Are there any websites that allow me to search for houses in a radius?

[GoPhils]

Originally Posted by leastprime

I can use Zillow to draw a freehand irregular area using the circle function on the zillow map.

I thought realtor.com had this option as well.

[MikeJaquish]

Mapping is fading due to overuse of and reliance on GPS.
Map-reading as a basic skill is fading fast.

Outside of real estate, it is sad how many retail and service operations no longer post map links to their locations.

With a cost of a mapping solution being integrated into websites, and the fading of the utility, it IS getting harder to find this basic service available.

[bpollen]

Originally Posted by hellob

I want to look in a 15 mile radius. The closest thing I found was Zillow let me go by commute time. However, I noticed they didn't include homes that I knew were in the time specified.

"Commute time" is NOT radius. You CAN search in Zillow for houses for sale in a radius. You cannot search for "commute time" there, though, since that depends on traffic patterns, time of day you're traveling, whether the roads are one-way, etc.

I used Zillow for radius. It works very well. I don't see how a site could accurately reflect commute time for an entire area, since there are so many variables, including speed limits. Best thing is for you to identify which areas or neighborhoods are likely within the commute time you need, then do a Google Maps on each address and "directions" to reflect travel time, before you spend time researching that house/street.

[ss20ts]

You can do mileage searches on realtor.com. It's in the advanced settings kind of thing. You may need to use a computer and not an iPad. Mobile sites don't work the same.

[yellowsnow]

Zip Realty does this. You pick a home and search for anything within an X mile circle. I thought most of the realty sites had this ability.