My home is my castle. Everyone has their own associations when hearing this phrase. In case living together with parents is no longer an option then you will probably face a problem. What house is it better to choose? Fortunately, commercial real estate apps were created to help us solve this problem. Remember how tiring it is to look for an appropriate accommodation? It takes days if not weeks. Until recently, you had to keep in touch with your estate agent in order to choose an apartment that corresponds your requirements. Nowadays, everything is much easier since a lot of real estate platforms appeared. Users are only in need of an Internet connection and an application itself. In this article, we are going to discuss the creation of a similar platform using the examples of the market leaders Zillow and Trulia. Win-win solution or real estate mobile app ideas Apps for real estate are not only a promising direction for a new startup creation but also a good idea for an estate agent. Everything is moving towards digitization and many professionals have to adapt to these changes. Sometimes to increase the profit and sometimes to continue professional activities at all. The Internet is able to simplify professional life, and at the same time endanger it, since a certain part of the demand for services goes online. Concerning estate agents, they are still in demand worldwide. However, those without any digital presence are losing prospective clients. A digital presence is able to help estate agents with increasing clients' loyalty and sales at the same time. The demand for real estate tends to grow and in dozens of cities, there is a thorny question concerning the expediency of its purchasing or renting. Thus, the creation of an app for real estate is not a bad idea for a startup. Real estate software development Before you get started with the app development, you should think through all the business processes you will face with. If we are talking about a real estate application, it is extremely important to fill it with proposals for rent and sale. I mean, you must have a certain database right after the launch. In case users see rental application without any rental proposals - they simply will not run this app the second time. How to build the database? Well, probably you should cooperate with several real estate agencies to borrow their database for the first time or to build a long-term cooperation in such a way. In turn, you can provide your partners with free advertising within the platform for some time. The game is worth the candle High rental prices force people to seek advice in order to decide if it's better to buy or rent property? Where do you think the first place are going is? Of course to their devices. For instance, on Zillow 186 homes are viewed per second. While monthly, this number exceeds 420 million homes. Impressive, isn't it? This statistics shows that there is an extensive audience interested in apps like Zillow and Trulia. The working model of these apps is quite similar. In both cases, there is a database with information about property for sale or rent. The deal itself is conducted by an estate agent. Users choose an agent from the proposed list before applying for the house. Thus, these apps are only mediators between users and agents. Let's compare two market leaders and find out what features attract users there. Trulia Available: Web, iOS, Android Founded: 2004 Founders: Pete Flint and Sami Inkinen Downloads: over 10 million On the home screen of the app, users can see a list of homes from different categories. For example, 'Homes with Pools', 'Homes Under $560,000' etc. This way, users get immediate access to different estates that may interest them and lead to successful purchases.
The Trulia real estate app has a full-featured map that allows users to gain understanding of a separate districts or areas. The first thing the user sees after zooming a map is a variety of homes for sale or rent with their prices. Also, the map interacts closely with search features. Since you can choose needed parameters, only those real estates corresponding them will be displayed on the map. Filters are quite flexible and a user can choose from a wide range of options from price to the number of beds. One more map-related feature is local info. This feature is intended to extend knowledge about a certain area via the map. For example, a user can learn whether there are any schools in that district as well as the level of crime, availability of various amenities and even natural disasters. The next worth noting feature concerns mortgages. Trulia mobile app allows users to see current mortgage rates and calculate them individually according to the income or mortgage itself. The end at https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/real-estate-application-development--howto-build-your-real-business