How to Search for Homes in Silver Spring, Maryland

Contact a real estate agent within Silver Spring, Md. This will ensure that your agent is familiar with the area. Real estate agents can be found in local phone books as well as through whitepages.com under the heading find a business. RE/MAX, Weichert Realtors, and Long & Foster are a few well-known agencies that have offices located in Silver Spring. Real estate agencies have access to listings of local homes for sale. Agents can often give you the opportunity to view the inside of the home. These professionals do not make money unless a home is sold and will therefore work hard to find you a home that will meet your needs.

Access Multiple Listing Service (MLS) listings in your chosen city through homelistingsfinder.com. The MLS is where almost all local real estate agents and brokers list their available homes for sale. This will allow you to view and get information about homes before contacting an agent.

Search Craigslist.com. Go to the Washington, D.C., Craigslist page and click "real estate for sale." Enter Silver Spring in the search option. Many of these listings provide thorough details and photos of the home.

Check area newspapers. The Washington Post lists real estate for sale every day with the largest share of listings on Sundays. Washingtonpost.com taps into trulia.com, and also lists houses for sale. The Montgomery County Gazette is a weekly paper that lists houses for sale in Montgomery County. Visit its website for additional postings. The Gazette is a smaller paper than the Washington Post and may not have as many listings. Check the classified section of the newspapers and/or their websites. When doing the website search, search specifically for Silver Spring.

Local supermarkets such as Safeway usually have a display of free materials located in the front of their stores. Free materials consists of flyers as well as booklets containing apartment listings and homes for sale. Listings are generally for apartments and homes in the Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia area.