to the rise of the Internet and e-commerce. This is what some of the top minds in the industry have to say on the topic.

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American Society of Home Inspectors
Features information about home inspections and links for locating home inspectors. See also the New York Metro Chapter of ASHI.

Fannie Mae
Features a wide variety of information on numerous products and services available to enhance homeownership opportunities.

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
FMCSA’s mission is to decrease moving fraud by providing consumers with the knowledge and resources to plan a successful move.

Freddie Mac
Features a wide variety of information on numerous products and services available to homebuyers.

Get Smart
Provides information on consumer loans including home, auto, and debt consolidation.

Lawyers.com
Provides a search engine for finding a lawyer in your area, along with tips for hiring a lawyer and more.

HomePath
Offers online help in calculating your buying power, information on the loan application process, definitions of real estate terms, and more.

HouseLogic
Content covers home improvement, maintenance, taxes, finance, insurance, and even ways you can get involved in and enrich your community, HouseLogic can help you increase and protect the value of your home by helping you make confident decisions.

InspectAmerica
Features information on locating a home inspector in your area, what credentials and affiliations to expect the inspector to have as well as information on the home inspection process.

Mortgage Calculator
Provides the latest rates and a mortgage calculator.

Mortgage Quotes
Features the latest mortgage rates.

MortgageLoan.com
Features numerous mortgage calculators.

National Association of REALTORS^®
Offers a wide variety of consumer housing information including home listings. Read NAR’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice online.

Nehemiah Program
Specializes in homeownership, affordable housing, and community development programs.

NYSAR Appraisal Committee
Find an appraiser in your area who is a member of this prestigious organization.

Realty Times
Provides information on a wide array of real estate topics geared for consumers, real estate professionals, and others.

RethinkingDebt.org
Provides foreclosure prevention counseling, reverse mortgage counseling, a first home buyers club, and new homeowner education workshops.

State of New York Mortgage Agency
Provides information on the mortgage programs offered by New York state to assist residents in owning their own homes via several mortgage programs.